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miles from the river. These lamps are quite the thing in the Orient. Among the residences that they decorate are the pal aces of the sultan of Morocco, the prince of Siam and several rajahs in British h. da They are also popular in Jerusalem.
 In India, too, it looks as though at no distant date the punka will be a thing of the past and the punka wa1la seeking a new job. demand for electric fans of American manufacture has arisen among the more up-to-date of the native princes, a little Sultan in Borneo In particular hav- ing ladd in considerable supply. The tor rid climate of India opens up number of possibilities to the enterprising trader. A few soda fountains have recently been shipped to Calcutta experimentally Ice plants, too, have been shipped to various parts of the country and there is call for more. Another article considered in- dispensable in many parts of this country, mosquito curtains, is becoming popular in the East, and a large consignment has re- gently been shipped to Syria.
 Nor does the ancient land of Egypt turn up its nose at our new-fangled contriv- ances. The supply of images in the pyra- mids having run rather low, owing to the depredations of curio hunters, an Ameri- can firm has been filling up the vacancies with most interesting and antique-appear- ing little statues. As a matter of fact they are manufactured by new patent process from various condiments, but they look so like ancient stone that they would deceive any but an expert An American merry-go-round of the Coney Island type has recently been set up at Cairo. It Is largely patronized by the Arabs, who cut a fine figure in their snowy burnooses bestriding the green and gold tigers and elephants. It Is driven by steam and its music is the same old American ragtime. Another country which has be- come customer for American merry-go- rounds is Spain.
 But unquestionably our most important customer in the east is China. The greater part of the railroad equipment, engines, rolling stock and rails come from this coun- try An important and novel recent ship ment to China is the machinery for water works to be set up in the northern part of the Empire and operated bv native labor. This will be remarkable innovation In country whose people have hitherto con- tented themselves with wells and not both- cred about typhoid germs.
 Manchuria is one of the most fertile coun- tries in the world Seven crops oe wheat can be raised in the year at certain parts, yet flour for the Russian troops Is being im- ported. The cause of this Is the complete absence of modern flour mills, the Chinese still clinging to the old, slow and wasteful processes which they employed 2OO0 years ago. However an up-to-date flour mill has just been erected in the interior, the ma- chinery of which is American. Others are to follow, and there Is no question that at no distant date Manchuria will feed it's own teemfng population and the legions of the Czar, with considerable surplus for ex- port.
 But the most remarkable testimony to
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I make good men.
 "In little while have several clubs. All make lots of money sometimes; sometimes not make much.
 q do not know how much money make any one night. My bookkeeper. he knows that. Sometimes l no go near games for two whole weeks. If I make 5000 night I can't say. If we have big limit can't say. If game have $100,000 money, $10,00O is limit for any one play; if $10,000 in money, 5000 is limit always about one-tenth.
 Makes Large Percentage.
 My percentage-what you call house percentage'-for pi gow is 10 per cent. and all the ties; for fan-tan it is per cent. and the ties. I have over fifty men work for me. I no al- low any man smoke opium. If he do, 1 fire him. I no gamble, except play small poker, maybe 10 cents ante, or shake dice for 15 or 25 cents or half a dollar, just for fun. I no smoke opium and I no drink much. I say If man go every day and put half dollar in box for safe keeping, he big winner by Christmas.
 What I want is to make myself 'heen yum all same Confucius. In all China in 400 years only 200 good names. Name never die. Riches may go away and body go away, but name never die.
 q like see Emperor of China ia power and rule whole country. He make good laws for all people. If other nations cut up China, Tn little while they will fight among themselves and there will be war all over the world.
 T run gambling houses here, so make money to spend for information, so do my country some good. think much sham in United States of Amer ica, and may be trouble here, l think, in five years. This country is like ugly woman who powders her face and looks pleasant. Too much sham. What we call in China ching noom him. or make pretty face to make believe. Rich man too much squeeze poor man here."
 He Paid the Freight.
 Boss" said an old negro, looking in
The age-herald., 1900-12-23
FALLAcIoUs SUBSIDY ARGUMENT

From the Philadelphia Record.
 The argument is continually made by the supporters of the ship subsidy scheme that we are paying to foreign ship owners yearly $200,000 for freights on our imports and exports, which to that extent is direct loss to the coun- try. It is not denied that the service is more cheaply rendered by foreign shippers than we can afford to do it for ourselves. For this very reason sub sidy is urged to make good the losses which would be incurred in carrying our own goods in our own ships.
 But the assumption of loss of $200,- 900 is based on gross misconception. The vessels employed in our carrying trade, whether owned by ourselves or by foreigners, represent vast moneye1 investment. It Is not the aggregate of yearly freight receipts, but the aggrc. gate of yearly profits upon the invest ment which must be considered in making up the favorable balance of trade. The American nation is mono the worse off at the end O. the year if it have secured the delivery abroad of what it has to sell and the delivery at home of it's purchases in foreign mar kets at freight rates so low that they offer no temptation to it's own shippers. The lower the cost of the service the greater the advantage to our farmers, manufacturers and merchants.
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our mechanical ability comes in the form of an acknowledgment that we are superb or even in matters of washee-washee to those whom we are accustomed to regard as apostles and high priests of the science. An American firm has shipped to China the machinery of a monster laundry plant on which Chinamen are to be exclusively employed where there Is no hand labor, and from which 5000 pieces are turned out daily at a cost of 1 cent a piece, whether it be large of small, complicated or simple. The cost of the machinery is s40,000
 Next to China in importance as a market for American goods comes Japan but the eleverness of the Japanese Is an obstacle to extended trade. As imitators they have no equal, and 1t is their custom to buy a few American samples and reproduce them in large quantities.
 In spite of the abuse that has been poured forth on our beer and the unfayor- able comparisons that have been institu- ted between it and the foreign product, the foreigners apparently see something in our methods. It is not so long since MT. All- sopp, the famous brewer of Burton-on- Trent, England started a large lager beer brewery, in which American methods and American machinery were exclusively em- ployed, and even Germany herself, whose beer is usually considered without rival, has recently been importing American brewing apparatus and adopting the sys- tenn of Milwaukee. Germany, thoroughly wide awake as she Is in matters commer- cial, has not been blind to the merits of American methods and wares
 A great deal of the caviare which Is served at the tables of our hotels and pri- vate houses, and fetches high price, owing to the belief that 1t is manufactured abroad, really has its birth within the confines of the United States, and having been shipped to Germany is resnipped hither under German label. Germany, too, as well IS France and Italy, is one of our customers for colored glass, which Is manufactured here by patent process and almost equals in beauty of coloring that which adorns the old cathedrals of Europe. Many of the new European churches are equipped with this American glass.
 In the matter of the toilet, too, we are in the front. Even the Muscovite, who. if we are to believe the pictures should not have much call for shaving appliances, is good customer of ours for barbers' chairs and toilet clippers. France, too, is buying our dress shields and our boot polish, luxuries which she herself was first to de- wise and for which for many years she held the monopoly. Finally Australia, which has long been our customer for axes to chop it's plentiful timber, has at last turned to America even for articles of wood, and is buying plentifully of our wooden handles for tools, clothespins and golf clubs And if further proof of our skill in the manufacture of articles of sport were needed, then the last article all Europe recognizes that American clay pigeons have no equal.
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Another Romance Spoiled.

From the New York Clipper
 "Tell a good story and stick to it," is an old maxim that Is illustrated in a story that Is going the rounds along the Rialto. A certain well-known actor foatcd into his home one morning about 9 o'clock. The wife of his bosom was waiting up for him. He told her he had been out all the even- ing with one of her friends, Charlie B., and then related an interesting fairy story of how Charlie" had taken a crowd t0 supper; how Charlie" had told them \ whole string of spicy tales; how funny Charlie" had been all the evening; how well Charlie looked In his new suit; how he said this, that and the other. After telling a fifteen-minute story, 70 which the gentle partner of his joys and out o'-worR periods listened with respectful attention but cynical mien, he paused for breath. Then she, in a confident ''now-Ive-gots you' tone, said:
 That's lovely romance you've been Charlie has been here nearly all the even. ing waiting to see you about an engaget ment-he left only about half an hour ago."
 The teller of the tale looked rather dazed for a moment, as If he had been strucki then, quickly gathering himself together, he assumed a bold front, with hands in his pocket, head thrown back in defiant innocence, and, emphasizing each word, said:
 Well, that's my story, and Pm not go. ing to change 1t for anybody"
 Three doses of Hoods sarsaparilla daily after meals for awhile will build you up.
The age-herald., 1900-12-23
ALL THE NATIONS
 NOW SHOP HERE
We Send Soda Fountains to Cal cutta and Pumps to the Jor-
 don-Laundryt China
From the Washington Post:

From the Washington Post.
 IJp in the north of Sweden trains of rein deer are drawing American wood cutting machinery to points not far distant from the North cape The machinery has to be hauled hundreds of miles over the plains of snow, but the shrewd Swedish lumber men have found that>lts use alpost doubles their profits. Again, Puntas Arenas, in Terra del Fuego, is the most southerly con tinental spot on the globe. The important lighthouse there is equipped with electric machinery manufactured within a few hun dred miles of|New York city.
 Some of the schemes devised by the enter prisng Yankee are so daring that they might have been almost sacriiiglous In less practical age. A large consignment or steel pumps was lately shipped to the past Their destination was the Jordan. Former pilgrims with an eye to the main chance had found 1t profitable to secure ca1apasnes of water from the sacred river ana sell their contents to churches and conYents 10 be used as holy water. A Wloe-a"aAe American saw his opportunity. He devised a steam pump of convenient size, mum Der of which were set up at suitable points along the banks of the Jordan. The result was A profitable business In retailing to the churches all over Europe.
 Again American devices are finding their way into the vatican itself The sovereign nont,ff has recently been our customer for a iashligant apparatus, which stands by his couch and can be ignited at any mo- ment during the night by pressing a but ton,
 Tradition has assigned to Bagdad the honor of producing the most celebrated iamns Rut New York house has super ceded Aladdin and his genii The lamps are of fanciful pattern and are decorated with devices often more pleasing to the eye of the Oriental than the morals of the as- cetic. They are of simple design, operat- ing without 8 chimney, on the principle of the blast furnace. They. are conveyed to A point on the Persian gulf, whence they are hauled over some 300 miles of desert on camel back They are then transferred to rafts and towed 100 miles up the Euphrates, where they are agains loaded on camel, which convey them to the destination, 200
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through the postofice stamp window, yes- terday, "how much does hit tex ter sem fo letters?"
 Flight cents," said the gentleman with- in. "Hushv "Factv
 The old man studied awhile, got out his leather book, vintage of 1855, and worried eight coppers out of the lining. Laying these on the counter he drew long breath and said:
 "Well, you can let em go longg
 "But where are the letters2'
 "Whar is day? Why I done drapt 'em in de hole 'roun yonder!'
 The letters were fished out, stamped and allowed to Ego '1ongp'
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Poor Pas Share.

From Illustrated Bits.
 Clara (arranging the Christmas presents) We'll put mammals pearl necklace here. Dora-And Mabeps diamond earrings here. Cora-And Georges gold watch here.
 Dora-And Edith's diamond bracelets. What shall we do with them?
 Clara-Lay them on the piano alongside of our Christmas card for pa.
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WE ARE COMING

Granite Floor Paint is the best $1.25 per
 gallon. Meals Carriage Paint is the best 75 cents Magic varnish Remover is the best. 60
 cents Johnston and Walter Paint Co.,, 113 Fist street 12-N-3t
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Making His Last Fight.

From the Indianapolis Press.
 A little of the recklessness of Mark Han na in pushing the ship subsidy bill may be attributed to the fact that he well under stands that he has made his last political fight. When Mckinley retires from office the power of Hanna will go with him, and nobody understands that better than Han- na himself
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A call will convince you that there are few equals and none superior to the Heiser Shoe. Allen Bros.. 2lO North 18th St.
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cnINThlM Pens, Waterman's Ideal. A IouHins" sensible present. Dewberry's Book Store, 2012 First avenue.
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With the completion of the canvass ir Der last became available. They show 6S,565 more votes than were given the Bry Sewall and Bryan and Watson tickets fin Social Labor ticket received 34,007 votes in
 The total vote increased in four years which outbalanced the gains in the North in 1896. Other heavy losses in the total Louisiana, 33, 142; Virginia, 29169; Arkar
 The heaviest losses in the North were nois, A,02S; Colorado, S1,551; Idaho, H,9S7; twenty. The total vote as given in the a
 The percentage of the total vote recei Mckinley, Rep,.,.., .,.........51.7
 Bryan, Dem.. .......... ............45.A
 Woolley, Pro........ ...... ...... .... 1.4S
 Three candidates appeared on the ba in which they were voted for and the
 Ellis, Union Reform-Arkansas, $40;
 Leonard, United Christian-Illinois, 8
 Emerson, Anti-Imperialism Massa
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LAST

  combined nerease of the o n O n Carolina SI16o  rni and in ballots o
  Lab. in
  Illinois Indiana Si Maryland 27; oho ES4 total 567
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He Paid the Freight. Boss" said an old negro, looking in
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Three doses of Hoods Sarsaparilla daily after meals for awhile will build you up.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-02-13

nd live. Day and night were both alike to
memo sleep that did me any good and no
rest at any time. used to have such terrible
headaches that it seemed as though my head
would burst at any moment, my appetite was
very poor and was rundown and exhausted
in body and mind. Before [ had taken one
bottle of the Nervine could go to bed and
sleep soundly all night, and in the morning l
would awake feeling SO rested and refreshed.
DR.. Miles Nervine did me world of good I,
and am never tired of singing its praises"
MRS. D. D. OWEN,
q Utica St, Ithaca, N. Y.
"Tntemperate living and close confinement
in my store resulted in collapse of my
whole nervous system and I was total
wreck. I was so weak that at times l was
unable to stand on my feet and would fall to
the floor wherever I happened to be. My
legs would become numb and without any
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-02-13

ard, in which he said. after calling at
tention to the fact that the amend
meut would diSfranchise SO, 900 white
voters: "This whole scheme is not
only fraught with danger, but it is
unnecessary. l. puts the South in a
false and unenvianle position to at
tempt TO deal with suffrage in this
uncandid manner"
Senator Hoar. who has received as
much abuse from Southern Demo
Gratis as any man now in public life,
is a man of too much experience to
be deceived by the compliments they
are now paying him because he is
with them in opposing the expansion
policy of President Nc Kinney and the
Republican party. He knows his
history well enough to be fully aware
that it is only another case of "the
Greeks bearing gifts" and to accept
those'compliments at their real value.
Senator Aldrich stated in a speech,
when the finance bill was first re-
ported 70 the senate, that there was
nothing in the bill to prevent
renewal OF the attempts on the part
of this government to secure inter
national bimetalism at any time
there should appear to be any pros
Dect of success, and this week the
finance com nittee reported All
amendment to the bill, explicitly
declaring that the provisions of the
bill are not intended to place any
obstacles in the way of the accom-
plishment OF international himetal
ism, provided tho same be received
by concurrent action of the leading
commercial nations of the world, and
at a ratio which shall insure perma-
nencp of relative value between gol3
and silver.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-02-13
FOUND A GOLD MINE.
1T WAS IN HIS POULTRY YARD.
Man in Iowa Uses Compound that
Makes His Hens Lay Double the
Usual Number summer and
Winter-Secret of His
Success

People in the neigh borhOod of Cres-
ton, Iowa, are amazed at the number of
eggs that this man drives to market
with. When asked what was the cause
of his hens being so prolific, he stated
it was all in a certain compound he
was using, that kept his hens in good
condition and furnished them with the
proper stimulus to egg production.
American Poultry Mixture is the name
of it. and is made by American Manu-
featuring company, Terre Haute, Ind.
Every man in the poultry business is
interested in the health of his hens
and their laying capacity. In the eggs
lie his profits. This mixture is guar
anteed to increase the production of
eggs 100 per cent. or money refunded.
1t will do more than three times as
much as the same amount of any other
compound 1t is concentrated in form
and the result of years of practical ex-
perience in the poultry business.
There is absolutely no doubt as to
what it will do, and you are invited to
try it at the expense of the company.
Send 81 for sample package and if
it doesn't do the work you get your
money back. This is fair and is made
to induce practical poultrymen to give
it a trial. 1t is also a sure preventive
of such diseases as the terrible cholera
and roup which create such havoc in
all parts of the country. 1t acts
directly on the craw and gizzard and
is a thoroughly scientific preparation.
The manufacturers guarantee every
package or refund purchase mon"y.
If your druggist don't sell American
Poultry Mixture, he's behind the age.
In that case order direct from Ameri-
can Manufacturing company, Terre
Haute, Ind.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-02-13
From Northern Wisconsin.
LINDsLEY, February 9, 1900

LlNDSLE1, y, 1JOO.
EDITOR REPUBLICAN:-I came here
last Wednesday with w. O. Roberts,
of Oconomowoc, via the St. Paul rail
way Lindsey is small town twen-
ty-two miles northwest of Babcock,
situated on the St. Paul road. There
are three stores, one hotel, depot,
cheese factory, and about twenty res
licences, also a good school house.
The section abounds in frst-class farm
ing lands, which sell at from 81. so to
$40 per acre. Quite good share of
these lands has been burned over
and most of the timber burned off,
which makes it easy for the farmer to
clear it and get it into crops. Two
mn and team will easily clear up
an acre day and leave but very few
stumps, as all the large timber has
been cut off years ago for lumber, and
the fire has taken most all Of the small
gro Jh. About three and one-half miles
southeast of here there are fine, heavy
timber lands. Lindsey is situated on
nice, high ground There is no black
smith here nor stockbuyer; it would
be a good place for either. This is
bound to BIZ a good town as there is
no town OF ANY size nearer than
Marshfeld, twelve miles north, and
Neillsville on the west, about eighteen
miles. The st. Paul road runs but
one train day in here. which is
mixed train Qogs). The farmers raise
all the crops usually raised around
Watertown except corn, which is not
perfect success here. Still they raise
fair crops of it. Plenty of game here
in the timber. Three large black
bears were killed here last week.
Wolves are plenty, and it would not
be safe for man to wander alone
through the timber after dark. While
driving through the woods here last
Wednesday your correspondent saw
five fine deer and two wolves. The
farmers cannot raise sheep on account
of the wolves killing them. Those
who do keep a few have to house them
every night. The farmers are selling
their mixed wood at the station at
$175 per cord. Hay sells for IS to S.
per ton. The snow storm Of Wednes
day night, with high winds, blockaded
the railroad so that the train did not
run out here from Babcock on Thurs
day. We leave today for Marshfield
by stage. Respectfully yours,
j. MCCALL.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-02-13

sense of feeling. had dizzy spells when my
head would swim so / could scarcely see.
had tried nearly every remedy recommended
for nervous troubles without obtaining relief
and finally became so discouraged that did
not care whether lived or died. Four years
ago commenced using DR.. Miles Nervine
and was greatly benefited by the first bottle.
This gave me new hope and I continued the
medicine for several months, gaining strength
all the time. | am now as strong and well as
I ever was and can work sixteen hours day
when it is necessary without feeling any bad
effects. l cannot speak too highly of DIR.
Miles Nervine for I think it was the only
thing that saved my life"
w. C. WHITE, McGregor, Tex.
Dr. Miles Nervine is sold at all druggists
on a positive guarantee. Write for free
advice and booklet to
DR.. MILES MEDICAL Co., EIkhart, Ind.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-02-13

Nothing has ever equalled DR..
Miles Nervine in power to restore
cost energy and build up wasted
nerve strength and vitality. 1t gives
relief where other remedies fail, be-
cause it does not drive the irritated
nerves, but coaXes and feeds them,
giving them new life and power be-
fore calling on them for renewed
effort. If your nerves are getting
weak; if you are tired, WORKOUT and
cannot rest or sleep; if your strength
is failing and you feel that you are
losing ground, begin at once with DR..
Miles Neryine, and you will be sur
prised how soon you will begin to
feel better and stronger.
''When I commenced taking DR.. Miles
Nervine was as nervous as anyone could be