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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-11-07
DISTANCE STATISTICS.
The Nice Young Man and the GroutY
Old Chap Mingle In . Mathe-
NAUTICAL Matter.

Ibid you ever think" said q nice
young man who was trying to sell
typewriting machines, relates the New
York Sun, 'how far q typewriter's
fingers travel-one of those pretty type
writers, you know, whose fingers are
like fairy touches? No? Well, here are
the figures: Say she writes 40 words
q minute, which is slow enough, her fin
gers cover half an inch for each key she
strikes, and averaging five letters to
the word this will give 200 half inches
to the minute, or 5000 to the hour. Now
say she works six hours day uninter-
ruptedly, which is more than she ever
does, her fingers go through 5000 feet
Of space each day, and for 26 working
days of the month they travel little
less than Is miles. or let us say, even IS
miles a month. That is pretty fair
travelling for those with dainty fingers,
isn't it?"
Huh" grumbled grouty old chap,
"that's nothing. Did you ever notice
the pink and white peachblow jaw OF
Heavens best gift to man? No? Well,
observe, if you please the distance it
travels in month. Allowing three
quarters of an inch for each word spok-
en-, and $50 words to the minute, which
I make thus small in order to be fair
to the ladies, for a man will talk 200
words a minute on the floor of the
house of representatives, her jaw will
pass through 112 inches per minute,
that is 6,720 inches. or560 feet per hour.
Allowing now eight hours for sleep,
there are 19 hours when she talks,
which gives II, 0SO feet, about two miles
per day, and she talks every day in the
month, or 80 times two miles. which is
60 miles that that pink and white vision
of peachblow loneliness swings through
every month in the year, and little
more when the month happens to have
81 days in it. Now my little jug Of
frankincense and myrrh, what have
you got to say about the dainty fingers
of your flying phantom?"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-11-07
PEOPLE EAT TOO MUCH,
! Starvation Is Successfully Used as q
| Cure for Many Diseases by
Philadelphia Physician.

A Philadelphia physician of note, DR..
Edward III. Dewey, claims to cure all
sorts Of diseases by starving his pa
TENTS, The brain, says this practi-
toner, never loses weight in either
sickness or starvation. Usually the
mind remains clear when the body has
wasted away. The head is the power
house of the body. The stomach is
run by brain power. When the stom-
ach does too much work it makes too
great demand upon. the brain.
For more than 20 years." writes
this doctor, 81 have permitted my sick
to do without food so long as there
was no desire for it. Not a mouthful
was enforced in any case, not one
mouthful denied on the first hint of
hunger
''In this I have had all the medical
textbooks and the entire medical pro-
fession as authority unquestioned
against me. That food is needed to
sustain the strength of the sick has
never been matter of question with
the medical profession.
MANY of my sick have gone for more
than a month without food. One very
sick, in bed for more than a month
with acute rheumatism. was able to
walk about the room on the forty-sixth
day before the first food was taken.
Another patient, a woman of 81, went
until the forty-third day before she
broke her fast, and without any omis-
sion of her ordinary duties. A dis
eased stomach was cured as the result
and now, after five years, there has
been no return of the trouble"
physicians are pretty generally
agreed that Americans eat too much
especially too much meat. The no
breakfast habit may not be so very
lilly after all.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-11-07
The Business Side of Campaign Man.
ag9ment.

The public, reading day byday in the
newspapers of the phenomenal sagac-
ity of the managers of the great polit-
ical campaigns, has. | think, very
exaggerated idea of the part which
conspiracy and corruption play in a
national election. The work Of electing
president certainly does involve a
great amount of shrewdness; but it
necessitates vastly more hard work.
What is called the work of organiza-
ton is after all, the essential thing in
most campaigns; and this implies, not
phenomenal capacity for devising ex-
pedients of more or less doubtful polit-
ical morality, but rather knowledge
of men in all parts of the country and
a capacity to do big things in a big
way. | should think John D. Rookie
teller, whom we of the Democratic
side do not wholly admire, might, if
he applied to campaign management
some of the methods that he has uesd
in building up his Standard Oil COM
pany, be an almost invincible chair
man of a National committee. So,
too, might the head of some great
railroad who knows how to distribute
work among a vast number of sub
Ordinates, and who, passing the word
from man to man. can touch and stir
into activity the humblest sectionhand
1000 miles away. That sort of talent
is needed to conduct campaign. But
the difficulty. is, that such usually finds
it's richest rewards in serving the cor
porations-railroad, oil. or STEEL
The man who is serving the corpora
tions first can hardly be regarded as
the ideal campaign manager; for there
will always be apprehension, on the
part of a large section of the voters,
that with victory he will continue to
serve the corporations in his political
capacity. This is a DEPRESSION, how
ever. The point l desire to make
clear is that running a campaign now
is not, in any considerable degree,
matter Of chicanery. 1t is matter
of hard, straightforward, earnest work
Nearly everything that is done might
be bulletined on bill-bOards in as big
type as circus uses without shock
ing the most nicely sensitive political
reformer.-FrOm 1.-The Management
of the Democratic Campaign, by
Willis j. Abbot, in The American
Monthly Review of Reviews for No
VEN her
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-11-07
MCKINLEY 5!
Is Endorsed by tbe
American People.
Reelected by an In
creased Vote.

The result of the elections through
out the country yesterday was one
grand triumph for William Mckinley
"a magnificent endorsement OF the
patriotic and business-ike admins
tration he has given the country the
past four years. Not a single state
which he carried in 1896 has been
lost with the possible exception Of
Kentucky-the vote there being very
close-and besides, the electoral
votes Of four more-Kansas, Washing
ton. Wyoming and South Dakota-go
into the Mckinley column. Nebraska,
-Bryan's home state, may also be
added, the indications at present
writing being very favorable to Re-
publican success.
From this overwhelming verdict it
may be seen that the voters of the
country took little stock in the scare
crow of i'm perialism and militarism
raised by the bogus Democracy. but
preferred another four years of the
Mckinley administration and prosper
ity.
The vote for Mckinley snd Roose-
welt in the electoral college will pro-
badly reach 3O2, against 145 for
Bryan and Stevenson.
Some tremendous pluralities were
rolled up in the Republican states.
Our own Wisconsin gave $4,000,
Illinois 100000, Indiana 10000, Ohio
$4,000, Michigan $4,000, Iowa
$4,000, New York $4,000. New
Jersey 10000, Pennsylvania 100000,
Massachusetts so, 900. Maryland went
for Mckinley by $4,000, Vest Vir-
ginia by 1900, Kansas by 10000,
California by 5000, Washington by
5000. South Dakota by 5000. and
so on.
1t is estimated that the next senate
will consist of SO Republicans, 26
Democrats and II Independents, and
the next house of 1877 Republicans, Isl
Democrats and Independents. Thus
the Republicans will have a fine
working majority in both branches of
congress.
In Wisconsin the result is most
surprising to the Democrats, but only
what the Republican managers had
been claiming for the past two weeks.
The returns thus far show that La
Toilette ran ahead of Mckinley. Every
Republican congressional candidate
was elected by big a majority. The
Second district, loud claims for which
were made by the Democrats, returns
Congressman DAZZLE by an increased
majority, probably 1000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-11-07
Then and Now.
venber.

What is probably one of the first
copies of the first railway guide ever
issued in the United States is in pos
session of the passenger department
of the Chicago and North western
railway. This quaint little book was
printed in The Reflector Office in
Schenectady, N. Y. in 1886, and its
title proclaims it "A Western Travel
er's Pocket Dictionary and Strangers
Guide" Its 90 tiny pages are 24x34
inches in size, bound liz red covered
boards. At the time this little guide
appeared all the states through which
the Chicago and Northwestern rail
way now operates, with the exception
of Illinois, were territories, and the
tide Of emigration was just beginning
to set toward the West. Chicago was
q village, and it was not until twelve
years later that her first railroad was
begun to be built, which pioneer line
is now part of the great Chicago
and Northwestern system, operating
$500 miles of frst-class railroad in
Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Mime
sota North Dakota, South Dakota,
Iowa, Nebraska and Wyoming, and
running through trains daily between
Chicago and San Francisco and Port
land. This mighty empire has a pop
ulation vastly greater than the whole
nation possessed in 1886. The total
population of the United States as
given in. the guide was 9.195. 623,
confined to the territory east of the
Mississippi river. Beyond was an ur-
known and unexplored wilderness.
The canals of New York, Pennsyl-
vania and Ohio were the chief means
of transportation, both for people and
the commodities of commerce. as
there were but 500 miles of railway
in the republic at this time. while the
mileage of the canals was consid era
bly, greater. Much of the space in
the guide was given to rates Of
| freight and passenger tariffs on the
different canals, together with points
about the best wagon roads in exist
| ence at that time.
1t is but sixty-four years since this
little guide was printed, but centuries
of progress have been compressed
into this mparatively short time.
The canal is but memory, while
thousands upon thousands of miles of
steel bring the remotest regions Of
the nation within a few hours jour
ney, and the subtle potency of the
telegraph makes the whole world kin.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-11-07

e. KUNERT, Pres AUG. TANCh FicePre
CHAs KUNERT Sec. F. A. HOFFsANN, Urea
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-11-07
OPP Ortunities for Business.

During the past year the Chicago &
Northwestern Railway company built
474 miles of new line through the
most fertile portions of Iowa and Min
nesota. These new lines of railway
are now in full operation and are dot
ted with promising towns, which are
trade centers for well located commu-
mites. A descriptive pamphlet with
list of the business opportunities in
each town may be obtained upon ap-
plicaJion to agents Of the Chicago &
Northwestern railway or to w. B.
Kniskern, general passenger and
ticket agent. Chicago, Ill.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-11-07
Millions Given AWAY.

It is certainly gratifying to the
public to know of one concern which
IS not afraid to be generous. The
proprietors of DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for consumption, coughs and
colds, have given away over ten mil
lion trial bottles and have the salts
faction of knowing it has cured thou
sands OF hopeless cases. Asthma,
bronchitis, la grippe and all throat,
chest and lung diseases are surely
cured by it. Call on R. II. Bren-
necke, druggist, and get free trial
bottle. Regular sizes soc and ST..
Every bottle guaranteed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-11-07
Gust. BuChheit,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
REAL ESTATE AND LOANS,
BUcHHEIT BLOCK
WATERFOWL, WISCONSIN,.

First Publication Oct TO- 1901
0TATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY COURT
- JEFFERSON COUNTY.-In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of James
Parker, late of the town of Water
town, in said county, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the time fol
creditors to present to said court for allowance
claims or demands against said deceased is
limited TO six months from the End day Of
October, A. D. 1900, and that said court will
receive claims and demands presented against
said deceased at the court house in the city OF
jefferson, in said county, on any day before
the said court will examine and adjust such
claims and demands at said court house al
a special terri thereof to be held at said court
house on the 9th day of April. 1901 at the
opening of the court On said day, or as soon
thereafter as the parties can be heard
Dated this End day of October, A. ID. 1900.
By the court:
GEORGE GRIMM. County Judge.
Skinner & Tbauer, Attorneys.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-11-07
USED BY BRITISH SOLDIERS IN
AFRICA.

Capt. c. G.. Dennison is we'll known
all over Africa as commander of the
Galishe. Under date of November 4,
1897, from Vryburg, Bechuaualand, he
writes: Before starting on the last
campaign | bought quantity of Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy, which l used myself when
troubled with bowel complaint, and had
given to my men, and in every case it
proved most beneficial" For sale by G..
A. Gamm.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-11-07
CHAMBERLAIN'S PAIN BALM CURES
OTHERS. why NOT your

Ny wife has been using Chamber
lain's Pain Balm with good results for q
lame shoulder that has panied her con-
tinuorsly for nine years. We have tried
all kinds of medicines and doctors with
out receiving any beneht from any OF
them One day we saw an advertise.
ment of this medicine and thought Of
trying it, which we did with the best of
satisfaction. She has used only one bot
tiei and her shoulder is almost WE'LL
Adolph L. Millett, Manchester, N. II.
For sale by c. A. Gamm, druggist.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-11-07
Great Luck of an Editor.

ssFor two years all efforts to cure
eczema in the palms of my hands
failed" writes Editor II. N. Lester,
of Syracuse, Kan, then was wholly
cured by Bucklen's Arnica Salve. y
It's the worlds best remedy for erup-
tlons, sores and all skin diseases. Only
25 cents at 4. II. Brennecke's drug
store.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-11-07
SECOND DISTRICT.

Following are the pluralities in the
Second district of Wisconsin, accord
ing to the latest returns: DAZZLE (Rep. J
Columbia county, $500; Dane, l.
600. Aylward Dem. dodge, 1000;
Jefferson, $50. Dahle's net plurality,
1850.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-08

Sheridan, and later was made superin-
tendent of railroad, river and ocean
transportation.
He was in the Indian campaigns of
the west in 1868 and followed Gen.
Sheridan to Chicago, where in 1871 he
resigned to accept the management OF
the interests of several eastern insur-
ance companies. Carter II. Harrison
defeated him for congress in 1876, but
two years later Mr.. Davis was elected.
Twice thereafter he was reelected and
served his district with distinction.
When he retired from congress in 1884
he still continued to be member OF
the Republican national committee
and OF the national executive commit
tee. 1t was his intention at that time
to retire from active politics, but he
was persuaded to make the run for
county treasurer and was elected.
Then he became identified with the
preliminary plans for the Columbian
exposition, and was selected in 1890 as
director general. His success in this
capacity won for him the crownine
point of his life. The past few years o.
his life he devoted to his business
interests.
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METHODS AT cARRARA.
Famous Marble stil ouarried In the
Methods of 5000 Years Ago.

NAMnhh 0AAtA 1NfNANANA ~ hHN
Methods of 5000 Years Ago.
Sculptors of every country are
agreed that II there is one place on
earth where modern machinery Is nee
essary it Is in the marble quarries at
Carrara, italy. For 1000 years marble
has been quarried there. and during
all that time only one Improvement has
been introduced. the result being that
the men who work there today use
practically the same methods that we're
in vogue In the time of the Roman
emperors. Carrara is situated near the
gulf of Genoa, and its famous marble
comes from the Apennine mountains,
the quarries being located between
Carrara and Massa. The industry at
tanned its greatest prosperity at the
time OF the Emperor Augustus yet even
today II gives employment to 5000
workmen and 1600 sculptors, and 1t is
estimated that of the $1,000 persons
who live in the district there are few,
II any, who are not supported directly
or indirectly by the quarries The lat
ter cover about 20 square miles, and are
located on the sides of the mountains
generally near the topmost points.
From each Of them a pathway leads
to the street and railroad at the foot
of the mountain and 1t is down this
! pathway that the blocks of marble are
/ taken to their destination. The only
/ Improvement introduced during the
past centuries is the use of powder.
/ Yet II is doubtful II this Is altogether
/ an improvement. for the reason that,
though immense masses Of rock are
dislodged by the explosions, they are
/ frequently so badly shattered that
much of the marble Is rendered useless
| for artistic purposes. When a success
/ full explosion takes place the work OF
cutting the marble into suitable forms
begins, and this Is done with precisely
the same kind OF old-fashioned instru-
ment that has been In use for centu-
ries. namely an ordinary saw. IL Is
unnecessary 10 say that the process Is
extremely labOrious, and that those
who have seen II cannot help wonder
ing why the work Is not done with
steam saw. A very primitive method
is used for the conveyance OF the nm
ished blocks down the pathway 10 thu
railroad A rope Is tied To each, an'
then the descent begins. How diff
cult this task is can be seen from tn
fact that IS zen are required in orde
TO handle and convey safely to It's des
tination a block weighing II tons
New York Herald
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-08
THE LATE COL. DAVIS.
HE WAS A MAN OF GREAT
ABILITY.
director General OF the worlds Fair
and One Of the chief Promoters Of
the Great Exhlbitlon--A veteran OF
che Civil war and Indian wars.

Col. George r. Davis, late director
general of the worlds fair and who
died in Chicago recently, was a man
of extraordinary executive ability and
had a varied career. He was a lawyer,
a statesman, politician, and busi-
ness man. He was born in Palmer
Mass, January 3, 1S4Oof Welsh-S Scotch
parents In 1860 he graduated from
Williston academy, and spent the next
two years in business with his father
in Springfield. Mass
At the outbreak Of the war he en-
listed and went TO the front as captain
OF company II of the Eighth Massachu-
setts. After serving with distinction
he accepted commission with the
Third Rhode Island cavalry and later
he was promoted to the position of ma
jor. At the close OF the war he had
the brevet rank of colonel and became
attached to the headquarters OF Gen.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-08
THE NAPIER NUGGET.
story Of the Winding Of the Famoua
Mass OF Cold.

Mass OF Gold.
The most interesting thing remem.
Der I'm long life spent in mining,
says an old Australian miner, is the
story OF the finding of the Napier mug
get, probably the largest and purest
mass of gold ever found. Sam Napier
was second mate on a boat plying be-
tween Melbourne and Liverpool when
the Australian gold fever broke out.
He started with his brother and an
other man for the gold fields in 1857.
They finally located at Kingower, on
the Lodden river. One day Aug. IA II
was, the three men were just on the
point OF leaving their work at the bot
tom of 14-foot shaft. when Sam Ma
pier, in putting down his pick, struck
something hard. he turned II over
more in idle curiosity than anything
else and the light fell on huge mass
of what appeared to be virgin gold,
almost heavier than he, strong man as
he was, could lift. The three men saw
at a glance that their fortunes were
made, and were almost frantic with de-
light However, they covered up their
treasure with earth, and went to their
tent as If nothing had happened. In
the dead OF the night they went back
70 their claim, carried off the nugget
and for safety. buried 1t six feet deep
under the table in the center OF their
tent. For three months they had their
meals over these buried thousands, and
never breathed a word TO a living soul.
| When theil claim was exhausted about
the middle of November they hired a
cart dug up their nugget, and placed
/ Il. together with their dust, in a box
/ among lot of old clothes, and started
/ on four days tramp to Melbourne.
/ Here they consigned IT, through the
/ Bank of Victoria to England, paying
something like 81 100 export duty and
/ $3.50 for insurance. When London was
reached the fame OF this wonderful
nugget had somehow preceded them,
and the men and their rock of gold
were a seven days wonder. All the
fashionable world crowded to see 1t,
and even the queen was not happy
until she had seen this marvellous mug
get and the men who had found It, II
was sold to the Bank of England for
S50,000 and it turned the scales at "a
pounds over a hundredweight. 1t was
within an eighth of a carat OF beinG
absolutely pure gold. For some time
1t was exhibited at the British Museum
and cast OF it was taken for preserva
tion at the museum. And yet this
wonderful discovery seemed to brinl
nothing but misfortune to its finders
Sam Napier married, went to Liver
pool, and quickly lost all his none!
there He returned to the diggings
but though he spent years in huntinl
for more gold, he never found any.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-08
EQUIPMENT or THE ROAD srffH.
BEING IMPROVED


TOPEKA. KANs., FEB THE Rock
Island road is making many improve
meuts in its passenger service and is
placing q great many new passenges
coaches in service. Fifteen new high
back passenger coaches have Just been
received by the road for service both east
and west Of the Missouri river and which
will be placed IN use Immediately and
now the road hasireceive several fourteen,
section Pullman sleepers from the Pull
man company. and which will 5e put in
to their fast train service between Oma-
ha and Pueblo.
These new Puilmans are ,ae best
which are turned out ~ the Pullman
shops They are modern IN every way.
and contain many features which Will
be pleasing 10 the passengers They are
wide vestibmed are lighted with
Pintsch gas. and the uupholsterng and
iHser!or finish OF the wood work s.
artistic In the extreme The color
scheme which is so prominently brought
out I'm the high-class coaches Of today
is carried out perfectly In these new
Pullmans Heavy carpets adorn the floor.
and the cndre furnishings Of the ear g..
ard OF the best Pullman service
in thorough keeping with the high stand