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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-09-06

ing generally an interesting pur>qu1ue
novel bit of informa ton. And it
may be added that although stu
dents of the North American sylvia
have always been well aware of a
number Of fine native species, they
too, it seems, until very recent years,
had but faint comprehension of the
somewhat astonishing facts.
So far as is now known, the prin-
cipal home of the hawthorn is North
America. England has but single
species, Crataegus oxyacantha, which
with few others of continental
Europe have, in the hands of garden
ers and hybridizers, been so greatly
differentiated that their various orr
gins have become a perplexed ques-
ton. Japan, too, for wonder, has
only one species, and but two or
three are yet known as indigenous
to China, though this great field may
Weld others to more exact research.
American forests, however, abound
in them. They are distributed from
Newfoundland to the Pacific, and
southwark to Texas.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-09-06
UNEXPLAINED ENERGY.
Strange Properties of Metals Which
Seem to Be Opposed to Existing
Chemical Theories.

The new chemical elements of the
with their suggestions of secrets yet
to be revealed. says the London
Trades Journals Review. A French
writer notes that the rare metals
from uranium ores-prolonium, radi-
UNI and actinium, discovered in 1898
and 1099-have startled us with
properties that appear to be OPP
posed to existing physical and chem
ical theories. and probably open the
way to new era in the history of
science. They seem to create energy
from nothing. Without perceptible
loss of outside aid. they produce
light and electricity, and their ennis
sion OF Becquerel rays-which re-
semble Roentgen rays and were first
noticed in 1896 in uranium-is 100000
times greater than that of uranium.
The self-luminosity of radium, suffi-
cient to show writing, is not sem
sibly diminished at the end of the
year. The new metals impart huour-
escence to the diamond, alkaline SUBJ
stance, paper, etc., and their salts
have powerful chemical action-con-
verting oxygen into ozone, discolor-
ing glass and porcelain, energet-
ically attacking Photographic plates,
and attacking the skin and destroy
ing the termination of seeds. These
are effects of radiation.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-09-06
WATER AS MOTIVE POWER.
II Il Believed In New York That MI.
agara Falls May Yet Turn
Their Wheels,

Interest in the subject of a return
to water power as a primary agent in
supplying motor energy is stimulated
by the news that Baltimore's trolley
system is to be run by the Susquehan-
ma river force. The methods to be
applied are those of the Niagara plan,
by which the great cataract evolves
electric power for mills, traction lines
and street and house illumination all
through its corner of New York state.
It is the idea in Baltimore that the
Susquehanna energy may yet run the
cars and light the streets and build
ings in number of Maryland towns,
says the New York World. So in the
Empire state there is the dream, per-
haps to be realized yet, that the ire
mendous Niagara power now going to
waste will become of avail even in
Manhattan. To the dawning of such
al approach to smokeless age we
might give hearty welcome in the pres
emit days of soft coal menace.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-09-06
WAS ENTITLED TO A SEAT.
Youthful Newspaper Vender ASS rts
HLs Right and Fools q Pussy
PasAenXeF.

The other day on an elevated train
in New York small boy stood before
huge pile Of newspapers that occu-
pied one of the seats. He was sorting
them and dropping package upon
each station as it was reached for the
news stand located there. The car
was crowded and seats at a. premium.
A fussy old man watched the boy for
time Then he touched him on the
shoulder and said in a loud and AFRO
giant manner ''See here, my son,
what right have you to keep those pa
pers on that seat when passengers are
compelled to stand up?"
The boy looked up and politely said:
DO you object to my having those
papers on the seat?"
II certainly d." said the man. 81
have paid my fare and have a right to
sit down."
The boy carefully removed his pile
Of papers from the seat to the, floor a
small bundle at time. The protest
ing passenger stood in an expectant at
titude; the spectators looked on with
absorbed attention
When the seat was empty the boy
turned about and sat down. Looking
up at the man he said, quietly: II paid
my fare, too, and guess this seat be-
longs to me-"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-09-06
ONLY A GIRLS PURSE.
The Dafnty Receptacle Contained
J. Variety Of Things Almost Equal
to Boys Pocket.

Poems and stories used to be writ
ten about the infinite variety of ar
ticles to be found in boys pocket.
Girls do not have pockets-so much
the worse for them-but the things
they stow away in their pocketbooks
would put boy to the blush, says the
Pittsburg Dispatch. A girl emptied
her purse the other day. II have to
clean it out" she explained, every
once in awhile, just as l do my bu-
reau drawers" These are some OF the
things that were in it: Two one-dol-
lar bills, 5O-cent piece, two quarters,
. five-cent piece Qead) and ten pen
MES, lucky, Italian coin, japanese
pocket piece" two receipts, three
bills, parlor car check, four street
railway transfers, five mutilated
stamps, pencil stub. matinee coupon,
three keys, newspaper clippings and
. cleaners check for gloves. That was
not at all an unusual case. Almost
any girl can match it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-09-06
A CORNISH DUSTFALL.
Eruption OF Krakatoa In 1901 Scat
tered Dust All Over Central
Europe.

In the course of a paper on 1.-THE
Cornish Dustfall Of January, 1902"
read before the Royal Meteorolog-
Gently, Mr.. II. r. Mill said that since
the Krakatoa eruption " 1888, when
the volcanic dust thrown into the air
made itself apparent for many
months all over the world in long
series of brilliant sunsets, the most
remarkable instance of far-traveled
dust was that which occurred in
March, 1901, reports the London
Telegraph. In Italy the rain fell so
thickly charged with red sand that
the peasants took it for blood and
became panic-stricken. For three
days the dust cloud travelled north
ward over central Europe. substan-
tial traces falling as far north as
the Danish islands, and instances in
which it reached parts of England
and Scotland had been recorded. A
large quantity Of similar dust fell
about January II last In Cornwall
over an area of 1000 square miles,
and the conclusion seemed to be that
about his time the atmosphere over
the extreme west OF Europe con-
sisted Of air which had come from
the African deserts, carrying with 1t
quantity of fine dust, of which q
mere vestige-some 100000 tons or
so-had been caught in it's fall and
carried to the shores OF the channel.
There seemed to be little doubt that
the farmers of the west of England
had this spring plowed many tons
of the sand of the Sahara into their
burrows.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-09-06
Young Plants

Every farmer knows that
some plants grow better than
others. Soil may be the same
and seed may seem the same
but some plants are weak and
others strong.
And that's the way with
children. They are like young
plants. Same food, same home,
same care but some grew big
and strong while others stay
small and weak.
SCOTS Emulsion offers an
easy way out of the difficulty.
Child weakness often means
starvation, not<because of lack
OF food, but because the food
does not feed.
SCOTS Emulsion really feeds
and gives the child growing
strength.
Whatever the cause of weak
ness and failure to grow
SCOTS Emulsion seems to find
it and set the matter right.
Send for free sample
Scott BOVINE, Chemists, 400 Pearl ST., New York
SOC. and tI.oo; all druggists.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-09-06
A NEW VEGETABLE SWEET.
South American Herb That May BE
Used I'm the Place OF Sugar I'm
Tea and Coffee.

A plant has been found In the north
ern part Of Paraguay whose leaves
contain sweet substance. Small
pieces will have the same effect as a
large lump of sugar if dropped into q
cup of tea or coffee. The stuff is not
the same as sugar, though, because it
is much stronger and cannot be fer
mented. The director of the Agro-
nomical institute at Asuncion believes
that its chemical nature is different
from anything else now known. The
herb is rather common one, and the
Germans in that part of the world are
about to make some elaborate expert
ments in cultivating it for the market.
It is said to contain no deleterious
substance, but possibly the matter
has not been investigated sufficiently.
Fifteen or 20 years ago Prot. Remsen,
now president of Johns Hopkins uni
versity, devised method of manufac-
turing out of coal tar substance 300
times as sweet as cane sugar. He
named it "saccharin." It's use has
been recommended for victims of GER
tain diseases who are forbidden to
take sugar. Nevertheless, for some
mysterious reason, there has been a
disposition In Germany to prohibit
by law the Introduction Of saccharin
into beer. Possibly the explanation Of
this procedure is political, not scien-
tific. Whether the Paraguay plant,
botanically known az Eupatorium re-
baudiarum, will eventually prove e
disappointment time alone can tell.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-09-06
GIRL ASTONISHES SURGEONS
Performs Feat Which Men O
Science Regarded as Inn
possible.

It is nothing new for mans head
to be turned by pretty girl, but
the feat accomplished in that line by
a nurse at a Philadelphia hospital the
other day is probably without a
parallel.
According to an exchange Of that
city Thomas w. Wright and a com
panion were skylarking and trying
to initiate Jeffries and Corbett in
front of Wright's home, when sud
denly Wright received blow on the
jaw that turned his head half round
and over on one side. An instant
later big lump appeared on his neck
and he began to suffer greatly. He
endeavored to get himself into his
former shape, but was unable to do
so. Try as he would the best he
could do was to keep looking over his
right shoulder. There was no get
ting him to front face.''
His friend helped him to the hos
pital, restraining his rather natural
inclination to walk sideways, and
there Drs. Lloyd and Merlin told him
his neck was dislocated. They sought
to reduce the dislocation, but were
unsuccessful, and so the nurse said:
Let me jiggle his head into place."
Surgeons and patient agreed and
the young woman took the sufferers
face between her hands and gently
worked it first one way and then the
other. In minute or two there was
a sound as if something had snapped
and the young man was looking at
the world once more over his waist
coat, instead of from the starboard
side. The swelling in his neck disap-
peared instantly and there was no
pain. He thanked the girl and the
doctors praised her.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-09-06
AMERICAN HAWTHORNS.
Surprises In the Field of Botany That
Have Come in the Last
Few Years.

The explorations of botanists have
developed, during the past few years
certain facts concerning the Amer
lean hawthcrns which constitute one
of the surprises in the field of bot
any, says the Boston Transcript. TIC
the merely lay mind the mention OF
the hawthorn commonly suggests
only an attractive ornamental tree
of English, or at least of European
origin; the idea that there are spe-
cies Indigenous to our own soil prov
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-09-06
MASSACHUSETTS CAN'T SINK.
Survival of the Batt1eship After SOme
Narrow Escapes from Sudden
Destruction.

The battleship Massachusetts has
struction than most vessels survive.
On December 10, 1898, she ran
aground on the Diamond reef in New
York harbor and sustained such dam
age that it cost close on 100000 to
repair her. In June, 1901, she made
the perilous passage of He'll Gate
and established record for vessels
of her draft by getting through in
safety. Only one ship of any thing
like her size had attempted it before,
the Inflated Maine, whose captain
found himself in the position of
choosing between running down an
excursion steamer or running
aground himself. He chose the lat
ter alternative and saved many vaIu-
able lives, reports the New York Sun.
On another occasion she escaped in
jury as though by magic. She was on
trip from Nantucket to Newport
when she touched the Five Fathom
bank horseshoe. The engines were
reversed, the guns shifted and she
slowly slid off without any injury
whatever.
The Massachusetts, is frst-class
battleship of 1o,2se tons, she has a
speed of Is knots and carries four 49,
inch, eight eight-inch, four six-inch,
four one-pounder, 20 six-pounder and
four gatling guns, besides being fitted
with three torpedo tubes. Her crew
consists of 81 officers and 438 men
and her cost was $3,O2O,O0O.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-09-06

Territorial judges, whose courts are
analogous to the District of Column
bia supreme court, get $4,000, and I
think territorial chief justices now
receive $4,000.
The list of great jurists who first
presided in state courts and became
federal judges afterward would be
very long, and from Joseph Story
down would be equally illustrious. A
more Industrious, conscientious, and
competent class of men than that of
the state courts cannot be found in
this nation. In themselves they H.
lustrate the superiority of the cleo
tive system.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-09-06
Ordeal for Diplomats.

Foreign ambassadors in China are
required to go through a difficult or.
deal, as the following incident shows:
Young Lu, cabinet minister, recent
ly invited the foreign representa- tives
at Picking to dinner, which began al
ten o'clock in the morning and did not
end until three o'clock on the following
morning. During that time 1876 differ.
ent dishes were placed before the
guests. Gas dinners of this kind are
not rare" says one of the foreign rep
resentatives, sit is evident that no one
should go as an ambassador to China
who has not good stomach"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-09-06
SALARIES OF STATE JUDGES
icy Range from $2,25O a Year In
West Virginia to $1,000 in
New York

While many who draw government
unhappy until they "got on the pay
roll" are now crying out for more,
let us turn to the statistics of the
salaries of state judges, who, as a
rule, are superior to the men who,
mot making Roadway at the bar,
seek United States judgesbips," as
Thad Stevens said. And they are as
hardworking, if not more so, than
the federal judges. The chief JUS
tees salaries are as follows, &C
cording to the Washington Post:
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-09-06
Our coal Product

Enough coal was produced in the
United States last year to give three
and a half tons TO every one of the
100000 men, women and childIe en-
n the country.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-09-06
Special Excursions to Wisconsin, Minnesota
and North Dakota Points.

The North Western line offers low
roundtrip rates to the points in states
named above until Sept. 10, good to
return nnttl Oct. 81. For particulars
apply to agents Chicago q North Wes-
tern R'Y.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-09-06
For Piles.
Sample mailed free.
One application gives relief.

The continued use Of Hum
phreys' Witch Hazel Oil per-
nanently cures Piles or Hem
Ororhoids-Extern OF. Internal,
Blind or Bleeding, Itching or
Burning, Fissures and Fistulas.
Relief nmediate-cure certain.
Three Sizes. 25c., SOC. aud $1.OO. Sold by
Druggists. or sent prepaid on receipt Of price.
Humphreys Medicine Co., Cor. William and
John Sts., New York.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-09-06
Lake one of Their P1aya

A Chinese official recently enter
tanned the foreign officials at Shan
ghai with a dinner consisting OF 1876
courses.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-09-06

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES are the
brightest, fastest and easiest to use.
Sold by Brenneke & Berg man, BIO Main
street, 1Oc per package.
Gilpin observer., 1902-01-30
PRESIDENT M'KINLEYS CAREER

Incidents In tho Life of the Dead Soldier
aad Statesman.
The following is history OF the late
Presidents life:
Jan. 20. 1S43-Born at Niles, Trum-
bull County. Ohio.
Jan. 29. 1S6O-Entered Allegheny
College, Meadville, Pa.
June IL. 1S61-Enlisted as private,
Company e. Twenty-third Ohio Volun-
teer Infantry.
Sept. "a, 1S62-Promoted from Com
missary Sergeant to Second Lieutenant
for bravery at battles of South Noun
tain and Antietam.
Feb. Z, 1S63-Commissioned FIRST
Lieutenant.
July 25, 1s64-Promoted Captain.
battle of Kernstown.
March IA, 1S65-Brevetted Major by
President Lincoln for gallant service
July 26. 1S65-Mustered out of serv-
ice.
March. 1S67-Admitted to the bar at
Warren, Ohio. after studying law at
Albany, N. Y.
March, 1S69-Elected Prosecuting
Attorney, Stark County. Ohio.
November, 1S76-Elected to Con-
gress.
November, 18SS-Re-elected to Con-
gress for the seventh time.
Jan. IL. 1S92-Inaugurated Governor
of Ohio.
Nov. 3. 1S96-Elected President Of
the United States.
June 81. 19O0-Renominated for
President.
Nov. 6. 190O-Re-elected President OF
the United States.
March 4, 1901-Inaugurated.
Assassinated Sept. 6, 1901.
Died Sept. IA. 1901.
Gilpin observer., 1902-01-30

state of the president. Each succeed
ing report was worse than its prede-
cessor and the official bulletins were
absolutely without hope.
Words of consolation to his wife
were the last that passed the presi-
dents lips, and they came after gen.
eral "good-by" said to the American
people, whom he loved SO well and of
whose manhood he was SO fine type.
Those present in the room when the
president died were: DR.. Rixey, Abner
Mckinley, Mrs. Sarah Duncan, Miss
Helen Mckinley. Miss Mary Barber.
Miss Sarah Duncan, Lieutenant James
F. Mckinley, w. c. Duncan. T. M. Os-
born, Colonel Webb C. Hayes, Comp
troller Charles G. Dawes. Colonel w.
c. Brown. Secretary Cortelyou, John
Barber, Miss Grace Mackenzie, the
chief nurse. and three orderlies.
The president had continued In an
unconscious state since $3.50 p. m. DR..
Rixey remained with him until death
came. The other doctors were in the
room at times, and then repaired to
the front room, where their consulta-
tions had been held.
Gilpin observer., 1902-01-30

Miss Grace Mackenzie.
The Philadelphia nurse who attended
the president.
within reach were called by telephone
or messenger and kilograms were
rushed to those who had left the city
The FIRST Of the messages went out at
2:3O o'clock and within half an hour
the Milburn house began to fill again.
The serious condition of the president
and the general call sent out gave rise
to a general feeling of alarm that was
never again allayed.
Desperate measures were resorted
to in order to stimulate the heart, and
the sinking spell was over by 4
O'Clock. 1t was decided to continue
the treatment. and the physicians laid
their greatest hope on weatherlng the
day. 1t was agreed that II the wound
ed man could be carried for twenty
four hours his chances would be very
favorable. for the wounds were healing
. splendidly. 1t was decided to summon
DR.. w. w. Johnston of Washington
and DR.. e. G. Janeway Of New York.
heart specialists, and kilograms were
hurriedly sent asking that they come
at once. Before dawn a dozen Of the
relatives and friends of the president
arrived at the Milburn house. They
assembled In the drawing-room,
where they waited for tidings from
the sick room. The physicians assur-
Gilpin observer., 1902-01-30

ton, and the fund for the erection Of a
suitable monument to commemorate
the public services and private virtues
a figure far in excess of the amount
hoped for by the committee which
had the work in charge.
The details of the dastardly crime at
Buffalo, which robbed the American
people of a devoted servant, are too
fresh in the public mind to need re-
capitulation, but an account Of the
presidents last day on earth and the
noble and Christian fortitude with
which he met his fate. is appropriate
at this time. The sorrowful scenes
enacted around the house Of Mr.. Mil
burn, president of the Buffalo expo
sition. where the president died, have
had few parallels in our history.
The last day, which ended in despair
was begun in hope. The ills that came
on Friday afternoon, when the organs
of digestion refused to handle the solid
food that had been taken earlier in
the day, had seemingly been overcome
by midnight, and when the new day
came 1t found the president relieved
and resting.
Hope that had suddenly dropped
from the high place which it had held
began to revive. The healing Of the
wounds had progressed favorably, gen.
eral conditions were in the main sat
isfactory. and the immediate future of
the case seemed to hold no threat. The
physicians who had been in almost
constant attendance during the night
parted, and the watch in the sickroom
was reduced. Suddenly there was fail
IRE of the heart, which for several
days had been manifesting signs of
weakness, and the president sank to-
ward inconsistencies. This was at 2
o'clock in the morning. There was an
immediate application of restoratives,
and a general call was sent to the alb
sent physicians and nurses. Digitalis,
strychnia and saline solution were ad-
ministered to the patient, but there
was no immediate response to treat
ment. The physicians admitted that
he was desperately i'll.
Secretary Cortelyou decided to send
for the relatives and close friends of
the president, the vice president and
the members OF the cabinet. Those
Gilpin observer., 1902-01-30

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l had left altogether my generav
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-MRs. LOUISE GIBson, 4s13 Langley
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testimonial fs not genuine.
If you feel that there is anything at
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Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
has cured and is curing thousands Of
cases Of female trouble.
Gilpin observer., 1902-01-30

eral sentences. Those near caught only
one: "Good-by. good-by. 1t is Gods
will; let his will. not ours be done"
1t was a long leave taking, and, final
ly. they carried her half-fainting to her
room. News of what was happening
went down stairs and out into the
street. 1t was received everywhere
with tears.
"They are saying good-by to each
other" people whispered in the streets,
all along the crowded blocks near the
house. Every one was thinking OF
what the life of these two had been. of
the intense. beautiful devotion each to
the other, of what tender, chivalrous
lover-husband he was.
1t was impossible to think Of this
and then of the scene in that room
upon which the thoughts of the whole
world were centered, without feeling
the eyes grow hot under the lids and
lump come into the throat. In that
room 1t was, for the moment, not the
head of the mightiest nation on earth
who was dying 1t was husband and
lover standing by the dark river and
giving the last look of love to that
sad. lonely. invalid woman. to whom
his smile and cheerful words were lit
orally the breath OF life.
Mrs. Mckinley was with the Presi-
dent much of the time Friday. Gently
as he could, DR.. Rixey told her Of her