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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-01-16
BURY LEPERS ALIVE.
The Victims Are Guests at BanUuefS
That Precede Funerals
in China.

The Chinese have curiouslv cheer
full way Of disposing of their lepers.
The relatives of the afflicted persons
propose to him that they bury him
alive, and such is the fatalism of the
Chinese that the victim readily con-
sents. An elaborate meal is served
to him, in the way of farewell ban
quet, and then the funeral procession
forms. The man who is about to be
immured under the sod follows his own
coffin, and when he reaches the grave
he takes dose of laudanum. hops into
the box and settles down for eternity.
DIR. Wittenberg, writing on the sub
ject of leprosy in China, states that
the pure nerve form is the least COM
mon. In such cases, as is we'll known,
the patients may go on for years. AS
to the mixed form, it is fairly common,
but it is a difficult matter to estimate
the number of lepers in any given dis
trict.
The sufferers lead the common life
SO long as they remain free from de-
structive LESSONS. When these occur to
any marked degree the leper is either
segre gated in hut or he is allowed to
wander about the country. staining
life by begging. DR.. Wittenberg re-
cords cases of direct contagion from
mother-in-law to daughter-in-law.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-01-16
THROUGH THE HOLY LAND.
The Train Moves Slowly, as If 10th to
Disturb Its Haunting Shades
and PhantOmS.

There is no rush in the orient; the
train moves slowly through Holy Places
as if 10th to disturb the shades and
phantoms haunting the Land of Prom
Use. writes Mrs. Lew Wallace of "Jeru-
salem as We See 1t To-Day" in Ladies'
Home Journal. Deep emotion pos
sesses us. The Jaffa gate, is the en-
trance from the west, market where
there is much traffic carried on in va
rious languages. We hear names that
start far-reaching associations in the
remote past. We see costumes such as
Absalom. the beautiful. the beloved.
wore; men in soft raiment, flowing
robes, beggars, lepers. Chief among
the motley swarm is the unconquered
Arab stately as Saul. silent in his pic
turesque garments. as though the still
ness of the desert had passed into his
soul, unmoved at sight of the foreign
machine come to break his civilization.
Job was such a one-sheik of the desert,
with lordly bearing, as became the
leader of horsemen with spears and
the owner of camels, greatest of all
men of the east. Does this sound ir-
reverent? Wait, we are nearing the
slow wheels turn slower shrek. a
jerk, stop. The turbaned brakeman
calmly calls Mount Zion''-a rush of
feeling. thrill that can come but once.
we lift our eyes to the city of our Lord,
whether in the body OF out of the body
I cannot~telI.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-01-16
Doing the DiSagreeabIe.

Naturalists say that, when examined
infinitely with microscope, it will be
found that no creature or object in ma
ture is positively ugly, that there is a
certain harmony or symmetry of parts
that renders the whole agreeable
rather than the reverse. So the most
disagreeable tasks in life, when viewed
in their proper proportions, reveal a
poetic, an attractive side, hitherto un-
dreamed of. Turn on the sunlight of
good cheer, the determination to see
the bright as we'll as the dark side, and
you will find something pleasant even
in the most dreaded task
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-01-16
PRAIRIE DOGS ALL GOING.
The Destructive Rodents Have Had
Their Day on the Plains of
the Far West.

Passengers who have ridden the bet
ter part of day through western Ne
braska and eastern Colorado will re-
member the prairie dog. He is numer-
Gus in that section of the country.
He lives in villages, and the villages
are as close together as the villages
of certain parts of Europe.
But the prairie dog has had his day.
The agricultural department says he
must go. Mr.. Wilson has decided that
the dogs kill the grass and ruin good
grazing land. llama Jim" has little
of the love of picturesqueness in his
makeup. He is eminently practical
and his philanthropy is of the type
which seeks to make two blades of
grass grow instead of one. Therefore
he proposes to relegate the prairie
dog to the picture books and to the
stuffed specimens of the museum
along with the buffalo, says the Des
Moines News.
Mr.. Wilson's chemists have discov-
cred a mixture which will make whole
villages fight for the first L-te, but
which at the last biteth like serpent
and stingeth like an adder. Under it's
influence the hole that knows the
prairie dog will know it no more for
ever. The frisky, nervous, barking lit
tie beast will join the innumerable
caravan of prairie dogs who have gone
before.
There will be more grass when the
prairie dog is gone, and therefore
more cattle There will be less break
ing of the legs of cowboys ponies and
the rattlesnake will live alone in the
hole until the summons comes to him
also
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-01-16
LONELY LIVES OF HERDERS.
Australian Cattle Tenders Pass a
MOnotOnous Existence in
the Bush.

Not even its greatest admirer could
call the Australian bush beautiful. 1t is
a somber, sage-colored wild of eucalyp-
tus forest, interspersed with arid
tracks of thorn and spinnifex. There is
no shade and the silence is intense
says the Newcastle Chronicle. At far
intervals you come across a squat ter S
clearings, with its little community Of
human beings. Deeper still in these
solitudes, aloof and almost lost. live
the shepherds and bushmen. each an
Alexander Selkirk marooned in a great
waste of grass or forest. Once a month
they are visited and their rations car
ried to them, but for the rest they live
in solitary exile. the only companions
their sheep, cattle and dogs. Cut off
from human intercourse. they almost
lose their faculty of speech. and become
as witless as their sheep Or cattle. And
when they return to civiliza ton for the
short holiday that is allowed them, it
is too probable that they hand in their
"cheque" for the half-year7s wages to
the proprietor of the shanty known as
the 'Bush hotel" and stay there to
drink it out.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-01-16
POOR 10 TURNED TO STONE.
Petrified Body OF an Indian Found
in a Mound on an Ohio
Farm.

In an old Indian mound near Gun
nersville, O., relic hunters have found
an Indians body that had turned to
solid stone. The mound is located on
the farm of Thomas Jemes, and bones,
arrowheads and other relics are plenti-
full there, and some time ago three
skeletons which were found there
crumbled to dust on exposure to the
air. The last find of the petrified In
dian was made about six feet beneath
the surface Of the mound. Their shovel
struck something hard and immovable
and investigation showed it to be in
the form of mans face. The entire
form of the Indian was soon brought
to view, but aid had to be secured be-
fore it could be removed 1t was fine
specimen of an Indian, over six feet
tall. His features are comely and his
hands small and shapely. The muscles
of his arms and legs stand out in bold
relief, as though carved by the hand
of man, and even the wrinkles in the
wrist are discernible. The relic is now
at the home of Mr.. Jemes and arrange
ments have been made for placing it
in a museum.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-01-16
SEVENTY CENTURIES AGO.
Beautiful Testimonials When Egyp-
tlan MOnarchs Were Laid
Away by the Ancients.

The center of interest for us today
In Egypt is the first dynasty time, and
how far advanced in the arts of life
were the men of that age may be seen
by the beauty of shape of the stone and
alabaster vases that are here to view,
and the exquisite workmanship of a
little toilet nard or eye paint box
carved out of single block of ivory,
and made in the shape Of 4 couple Of
ducks whose tails are twisted togeth +
to form, as it were, the hinge Ct the
box. The great gentleman who owned
this was buried with 80 jars of offer
ings in his brick tomb, while 16 stone
vases were near his body. He had as
Yellowstone a sandstone block for corn
grinding and beautiful shaped taxa
of slate had been apparently placed at
his head, says Atlantic. These among
his vases had lain when Prof Finder
Petrie and John Garstang brought his
skull bones and his funeral furniture
to the light of day.
But the table in the center of the
room-it is to this we turn, for here
are placed contemporary carvings in
wood and ivory, weapons and pieces of
the royal drinking bowls and furniture
of seven of the eight kings Of the first
dynasty, and the work of two that pre-
coded AhaMena. Here is a fragment
of a slate bowl that the lips of Zeser
the pre-Menite king perhaps have
touched. Here is a fragment of an
alabaster jar that bears upon it the
name of Mariner, the succeeding SOW
ereign, but my eyes went at once to
the little bit of crystal vase which bore
the name of Mena, for now | seemed to
feel myth fade away and the real king
who drank from a crystal goblet to the
success of the city of Memphis he had
built in fair fields from which he had
turned the great Nile flood, seemed to
stand before me.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-01-16
GREAT MOUNTAIN OF MUD.
Costa Rica's Leading Railway Is En-
gagged in the Labor of WASH
ing 1t Away.

The principal railroad of Costa Rica,
now but III miles long, is just being
extended to reach from San Jose to the
Pacific coast. The general manager of
the road in speaking of the enterprise
recently said:
There is one place on the road which
has given the engineers a great deal
of trouble, and which has cost many
thousands of dollars every year since
the road was built. This place is about
As miles from Port Limon. and is called
Bluemud. For about 600 feet the track
runs along a ledge on the side of a
mountain, with the river Reventa Zon
below. The mountain is composed of
a blush clay, which turns into mud
during the rainy season and keeps con-
stantly sliding down on the tracks.
We have to keep big gang of men
at work day and night cleaning the
road of this blue mud, and when the
rains are very heavy traffic has to be
suspended. In July so much of the
mud slid down over the roadbed that
we could not run trains there for three
weeks.
''To add to the difficulty there is a
lake back of the mountain and the wa
ter from this lake percolates through
the mountain and keeps it constantly
wet. The lake was drained by the en-
gineers, but they discovered that it was
fed by springs, and still the mountain
was kept in a wet state and the mud
kept sliding down over the tracks.
At last they obtained what is known
in California as hydraulic giant. and
which throws a very powerful stream
of water with great force. They rugged
up this hydraulic giant. and when I
left Costa Rica they were actually
washing the mountain away with it
into the river
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-01-16
QUEER USES OF CORN.
Things You'd Never Dream Gould Be
Made of 1t at the Paris
Exposition.

At the Paris exposition there is a
little showcase wherein are displayed
the more important Indian corn prod
ucts of this country, says the New
York World.
They make an amazing display, in
Guiding the following articles:
Cornmeal, hominy, hulled corn,
cream of maize, granulated cornmeal,
canned green corn, canned hulled corn,
maizena,, samp, degerminated samp,
creammeal, self-rising pancake flour,
quick malt, brewers grits, husks for
mattresses, cellulose for packing the
cofferdams of battleships, paper stock
prepared from cornstalk, degermi-
mated brewers meal, Bourbon whisky,
alcohol, bolted cornmeal, hulled corn
meal, feed of ground blades, stalks and
cobs, varnish, cob pipes, corn lager
beer, table sirup, popcorn, table grits,
British gum, salves, laundry starch,
table starch, fern entum, faxed hon.
my, gum paste, corn oil, vulcanized
corn oil, oilcake, grape sugar, gluten
feed, glucose, confectioners' crystal
glucose and confectioners paste. Corn
oil, vulcanized, forms the basis of sub
stitute for rubber.
This substitute, compounded with
so per cent. numerical rubber, is used
in rubber boots, linoleum, wheel tires,
blankets and other articles. Crude
corn oil has been used in the manufac-
ture of toilet soap. Rectifed, it is as
clear as alcohol, and is the base of a
substitute for olive oil. Cornstalk pith
is of value in making paper, varnish
films, imitation silks and gun cotton
and other explosives.
1t is a long list
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-01-16
NEW SOURCES OF ALCOHOL.
The Stimulating Product Is Now OBJ
tanned from Several At
rican Plants.

It is announced in the Revue des Gull
lures Coloniales (Paris) by Oh. Ri
Were, of Algiers, that alcohol may be
obtained from several African plants,
namely. the carob, the asphodel, the
squill and the alta. The fruit of the
carob is a pod with very sugary con-
tents. The saccharine gum that forms
on its surface often ferments of itself.
Dry pods yield Al per cent. of sugar
and 100 Kilograms co. pounds) give
about 20 liters Give gallons) of absolute
alcohol, or 40 or so per cent. of alcohol.
The alcohol is of good quality, but can
not be freed from a disagree cable smell
and taste. Asphodel alcohol has re-
pulsive odor and disagreeable taste and
is as harmful as it is displeasing.
1t is the tuberous root Of the plant.
which is very common in Algiers and
Tunis, that yields it. NJ Riviere be-
lieves that with sterilization and puri-
fcation it will furnish a grade of alec
hol superior to that obtained from beet
root or molasses. AS for the squill
which is also very abundant in Algiers,
it gives interesting results, notwith-
standing its acrid and toxic qualities.
The alcohol is not of as high grade as
that from the asphodel but it is free
from furfurol and contains avery small
proportion of the higher a,cohols.
Finally, the alta yields alcohol from
its leaves. This alcohol has very bad
odor. but it is more likely to be used
practically than that from the other
plants. since alta is already cultivated
as grain and for paper-making.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-01-16

SfIken Garments in Ancient Days.
Silken raiment has standing among
the oldest garments in the world Robes
of that material were worn by men and
women alike $500 years before the
birth of Christi
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-01-16
FURNITURE!

Such as Parlorand Cha N berSets Cane Seat
and Wood BottOmed Chairs. ETC., together
with Common Furniture of every description
The firm would also state that they haye
urchased the undertaking business OF j..
ungman u Co. and will keep on hand a
AIRED assortment of Collins, Caskets.
hrouds, etc. Funerals furnished with
Hearse and Carriag es on short notice.
CHAS. NOWACK,
FRANK NOWACk,
EDWARD SCHNUTZLER
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-01-16
American Cities.

Chicago now contains greater pop
ulation than all the cities of the United
States contained in 1910, and New York
now has a greater population than all
the cities together had in 1850.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-01-16
The Sun in Turkey.

In Turkey the disappearance of the
sun at night is accounted for by the
periodical retirement of that pious
luminary for prayers and religious re-
lection.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-01-16
MAILS CLOSE.

Mailsclose at the postoftice close TO
Uws:
orth-*2:15r. M. ;9:0uP.M.
South-+l0:15 A. NJ; 9:0OPM
Hast-sS:50 A. M; 100 P. M; IS :00P, H. Spy
West-5:50 A. NJ; *l2:00M.; 9:G0P, N.
WATERFOWL and AadisOn-+8: GAN. IS: Or. N.
Pipersville, Affection, Farmigtonand Eben-
ezer, *7:3U A. N.
Lebanon-Tuesdays, Thursdays and satuy-
days. $500 p. NJ
NDaily exCep1Snnd*y.
WM. GRUErzAACHER, Pm
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-01-16
Sheep Ranches for the South.

The, discovery that sheep flourish in
Patagonia and Terre del Fuego has led
to the stocking of enormous and very
profita BILE ranches.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-01-16
RAILROAD DIRECTORY.
Chicago, Milwaukee y st. Paul.

Train No. arrives fromsChicago at 1882
m daily except Sunday.
Train No. % arrives from Chicago and de-
parts for Madison at go p m except Sunday
No 80 arrives trem milwaukee, and departs
for Madison at 9:lU m except Sunday.
G. W. WEBB, Agent.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-01-16
Chicago & NorthAv estern.

Chicago & NorthGv estern.
GOING SOUTH.
Chicago Fast Passenger $500. 6:2O 10
s. Mail lO:52 10
GAINESVILLE -. 6:32 10
New Rockford-Watertown train. Leaves
Rockford 40 A. M. arrives at WATERFOWL
$50 A. NJ. and goes no further, returning
leaves Watertown 80 z M. arriving at
Rockford 5 100
GONG NORTH
Passenger. ...-............... $40 a m
Zoo u LII
Il r
Passenger from Chicago arrives at Water
town 9:25 m and gOesnO farther. -,
1857 m train connects direct with Iast
train for La Crosse WinOna. st. Faul anu
intermediate points. o.
6:32 D m train connect direct Tor 81. faua
0:57 m train connects direct WIZ tfAln
fr Madison. and Minnesota ana Ddkota
points.
a. except Sunday.
FRED NJ NEwTcN Agent.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-01-16
CARRIAGES AND PRAETQNS
Nothing Sells Like the Dust.Proof1n.
Interchangeable AXle-BOx Buggy.

They give the very best satisfaction. and
are warranted to run from sou to 1000 miles
without oiliDg The parts arc interchange
able, and wnen worn can be renewed and
made good as new. The axle box is made
from wrought iron with sleeve properly
grooved to fit the balls pressed on the point
o. the box and cap presse into the back
end OF the box which is MAJ de to fit the balls
tina are contained in the cone. which is
mounted at the shoulder Of the axle. The
nut is made with cup There is also back
dust cap which screws over the back end OF
the box. also dust cap which screws over
the point Of he hub, king the axle dust
proof. The buggy is fitted with double end
springs which make it one of the easiest rid
ng buggies manufactured.
When you want to buy the best
Buggies, Wagons. Binders. Reapers
Movers, flaming Mills, ETC.,
Calland see JOHN F. BRAMER,
Mol Windmills speciality. 4oe MAIN ST
Pumps, Tanks, Repairs, always in stock
Lowest prices guaranteed.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-13
THE RICE MARKET.

The market at this point moves along
with former spirit; everything finds
ready sale and best selections only OBJ
tainable by purchasing in advance of
arrival. The hating and hesitant seem
to have cotton inspiration from the
more optimistic, and under the general
willingness to operate freely there is
a buoyancy rarely experienced at this
period. The idea of lower prices has
been abandoned for the momentum
fact, marked recession no longer in
cluded in the list of possibilities. Ex
ceptional conditions maintain; not in
many a year has a crop entered under
such favorable auspices; the old crop
out of the way; stocks throughout the
country literally next to nothing; finan-
cial situation in Porto Rico vastly diff
ferent from last year, so that it will
be steady and liberal patron; short
ened supply and extraordinary prices
in potatoes, which can hardly fail to
attract enlarged attention to rice, es-
pecially in view of its containing more
nutrition and from an economic stand
point an intrinsic worth far beyond
ruling values.
Advices from the South note moder-
ate distributing business along the At
lantic coast, with new crop expected
during the. coming week. Growing and
harvesting weather have been almost
perfect and quality should average far
above that of recent years. In New
Orleans there is a widening of assortl
ment and every variety in grade is now
obtainable. With a sudden influx of
receipts, prices were irregular in the
early week, but there was prompt re-
action and later, hardening quotations
in response to advanced figures in
rough.
Cables and correspondents from
abroad note steady market on un-
cleaned, with arrivals short of last
season. Spot cleaned is quiet, holders
being satisfied in filing the demand
as It comes without making conces-
sions to enlarge business; forward ship
ments firm.
Talmage, New Orleans, telegraphs
louisiana crop movement to date Re-
ceipts, rough, 1885 sacks; last year,
PIG, AIS sacks. Sales. cleaned, 1884
pockets: last year. 1882 pockets. De-
mand active: market, strong.
Talmage, Charleston, telegraphs Car
olina crop movement to date: Receipts,
54,645 barrels. Sales, 54,645 barrels.
Fair distributing movement at old quo
tations; new crop expected present
week.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-13
NEW ORLEANS COTTON FUTURES.
New Orleans. Sept. 12.-Cotton flu
lures barely steady
Murphy & Co.'S Cotton Letter.

New York, Sept. 12.-First prices for
cotton were at a slight advance. The
market lacked snap. Gables We're bet
ter when New York opened, owing in
part to exaggerated reports received
at Liverpool as to the result of de-
struction by fire of a local warehouse.
Subsequently it appeared that the de-
struction of cotton was not serious, and
there was less eagerness to support
the market, despite the apathy. The
underlying feeling was favorable for a
higher level of prices in the statistical
position, crop prospects and prevailing
prices. New Orleans sold here to a
moderate extent. There was a tropi-
cal storm near ST. kits, the weather
was very cold in the Northwest, and
Texas wired that crop was shedding
and rusting badly This all tended to
make sellers nervous, especially as it
was believed that spinners are getting
uneasy. and will soon buy literally of
the raw material when the actual sit
uation of cotton is understood. Liver
pool was points higher to-day Long
view and Palestine had heavy rains to-
day. Texas was otherwise without rain
of consequence. The talk in the trade
is generally bullish. although some
chronic bears are contending that the
crop will prove the biggest by 100000
bales, but there is nothing to justify
any such claim. People are asking
where the cotton is to come from to
make such a crop. Central Texas
again is in very poor condition, and
the rest of Texas is far from good.
People who have been east of the Mis-
sissippi are laying stress on the situa-
ton there and assert that it will more
than offset the poor outlook west of the
river, but we are inclined to believe the
situation east of the Mississippi is far
below what some are inclined TO be-
lieve, and that trade is being misled
by reports from narrow-m minded or in
terested observers who are unable TO
size up the situation as it really is.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-13

Trains arrive Savannah as follows:
No. IS daily from New York, Wash
ington and Cincinnati 4:50 a. m.
NO. 80 daily from New York and
Washington, 3:05 p. m.
All trains arrive and depart from
the Plant System station.
THROUGH CAR SERVICE, ETC.
Trains SO and "a daily NEW YORK
AND FLORIDA EXPRESS. Vesti-
ouled limited trains with Pullman
drawing room sleeping cars between
Savannah and New York. Connect at
Washington with Colonial Express for
Boston. Pullman sleeping cars between
Charlotte and Richmond and Charlotte
and Norfolk. Dining cars serve all
meals between Savannah and Wash
ington.
Trains 35 and SO daily, THE UNITED
STATES FAST MAIL, Vestibuled linn
lted trains. carrying Pullman drawing
room sleeping cars between Savannah
and New York. Dining cars serve all
meals between Savannah and Wash.
ington. Also Pullman drawing room
sleeping cars between Savannah and
Cincinnati, through Asheville, and The
Land OF the Sky"
For information as to rates, sohed-
ules, etc, apply to
f. S. CANNON, Sd v. p. and G. M.
S. II. HARDWlCK, G. P. A., Wash
ington, d. c.
w. II. TAYLOE, A. G. P. A., Atlanta
r. G. BLATTNER, Depot Ticket
Agent, Plant System Station, Savan-
nah, Ga.
E. G. THOMSON, C./P. & T. A.. sa-
vannah, Ga, 141 Bull street. Phone