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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-01-16
THE MAN WITH THE HOSE.

Dressed in the loudest vestments of the
day,
Beside the sounding seashore he has
The guileless guy of all the passing throng
Who labor for their living and are glad.
roamed
The vacant chambers of his stunted BRAIN;
For him the present is the only time:
Tomorrow hopes nor memory of the past
Have power to shift the current OF his
dream,
For quite convinced is he that his indeed
Are Sayest of the gay in this years nose.
Who riastered down his perfumed locks:
Who set his jaws agape:
Whom does he work, that he from day TO
May live devoid of toll.
brother to the sacred COW -
That at the circus chews its peaceful cud?
Perchance in ages past did solomon
Take all the wisdom from Il race OF men
TO add unto his store. and in return
Zine raiment gave for what he took OF wit,
Whence was conceived this tribe
That never toll or spin.
Who knows but that at some far-distant
This thing we make our mirth may, crop
ing, find
Is his the right of franchise we hold dear?
Shall men of brain and Drawn look on ut
this
And silent be for shame? Let Jerry Simp>
son say.
If in his present guise
lie passed beyond the portals of this earth
And sought admission at the heavenly gates,
What would St. Peter say?
Whose act shall set within this pumpkin
head light?
His cigarette doth scarce for mind suffice,
Hath he no soul? Is he more sore bereft
Than cannibal or those Of heather isle?
Return in haste, o pious band. There 5
work to do at home
Arthur +. Taylor in Harper's Bazaar.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-01-16
CONVENTION AT SPARTA.
Epworth League will Hold Meeting
February 10. 10, IT aud IS.

Sparta, Wis, Jan. 12-The eighth an
nual convention of the Wisconsin State
Epworth league will be held here Feb
ruary 10, 16. IT and IS. The first ses-
sion ON Thursday will open with an ad-
dress by \. 3. Storms of Madison.
Among the well-known people who will
take part are:
Dr.. r. n. McKaig, Hamline, Mimi; Gen
eral Secretary W. 7. Thrkield. Chicago:
Frank A. Pease, Wausau; Z. w. Straw,
Eau Claire; J. A. Collinge, East Troy; w.
H. Clark, Ripon; William Moore North
Freedom; ": D. Cox, Menominee Falls;
Mrs. Lucy Rider Meyer, Chicago; John G..
Woolley, Chicago; A. n Levings, Glenwood
w. A. Peterson. Amigo; Miss Matte Nc
MILAN. Elroy: Mae NJ. Starin Whitewater;
Bishop G. B. Galloway. Jackson, Miss; Mrs.
J. S. Davis. Appleton; William Rollins,
Beaver Dam; Ida A. Barry, La Crosse;
Frank Bell, Soldiers Grove; Horace f..
Beeks, Platteville.
The state officers are as follows:
President, n, FL. Brokaw. Kaukauna; first
vice president, Arthur f. Coe, Barron sec
ond vice-presdent, Lulu Z. Bush, West SUI
perior; third yice-president. George c..
Hubbs, Madison; fourth vice president,
Jeanette B. Storms, Madison; secretary,
W. L. Smithyman, Milwaukee,; treasurer,
George A. Uebele, Milwaukee,; junior SUI
perintendent, Ella Kirkpatrick, Platteville.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-01-16
HERO GETS PENSION.
Government Takes Care Of Soldier
Shot While Saving Wounded
Officer.

Marinette, Wis, Jan. 12.-[Special /
John McGillis, a local pension agent, has
received notice of the granting of pen
sion of ST. a month, to date year back,
in favor of John 3. Senreal, who fought
with the United States regulars before
Santiago. He was assisting his captain,
who had been wounded, and, while stoop-
ing to pick him up, a bullet struck him
in the shoulder, passed through the lung
and came out of the mouth. His recov-
cry was a miraculous one, as he was
thought to be mortally wounded. He is
now living at Hepburn, Ia.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-01-16

Roberts and her assertion that she had
laughed till she cried when the dear lit
tie soul told her did not move me. Such
a clever little girl she was, Mrs. Rob
erts thought, and only required little
management. Well. Welt am afraid
she will not get it till her parents come
back from India After dinner | took
her to the theater-The Sketch.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-01-16
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.


EE-Flour-Steady. Wheat =
Stronger; No 2 spring, on track, 66c; No. 1
Northern, Oh track, &c. Corn-Steady
Mite On on 'f tack a5ze No. White 0
track 241a@25c. Barley-Easy; No. 2 on
track, 44c: sample on track, 37@44c.. Rye
No. / on track 551ac. Provisions
Steady; pork 1913: lard, go.
Flour is steady at 3.75M385 for patents;
bakers, 2.75Q2. So, and 295@3.10 for rye.
Millstuffs are firm and quoted at 13.0O@
middlings. and 14.00 for Milwaukee -four
cHIcAGo-close Wheat January,
Sac May e554c; J July sSsc GGrn-J a1e
Por5-January, 1913: May II. o215; July.
III Lafdi1snuhry 2ao M 2iL 6 Ma7
5.921A. Flax-Cash n. W, 1.50; S. w,
1.50: May. 1882.
MINNEAPOLIs-C Wheat-In store,
July 6easc: on track, No. i hard, 66c: No. 1
,LIyERP.oo2L-Wy lo9a, ga higher;
DULUTH : Close : Wheat = Cash No 1
hard; 661sc :,, No. North nsEq 632sc No :
to arrive, 661se; No. 1 Northern to arrive,
647sc; MAY. 67hc; July 6sasc.
ST. LOUIS-Close : Wheat No. ? red
701sc; July, 675sc: No. hard, 65G66c. Corn
No. 2 cash 301ac: track, 32@32Ac; Janu-
airy, 3O1hc; May, 32ssc; July. 3215c. Oats
No. cash, 24l4c; track, 2434c; January,
241sc; May, 24Tsc: No. white. 2602614c.
Rye-53c. Flax-14S. Lead-Quiet, 4600
465 spelter-4. 3o@4. 80:
NEW YORK-Close-W heat-January not
quoted; March. 754c; May, 737sc; July,
739lc. Corn-January, not quoted; May
3912c bid. Oats--Nominal.
KANSAS CITY-Cattle-Rece 200;
unchanged. Hogs-Receipts, 1000; weaker;
bulk of sales, 4;55@4. So; heavy, 4;55Q4:: 90;
mixed, 4.50@4. 621@; light, 4.450l4. 62l5; pigs,
4OO04 40 Sheep-Recepts, 500: strong.
ST. -Catntnlee-Receipts. 100; steady.
4. 4504. So; packers. 4.5Ol4. 60: butchers, 400
0475. sheep Receipts. 200; strong.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-01-16
ROB TOWN TREASURER.
Cracksmen Break in Office at Gler
Haven and Secure
$4,000.

Platteyille, Wis, Jan. 12.-[Speciall
Great excitement prevails here today
as burglars entered the office of Joseph
Gates, town treasurer of Glen Haven,
last night and secured $1,000 in county
orders, notes, etc. The work was done
by professional safe crackers. No trace
of the robbers have yet been found. A
posse is on the search.
Glen Haven is eight miles west Of
Platteville. Several suspicious charac-
ters have been through surrounding vi
cinity lately.
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Sinking Shaft Deeper.

West Superior, Wis, Jan. 12.-The di-
rectors of the Chippewa Copper Mining
company have let the contract for sinking
the shaft on its property in this county
The work is to be completed within nine
ty days. The present shaft is 40 feet
deep and there has been done some 1900
feet OF cross cutting from it.
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Displaced by the Quick Lunch.

Most of the old-time chophouses III
New York and Brooklyn have disap-
peared. These were memorable feasting
spots. The ale and the chops and the dey-
lied kidneys were of the choicest. The
Welsh rarebits and game were also of the
best In the place of the chophouses
have come the ''quick lunch. Baltimore
News.
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TO RETAIN AID BONDS.
Bayfield, County will Employ Ash
land Lawyer to Fight
Western Road.

Washburn, Wis, Jan. 12-[ Special /
ton empowering District Attorney AL
word to procure the assistance of Attor-
ney Sanborn of Ashland to assist him in
fighting the Bayfield, & WesternRailway
company for the possession of the county
aid bonds
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MARKET REPORTS.
Milwaukee, Jan. IS, 1900.

EGG AND DAIRY PRODUCTS.
MILWAU Eggs-Market weaker at
16zaQ17c for strictly fresh; held fresh, 300
14c; storage, 1001212c; seconds, SM9c. The
Butter-Market easier. The receipts were
1876 lbs against 1857 yesterday. Fancy
extra creamery, per 10, 2S12@29c; first,
26427c; seconds, 20Q23c; extra dairy, 2O0
butter, 17@1Sc; whey butter. 12a14c; imi-
tation creamery, 20@22c; grease 4@6c-
Roll butter sold on the board at 1Sc in Il
small way. Packing stock sold at tic. Elk
tras were offered in large amounts, but the
best bid was 26c. which was declined
the best bid. Whey Dutter brought out
bids of Zoe. The demand has been light the
past few days and a lower market is pre-
dicted for next week.
1880 lbs against 10,400 yesterday Full
cream flats, per ID, 121a013c; New York
full cream, 13@14c; Young Americas, 121a60
13c; brick, fancy. 12@12Ac; inferior, 11@1
Swiss, 24c; Block Swiss, domestic, new,
14@141ac: Loaf Swiss, 13112M141ac; Sapsago
17019c: farmers 11M12c. There were bids
of 101ac on ten boxes of brick but no sales
Small lots were offered for 1012c but no
with no bids. The demand is light. ~
pkgs; June creamery, 22@26c; Western do
23@27c; factory, 17@22c. Cheese-Receipts
1881 pkgs;. firm; fall made. fancy, small,
large late made, 11A@12c: small late made
12@12Ac. Eggs-Receipts, 1896 pkgs:
steady; Western, 2Oc loss off; Western I'M
graded at mark, 14@1Sc. Sugar-Raw firm;
refined. firm. Coffee-Firm.
22@2sc; dairies, 17@25c Eggs-steady
fresh Tic. Dressed Poultry-Firm; tur-
keys, Sc; chickens, 715@81hc.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-01-16

New Stone Piers Being Built Above
Chippewa Falls.

Chippewa Falls, Wis, JAN 12-[ Spe-
cial. THE c. L. & B. company is build
ing thirty new piers in the river above
tue city, fifteen Of them being made of
stone. That does not look as though
logging on the Chippewa would cease in
five years, as predicted
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MILWAUKEE LIVESTOCK MARKET.

HOGS-Receipts, 9 cars; market steady;
light, 4.400455 mixed and medi nm
weights, 4.55@4: 60: fair to good heavy, 4.50
CATTLE Receipts. none; steady; butch
er steers, medium to good. 1850 to 1900 TBS,
4.2o@5.O0; fair to medium, $50 to 1850,
4.00@4.o so; heifers, good to choice 3.50@4.5 80:
ass; bulls, common, 2.75@3. %; choice $40
@3.75; feeders, 500 to $50 TBS, 3.65@4 90;
stockers. 500 to $50 TBS, 325@3.75; veal
calves. 55006.25; mixers and springers,
common, 25.00Q35O0, choice heavy cows,
40O00l50 90.
SHEEP-Receipts, none: market steady.
3.2504.25: bucks. 2.50M3.0 90; lambs, COM
mon to choice, 475M5. so.
Chicago receipts: Hogs, $4,000; cattle,
200; sheep, 500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-01
THE MALAY PLUNGED OVERHEARD.

with his left arm as best he could in the
narrow space. But the Malay was in dead
ly earnest. and closing down on the cap
tain cut him in skull-deep burrows across
the head and face, and slashed his shout
ders, driving him back to the cabin floor
As the captains foot reached the floor
he slipped I'm a pool of his own blood when
the Malay stabbed him in the left side and
gave the knife a twist that opened up the
flesh until the lung protruded Neverthe-
with his fist, and. luckily, knocked the
Malay across the cabin landing him with
a bang against the further bulkhead In
this way the captain was able TO retreat to
his state room, where he had some re-
Volyers. and the Malay ran on deck
The fight began just after midnight on
Sunday morning. Until Monday morning
capt Clarke was besieged In his state
room, during which time he managed to
snoot one OF the Malays through the foot
put did not disable him. On Monday morn
ing capt Clarke was driven by thirst to
the bath room. where he found a sailor in
hlolng Him he armed with a revolver and
stationed him at the forward cabin door.
through which there was a peep hole Then
ne found and armed his Chinese steward
whom he stationed at a window He him
SER went TO the skyliRht A little later the
Cnnaman got q shot that drove a Malay
WITHIN range OF the sailor, who sent a bull
let through the fellows breast Staggering
TO the rail he plunged overheard
fhen the captain went out on deck He
FOUND most Of the crew had barricaded
themselves In the forecastls. Bringing
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Philippine group. The Chinese, until very
recently were capable and daring sea row
ers who did not hesitate to sweep through
the Philippine group in search of prey. As
long ago as 1S06 an Englishman who was
taken by them and lived to tell his exper-
fences found that the pirates had no less
than GOO different ships with guns ranging
up to eighteen-peundefs-so of them had
batteries good those OF an English
frigate. The fleet was then commanded by
Woo-che-tsing. Afterward a woman was
the pirate commodore. These freebooters
swept the whole region. but one does not
need to go back as that to read of
the depredatons of the Chinese pirates who
used the Philippine group as we'll as their
own coast. In the fiftes the pirates were
as numerous in those open seas bum
boatmen in the ports. as the owners of the
Boston ship Celestial learned.
But the Cinnamon. even when not nu
merouS, were never dreaded as were our
Malays OF Sulu. For the Chinaman with
his junks had something of the semblance
of a war squadron. His attacks were like
an open battle. Our Malays were not so.
In fotillas of six or eight praus they lay
In wait until they saw a ship that was be-
Gained, when they swiftly padded to her,
In their teeth, and then. with their faces
distorted to add to the terror of their as
sault. they relentlessly cut the life out of
every man they found. The Chinese were
indeed brutal fighters, but the Sulus of our
new possessions were and are fanatical as
sassins. We shall need to send them gov
ernors who combine something of the her
petologist with the ability to enforce an
iron discipline.
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Equal TO THE EMERGENCY.
hut Reddy Did Not Come Up to Later
Expectations.


From the New Orleans Times Democrat
THAT man who advertised for red
headed office boy the other day reminds
me OF curious experience" said an old re-
porter. Years ago, when / was a cub do
Ing my first assignment on an afternoon
daily in a big western city. we had a thin.
freckle-nosed office hoy with a head like a
full-blown poppy. He was a silent sort of
a little chap. but anybody could see with
half an eye that he was sharp as a needle
and he was a favorite with the whole staff
from the chief down. One day the city
editor sent the star reporter out to a coun-
try justice court, nearly ten miles from
town, to write up the case Of school COM
missioner who had been arrested for misap-
preparation of funds. and, as an after
thought. he told 'Reddy,' the office boy, to
meet him there so, if necessary, he could
carry In early copy. The star reporter was
great artist, but also periodical drunk
ard, and at about l 80 that afternoon the
city editor received the cheering news that
he was then asleep in a neighboring bar
Al the same time a rumor reached town
that the school commissioners trial had
developed tremendous sensation and tina:
the prisoner had made his escape at the
point OF a pistol. We went to press at 2:2O
sharp. and for the next fifteen minutes we
had the widest city editor in seventeen
states. He had already rushed two men off
on horseback and was dispatching third,
when In walked 'Reddy.' who had been en-
IIely forgotten In the general excitement
That was a good story out at the rube
court he said and seeing Mr.. - didn't
come, l wrote 1t up myself Where is the
copy? yelled the city editor. Here said
Reddy, and handed over a roll of manu-
script. l helped edit 1t, or rather / helped
read 1t, for 1t didn't require any editing 1t
was beautiful story. clearly and graphic
ally told. with subheads inserted and every
ready he oitx
was deiirious with JOY and next day the
KID got regular job on the staff
and L suppose now he's the mana 9inp
slight sneer.
NO, he isn't replied the old reporter
Ihis story happens to be true. Reddv
didn't fulfill his early promise He went
Congress-" IA
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will exactly initiate the even flow Of river.
The experimental trough Is filled to some
depth with sand and the course Of a river
is laid out, angling down the trough through
the sand. 1t Is at first of even depth
throughout, and the banks are protected by
small bags of shot. Into this miniature
river the water is allowed to flow al a given
speed. and Prof. Engels studies closely all
those places where the sandy bottom is
washed out, where 1t is filled in, where the
banks have tendency to cave away and
where new banks are building up. As the
water flows it naturally carries much sand
entirely out Of the trough. All this is
caught and preserved in most ingenious
manner. AS the water leaves the trough 1t
is carried over tin ribs, behind which the
sand is deposited. finally falling, entirely
clear of all soil, into a large tank at the
lower end of the trough Here a pump is
constantly at work driving the water which
thus comes through the river" back to the
upper tank. thus using 1t over and over and
enabling the river to flow on without inter-
ruption for weeks.
The Effects of Sands.
Prof. Engels showed me sands of various
Colors which he used for showing the exact
position of deposit of sand-wash in his
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of crude processes and cruder tools thov
produced most excellent blades The SulI,
pirate readily cuts clear through an ordi-
nary human body at one blow and he more
easily splits head and neck to the shoulders
The difficulty of tanning these wild men
will be understood when their religion is
considered. Their hatred of Christians Is
cultivated from their earliest youth and
the surest road to their heaven is, in their
belief, to die while killing the hated unbe-
levers. Then, too, they are utterly with
out mercy. man has been very often
try the quality Of a new sword. Our wild
In comparison with the more enlightened
but devilish Suiu pirates
AS already intimated, 1t was the rapid
Hre gun that first brought these pirates
under control. Having these and such small
steamers as those captured by Dewey at
SaVlte In hand. the Spaniards forbade the
ouius 10 go afoat without first obtaining
special permit from Spanish governor,
ana to get that 1t was necessary for the
sulus to go OH with the Spanish flag flying.
without arms and In boats that were not
manned for fight. Every Sulu boat found
at sea was shot to pieces unless II had a
written permit and compiled with these
regulations. By no LEGS stringent measures
than these could tho pirates be held in
check.
Chinese Pirates.
The Malays. whether resident there or
coming from islands to the west, are not
the only pirates that have infested the
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Germany Gives the World a New
Profession.
ELBG IN MINIATURE SHOWS PLAN
Professor EngeIs Experiments in
His Laboratory.
AN OLD PROBLEM SOLVED
Copyright, 1901

Copyright. 1907
Written for The Evening Star
Speaking Of the development Of the SCI
entifc spirit In Germany, an English wit
said recently: why, gentlemen, even the
winds Of the fatherland blow scIentifical-
ly." II he had said Even the waters of
the fatherland flow scientifically his
joke would have been as effective and at
the same time, curious IT may SEEM he
would have had the honor Of announcing
the first news of an important scientific de-
parture. For German science has been
graphing with the problem Of making the
rivers Of the empire flow according to rule,
and with this in view an extensive expert
mental station, called the Flussbau Labora-
torium (river-building laboratory has been
set up at Dresden, in Saxony, in connec-
ton with the famous technical school of
that city. 1t is directly under the control
and support Of the government, and its
work has now advanced sufficiently to war
rant some description of the experiments.
Recently l visited the laboratory with
Prof. Engels. its director, and took a num-
Der of photographs of the miniature river
Elbe as 1t had been laid out in the expert
mental tank. The Elbe is only one Of
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from the CORVALLIS Times.
The grittiest hen in America lives over in
Alsea- Her right to be called a brave hen
has been tested, and no one who reads these
lines will deny that she Is ever likely to
shrink from any duty, public or private.
She is not only brave hen. but a 'strenu-
ous' hen.
She Is the property of one Of the Hayden
brothers. They also own a threshing ma
chine. The latter was taken out of the shed
for the first time last week and a small field
of grain was threshed to see that the ma
chine was in good running order When the
job was finished the machine was returned
to the shed, when, to the amaZement of all,
there in the corner of the separator sat the
strenuous hen. Under her was a nest of
eggs that she was endeavoring to hatch.
She had been on the nest when the machine
was taken out. She was there when the
belts. and pulleys began to whiz when the
fan began to sing and when the riddlers
began to shake and rattle. The wind from
the fan ruff1ed her feathers and almost took
her breath, but. like the boy on the burning
deck, she stayed at her post. What her
thoughts were when the swift cylinder be-
gan to chew up straw cannot be guessed.
When found the hen was unintured. There
was dust In her teeth. and a somewhat
frightened look In her eye, but she was on
her nest. OF the eggs all were safe save
one.
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number OF German rivers which are now
under discipline and the results obtained
by Prof. Engels cannot fail to have the
deepest Importance and significance in
America. where there are so many navi-
gable rivers.
The Need Of River Reform.
1t Is the ingrained waywardness Of a
river to do very much as 1t pleases goug-
ing out an embankment here and filling in
a channel there, sometimes undermining a
tower and often breaking dams and piers
placed in it's way to keep it in order. Vast
sums of money have been spent by all the
great nations, and spent injudiciouSly, as
the Germans believe, in dredging channels
and in protecting the banks Of rivers
Prof. Engels called attention to our own
Mississippi river and spoke of the great
cost Of keeping it within bounds, and at
the same time Of making IL safe for navi-
cation. In Germany the question Is even
more important than it is with us, for the
reason that the country is more densely
peopled. the land Is more valuable and
changes in the course Of flow in a river are
therefore more destructive and costly.
Moreover, the rivers of Germany are not,
generally speaking. swift and long as
they are in America, and it is needless to
keep them at the height of effectiveness as
to naviga bility.
River-Building Shop.
1t was with the idea of bringing scientific
methods to bear on these problems that the
Flussbau Laboratorium was established
about three years ago. Prof. Engels be-
gan his work in the typical German way
that is, by investigating his subject thor
ough1y in the weight of science before at
tempting to offer practical suggestions.
large room is set aside In the basement OF
the Dresden Technical School, and here,
elevated some four feet from the floor,
Prof. EngeS has had constructed iron
trough tank about seven feet in width
and two feet deep reaching the full length
of the room. At the upper end of this
trough large river tank Is placed, with
appliances fer permitting the water which
1t contains to flow into the trough in any
required volume and in such a way that :.