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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-01-23

cence again." she began. but the girl
detected the waiver in her voice, caught
her hands to her lips and kissed it.
Go away" weakly ''Ah, child
how | have loved you, what hopes
have cherished this summer" and then
yielding to impulse. she put her arms
about the kneeling figure, and burst into
tears
"and [ forgive the deception that has
taught me a much-needed lesson
And the lovers clasped hands in the
darkness, with hearts too full for speech.
Boston Budget.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-01-23
Another Rich Widow.

San Francisco. Cal, JAM 19.-Mrs. Sn-
san G. Teyis received nearly all of the
estate of her late husband, Lloyd Tevis,
by a decree of distribution from Judge
Coffee yesterday. The property distrib-
uted TO her is valued at about $1,000
900, The whole estate was bequeathed
to her and she is to make provision for
the Tevis children.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-01-23
REPEAT THE STORIES.
Paris Pays No Attention to CasteI-
lane Pere's Denial

Paris, Jan. 1S.-In face of the denial
Of Marquis de Castcllane that his son
was q heavy loser on the bourse, the
Matin, Figaro and Temps repeat the sto-
ries Of his losses. The Matin said: But
cur own inquiries show his losses do not
exceed $3,00O,000. he having succeeded
in getting Straight on seven or eight
transactions Count Boni de Castellane
LETT for New York a few days ago with
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-01-23
FIFTH CAR BLOWN UP.
Springfield Strikers Are Still Using
the Dynamite Argument.

Springfield, H., Jan. 19-Shortly BE-
fore 8 o'clock last night another street
has been damaged by dynamite since the
carmen's strike began. several weeks ago.
Nobody was hurt. On this occasion the
rear wheels of the car were blown off
and shattered into small pieces, instead
Of the front ones, as has been the case
nrHN sly
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-01-23
An Extraordinary Record.

109.303 cases of O.. II. Mumm's Extra
Dry, imported in 1899. or 72,495 cases
more than any other brand was never
before approached It's quality cannot
vintage now being imported was seldom
eOualed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-01-23

Port Tow nsend. Wash, Jan. Dor
ders were received here today from the
treasury department that owing to the
prevalence OF the bubonic plague in the
Orient and that a large number of vessels
arrive on the Pacific coast from the ORR
81 tai ports. that in the future all yes
sels arriving at Pacific coast ports which
fail to bring from the port of original
departure in the Orient proper bills of
heath the extreme penalty Of $4,000 will
be imposed. and under no conditions will
the fine be RENTED, as has been the case
here: CfOre. Customs officers at this port
have been requested to notify owners and
agents of ships to this effect
Victoria, B. c., Jan. 19.-The steamer
Monmouthshire Of Dowell & Co.'S line
arrived at William head quarantine sta
ton shortly after midnight. her run from
Yokohama to Portland being interrupted
by the discovery of a case of smallpox
four days out, the patient being Chi
nese passenger. There are 100 Chinese
on board. 1t was at first reported that
there was an outbreak of bubonic plague
on the shin
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-01-23
FRESH OUTBREAK
OF THE PLAGUE.
Chinatown, at Honolulu, Being
Burned to Stamp Out the
Disease.

San Francisco, Cal, Jan. 19.-The
steamer Doric arrived from Asiatic ports
via Honolulu today. From Honolulu
comes news of q fresh outburst of the
plague, six deaths having occurred be-
tween departure of the steamer China
which arrived here on Monday, and the
departure of the Doric, which left Homo
lulu January 13. This brings the. total
number Of deaths from the plague for the
present outbreak up to %, and it is I'M
derstoOd that there are % cases in the
hands Of the health officials.
The Doric brings news that Honolulu's
Chinatown is being burned and that ev-
cry effort is being made to stamp out the
disease.
The Doric did not dock at Honolulu,
but the Hawaiian mail was taken out to
her in tugs. The local health authori-
ties have detained the vessel pending an
investigation. 1t is not yet known wheth-
er she will be quarantined or allowed to
proceed to her dock.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-10-11
Same Old Story.

They had just got married, and
were starting on their honeymoon
The bride had got the man she loved
and she didn't care who saw her put
her head on his shoulder. The bride
groom had got farm with his wife,
and if he wanted to iueeze her hand
or feed her with sweets whose bust
ness was it? A little old man sat
opposite the couple, and he looked at
them so often that the young hus-
band finally explained;
We've just got married.
81 knowed it all the time" chuckled
the other.
"And we can't help it, you know"
mo, you can't; I'll be blowed if you
cant"
81 presume it all seems very silly
to an old man like you?"
Does it? does it?" cackled the old
fellow. well, l can tell you it does
not, then. I've been there three
times over. and now I'm on my way
to marry a fourth. Silly? Why, chill
dren, it's paradise boiled DOWN.
London Answers.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-10-11
The Best Prescription Is Grove g
Tasteless Chill Tonic.
The Formula Is Plainly Printed on Every Bottle,
So That the People May Know Just
What They Are Taking.

Imtators do not advertise their formula
knowing that you would not buy their med-
cine if you knew what it contained. Groves
contains Iron and Quinine put up in correct
proportions and is in Tasteless form. The
Iron acts as tonic while the Quinine drives
the malaria out of the system. Any reliable
druggist will tell you that Groves is the
Original and that all other so-called "Taste-
less" chill tones are limitations. An analysis
of other chill tonics shows that Groves is
superior to all others in every respect. You are
not experimenting when you take Groves
superiority and excellence having long been
established. Groves is the only Chill Cure sold
throughout the entire malarial sections of the
United States. No Cure, No Pay. Price, soc.
NOTE.-The 81. Louis,
show that and Ono-haH million bottles of
Groves TasfeEess Chill sold last year and
continually Increasing The conclusion Is
Groves TasfeEess ohiu Tonic Is
scrlpdon for malaria having genuine merritt and any
druggist chemist will tell you
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-10-11
SHE WOULD GET THERE.
1t Was None of the Ticket Sellers
Business Where She WANT
ed to Go.

Fe was long, lean, lank and -bonec,
and he shambled up to the ticket window
at the Union passenger station much alter
the fashion of a scared canine when he APP
proaches his master to receive well-earnet
thrashing. He got as far as the outsid.
railing and stood there with bashful blush
gazing at the man behind the brass bars,
says the St. Joseph News.
Come in; come in; make yourself at
home" was the encouraging welcome from
within. He accepted the invitation and
brought up against the marble ticket coun-
ter with more confidence in his face.
Say, thar" he said, in a half whisper,
"is this the place where you git tickets for
the kyars?"'
yes; where do you want to go? Hurry
up; we're rushed"
well, SIR" he replied, shifting a square
inch of plug tobacco from one cheek to the
other, "hev you all got emmy long distance
tickets inter Kentucky"
His case was equaed by that of the old
lady with sunbonnet, who said:
Il want ticket to Platte county"
"What place in Platte county," inquired
the ticket man.
''No place in Platte county; want to go
to Platte county, and it's none @ your
business where + m going to visit. You sell
me the ticket to Platte county, and III git
there"
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-10-11
Another De Luxe Edition of "a Mcs-
sage to Garcia"

The Passenger Department of the New
York Central seems never to tire OF sending
out copies of "A Message to Garcia" The
latest issue is the first i've thousand Of the
third half-million edition, and is numbered
consecutvely from 1000, 900 to LOO, 1899. IL
the illustrations being brought out in man
ner equal, if not superior, to the best maya.
zines. The pages have red line around
them, and the book is bound in grey-blue
cloth and heavy boards. 1t is intended for
libraries, and was issued at the request OF
a large number of American libraries who
wanted the Message" in permanent bind
ing. This edition contains, in addition to
Mr.. Hubbard's admirable preachment, a
short sketch, with portrait, OF Lieutenant
Colonel Andrew S. Rowan, the man who
carried "A Message to Garcia" short
sketch, with a portrait, of General Calixto,
Garcia, the man to whom the Message
was carried, and short sketch, with por-
trait of Mr. Ebert Hubbard, the man who
wrote "a Message to Garcia"
1t also contains eight pages of extracts
from the press, and comments from well;
known educators, clergymen, professional
men, and many large employers OF men, on
the Message" itself; sketch of the Cuban
Educational Association, and sketch on
erS.
A limited number of copies of "a Message
to Garcia bound in cloth and boards may
he obtained at so cents each. A copy of the
edition with Illuminated paper cover, fully
illustrated, will be sent free, post paid, to
any address in the world, on receipt OF
postage stamp issued by any country on the
globe, or it will be sent in packages Of 100
each, on receipt of so cents for each 100
by George H. Daniels, General Passenger
Agent, New York Central & Hudson River
Railroad, Grand Central Station, New York.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-10-11

paw, and so crafty that he seemed to
guess every device employed against
him, however skillfully concealed.
His speed seemed to be as marvellous
as everything else about him. He
would kill horse or bullock at mid
night in one village and then fall
upon man before daybreak in an
other village miles away.
In fact, everything that went wrong
throughout the whole district, from
the stealing of ham to the pulling
down of house, was set down, right
ly or wrongly, to the credit OF this
terrible bear.
1t must not be supposed, however,
that all this was allowed to go on
without anything being done to stop
it. There were plenty of bold hunters
in Alexandrovsk besides Col. Bibikoff,
and every man of them had done his
utmost to earn the glory of having
killed this fierce creature-a sufficient
attraction for them, even without the
reward of 200 roubles offered by the
colonel to any man who should bring
the monster down.
But the monster himself seemed in
no hurry to be brought down, and
contrived to make it very difficult
job for every man who tried.
If a peasant were strolling home
carelessly about nightfall without
weapon of any kind he was as certain
to fall in with the bear as the moon
was to rise that night; but let hunt
er go out with gun and knife on pur-
nnse to find him, and he was equally
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-10-11

certain not to get SO much as q
glimpse of the beasts short black tail.
And just so it Jared with all other
attempts to get rid of him. Traps
had been set for him, and he had
shifted the bait and passed on. Pit
falls had been dug, and he had walked
warily around them and then gone off.
Food of which the bear was known
to be fond had been poisoned and
laid around his accustomed haunts:
but bruin was far too cunning to
touch it. In fact, he seemed too old
bear to be caught with any kind of
chaff, however tempting.
In the end the peasants made up
their minds that it was useless to
hunt him any more, deciding that it
was not a bear at all, but one of
those wicked magicians who, as they
believed, had the power of changing
themselves into wolves, bears and
other wild beasts and taking venge-
ance in that form upon those who had
offended them.
So the colonel had some reason to
speak SO angrily, especially as he had
himself ridden many a mile through
the forest in the hope of meeting the
bear, but all to no purpose.
Suddenly deep voice said, close to
his elbow:
"Col. Bibikoff, will you let me try?"
"Try what?" asked the colonel, look
ing round with a start at short,
thick-set. shaggy-haired figure that
might easily have been mistaken for
the very bear of which he was think
ing.
But it was only his servant, Yury, a
convict from southern Russia; for it
was one of Col. Bibikoff's queer ways
to choose all his household servants
from convicts under his charge, and
to declare that he had never been bet
ter served in his life.
ITO kill the bear for you," replied
Yury.
DO you think you can do it?'' asked
the colonel, looking keenly at him.
81 can try" said the Russian,
simply; 81 am not afraid of him. If
he's only bear, I've killed plenty of
them already; and if he's an evil spir-
it, as they all say, he can have no
power over any man who trusts in
God. Anyhow, I'll tackle him, on con-
dition that if 1 get the best of it you'll
obtain my pardon from the car"
"Your pardon?" echoed the colonel,
staring.
Just so, my master" rejoined the
convict. II want to see Russia again
before I die; and, besides, they say
our father, the car, is bit of bear
hunter himself; so he'll be all the
more likely to grant it."
Col. Bibikoff pondere5. The idea
was certainly very queer one, but
IL it should happen to benefit this
man, who had served him so faithful
ly, and TO whom he was greatly at
tachea. why, so much the better.
In any case, it could scarcely do any
harm. for Yury was as old q bear
hunter as himself.
Done" said he, at length; ''it's .
bargain"
Thank you, master; and now I'll
be of st once, for IL he knows I'm
coming he wort show"
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-10-11
A Fight in the Forest
BY David Ker.
HDAD LUCK to that mischievous

dad LUCK to that mischievous
d beast! He seems just bent up
on worrying my life out. Every day
I hear of his doing fresh damage
somewhere; and yet when l go out to
look for him and bring him down l
can see no more of him than of my
own ears"
1t was seldom enough that the gov
ernor of Alexandroysk-a fat. jolly,
easy-going old Russian colonel-could
be put out by anything, although
he was evidently SO just now.
When he lost a leg at Sebasto-
pol, his first remark was that it would
be clear saving of one stocking and
one shoe. When Schamyl's fierce Cir
cassians took him prisoner and threat
ened to hang him he replied only by
telling them to take care and do it
properly" and when he was sent off
TO command an out-of-the-way post in
eastern Siberia, where most men
would have been utterly miserable,
Col. Bibikoff was, as he himself jok-
ingly phrased it, ''as happy as the day
was short
But the time for disturbing the
colonefs composure had arrived at
last, and the particular trouble which
had power to drive him beyond the
limits of his accustomed GOODNESS as
sumed the somewhat uncommon form
of an enormous black bear.
Now, the appearance of a bear, es-
pecially if he happened to be unusual
ly big ard fierce, would in any ordi-
nary case have been rather welcome
than otherwise to the brave old
colonel, who, crippled though he was,
had by no means given up hunting,
and killed almost as much game from
the saddle of his sturdy little forest
pony as he had once done on foot.
But this particular bear was not an
ordinary one by any means. On the
contrary, if half the stories about
him were to be believed, a more ex-
traordinary, unaceountable, mysteri-
Gus and utterly Objectionable animal
never yet disturbed quiet neighbor-
hood.
Wonderful were the tales related of
bruins strength and size, and cum
ming and ferocity. He was said TO be
as large as an OK, powerful enough to
beat in a door with one blow of his
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-10-11
JIM WENT WITH THE CIRCUS.

Dur Jm's run away with the circus to learn
how to be an athlete.
To drive six or eight span o bosses In the
monster parade on the street,
To enter the den O. the lions an make EN-
succumb to his will,
An handle the howlin' hyener from the on
trodden wds of Brazil.
He's goin' to perform on the tight-rope an
fly with the greatest o ease
Through the air while courageously hang
in by his toes to the flynn trapeZe,
An ride on the elephants tushes an bal
ance himself on its trunk,
An ! reckon he'll do all he mentions, fur
Jim has got coolies O. spunk.
thought he was acting Uneasy the morn
in he started to town,
He fidgeted round eatin breakfas' an
scarcely could swaler it down,
Dressed up in his best go-to-meetin's an
when he was sayin good-by
An asked for a kiss from his mother saw
big tear in his eye.
He went around pettin the bosses, give
Towser a shake of the paw,
An swallered like somethin' that hurt him
was stickin' right fast in his craw.
But I reckoned 1t was all excitement occa-
stoned by gittin' to go
An see the great world-beatin' wonders
the paper described at the show.
He wasn't at home the mex mornin' nor
didn't show up through the day,
An mother thought somethin' just awful
had happened to keep him away,
An l was Uneasy as Satan, KNOWN the
pitfalls an traps,
That's layin all over the city in waitin'
fur country-bred chaps.
But long in the evenin a letter was
brought, an it cut US like sin!
1t said he would go with the circus, an we
never mout see him agin,
An some day he'd be performer, the
same as l stated above,
An wound up by sayin give mother his
warmest, nonperishin love.
TWO WEEKS LATER.
Our Jim is out there in the corn patch
a-hoein' fur all he is worth,
The happiest crtter, / reckon, there is on
the face O. the earth!
He'll sing fur awhile, then he'll WHSLE
then sing an then WHSLE agin,
An wears on his starved-lookin' features
happy an satisfied grin.
Come back to the rancho this mornin'
penitent prodigal son,
With scurcey huff clothes hangin' on to
him to wipe out the bar'l of gun
Sneaked in the back way to his mother to
git her forgiveness, an she
Want troubled with much intercession
a-tixin' the matter with me.
give him pat on the shoulder an ia
therly shake O. the hand,
With never hint at thrashin', not even
mild repermand
Fur, gain upon his condition. there come
stingin' thoughts of the day
His daddy went crazy in boyhood an fol-
Tered a circus away.
An now he's out there in the corn patch
as happy as happy kin be,
That same joyous feelin' pervadin' the
breasts of his mother an me,
An both of us think it's surprisin' how a
couple O. weeks with a show
Ii make green kid from the country jest
fall dead in love with a hoe.
Denver Post.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-10-11
No Bathing Suits Big Enough.

There was story many times told,
but entirely without foundation. to
the effect that an English lecturer
once informed his hearers that the
men in America were smaller in size
than Englishmen, and asked any
Americans who might be present to
rise in confirmation of his statement,
whereupon Bishop Brooks and two
other Americans of equally imposing
stature rose in different parts of the
hall. This story had no foundation,
but it is true that DR.. Brooks was
once travelling in the south of France
with another bishop of the Episcopal
church somewhat surprising Or.
Brooks himself in size and another
man equally large. The three men
went one after another to the pro-
prietor of little bathing establish
ment, and with serious faces asked
to be fitted to bathing suits. The
surprise of the proprietor by the
time the third gigantic man appeared
can readily be imagined. - Ladies'
Home Journal.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-10-11

Half an hour later anyone who had
been abroad in the forest to the north
of Alexandrovsk would have seen Q
very curious sight.
A man was walking slowly through
the thickest part of the wool, yelp-
ing and barking as he went exactly
like small dog; and, stranger still,
his face, hands and clothes glistened
all over as if they had been smeared
with honey, which was actually the
case.
But Yury (for he it was) knew well
what he was about. He had not hunt
ed bears so long without finding out
their fondness for dogs and honey;
and he hoped to bring the beast with
in reach either by the ear or by the
nose.
Nor was he disappointed. All at
once half-snorting half-grunting
sound issued from the thicket, min
gled with crackle of twigs and the
rustling of dry leaves. Then the
bushes in front of him shook and
parted, and out shamble6 a huge
black bear.
To any other man, alone in the
depths of the forest far from all help,
those long, white fangs AID thick,
strong limbs and mighty claws, would
have been terrible sight; but not SO
for the stout-hearted Russian.
He leveled the short, hunting spear
which was his only weapon, except
the broad bladed knife in his girdle,
and planting his feet firmly awaited
the onset of the bear, which, after
watching him doubtfully for mo-
ment with it's small, sullen eyes, came
charging at him open mouthed
A shock, a rush. a savage growl,
and Yury found himself sprawling on
his back among the bushes, with the
bears grim jaws gaping over him.
But the monster was hampered for
a moment by the shaft of the spear
which had been driven home into it's
shaggy breast; and the moment saved
Yury.
He sprang to his feet again just as
one crunch of the terrible teeth
snapped the strong spear like sealing
wax; but he had lost his best weapon,
and had now only his knife left.
And now the struggle began in ear
nest. The bear, furious with pain,
strove fercely to close, while Yury
warily eluded it, seeing that it was
bleeding freely, and must grow weak
err every moment.
But at length he found himself fair
ly hemmed in, with an impenetrable
mass of bushes behind him, and the
bear in front. Only one chance was
left.
AS the bear rose upon its hind feet
for the fatal hug, Yury ducked nimbly
under the extended paws, and dashed
himself knife in hand, right under
the huge black body,
For a moment man and beast were
mingled together in writing heap;
and then Yury arose unframed, and
his enemy lay dead before him, pierced
to the heart
Col. Bibikoff kept his word. The
petition for pardon was sent, and was
granted; and Yury lived many year
in his Russian home TO tell his won
dering companions how he had earned
his freedom by killing the great black
bear.-Golden Days.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-10-11

Near Enough.--Tommy-"Pa, what does
disagree mean?' Pa-"Wel, when two
people think alike they are said to agree
Now, you can guess what disagree means"
Tommy-"Oh, yes! that's when only one
people thinks alike. "-Philadephia Press.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-10-11

Massachusetts, uses more stamps in
proportion to population than any 9th.
er state.