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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-02-22

Pe-ru-na is known from the Allan
tic to the Pacific. Letters of con-
graduation and commentator testi-
flying to the merits of Pe-ru-na as
catarrh remedy are pouring in from
every State in the Union. DR.. Hart
man is receiving hundreds of such
letters daily. All classes write these
letters, from the highest to the lowest.
The outdoor laborer, the indoor
artisan, the clerk, the editor, the
statesman, the preacher-all agree
that Pe-ru-na is the catarrh remedy
of the age. The stage and rostrum,
recognizing catarrh as their great
est enemy, are especially enthusiast
tic in their praise and testimony.
Any man who wishes perfect
health must be entirely free from
catarrh. Catarrh is well-nigh uni
versal; almost omnipresent. Peru
ma is the only absolute safeguard
known. A cold is the beginning of
catarrh. To prevent colds, to cure
colds, is to cheat catarrh out of it's
victims. Pe-ru-na not only cures ca
tarrh, but prevents. Every house
hold should be supplied with this
great remedy for coughs, colds and
so forth.
The Governor of Oregon is an ardent
admirer of Pe-ru-na. He keeps it con
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-02-22

W1ASHINGTON was the champion
EX OF athletic games, and the power
AAAI of his hand and arm was dis
played in several memorial BILE instances.
He flung a stone across the Rappahan-
mock, and in 1772, when he was 40 years
of age, he could pitch an iron bar fur
Their than any man of his time. The
story of his throwing a silver dollar
across the Potomac lacks actual con-
firmation, and it must have surely been
feat of later years, as the silver dol
lar was less common then than now.
1t might have been Spanish or MeXi-
can dollar. The explanation that a
dollar went further in those days than
these is almost as old as the story.
Among the amusing stories of our
first president told in minor history
and in legendary lore are those which
endow him with miraculous powers Of
endurance, giants stature and hands
of such size that none other ever
equaled him, they being of gigantic
dimensions. A pretty story of his first
wooing, at the early age of II, writes
NJ. L. Rayne, in the Chicago TimesHer-
aid, introduces his hand with dramatic
effect.
The time was the year of grace 177S,
and the place was Mount Vernon, a
beautiful romantic site in Fairfax
county, Virginia, on the right bank of
the Potomac, and within Is miles of
Washington, d. c., as it now stands.
There it was that a small boy in
roundabout and knickerbockers saw a
gay cavalier exercising pair of saddle
horses, while he talked in the sylvan
solitude, believing himself alone.
"Will you ride with me, Miss Mary /?
Miss Mary, will you ride with me-? May
l have the honor of your company for
1ide this afternoon? Sweet Mistress
Mary, will you accept me for your gal
laLt to ride at your stirrup. Peace,
Queen Bess, or I'H larrup you with the
whip! Whoa, jade! Sweet Mistress
M,ry, 1 am George Washington, at
your command"
The small boy of that day was no i'm
pIovement on his prototype of this
lie answered in a futelike voice with
mocking cadence:
Marry now, sweet Mistress Mary,
may l ride with you, or will you ride
with me, or go alone at your own sweet
will? Ha! Ha! Hot"
The youngster laughed wickedly at
the discontinue of the youthful
equestrian, who could not leave his
horses to administer punishment, but
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-02-22

trampled into pulp in a dozen sec
onds.
There was no guiding the brute; in
it's insanity of madness it doubled
many times upon its course, the
windings of the streets confusing it.
But by degrees we left the large pal
aces and pyramids behind, and got
among the quarters of artisans,
where weavers and smiths CAPPED at
us from their doors as we Numbered
past. And then we came upon the
merchants quarters where men live
over tLeir storehouses that do traffic
with the people over seas, and then
down an open space there glittered
before US a mirror of water.
Now here" thought I, this mad
beast will come to sudden stop, and
as like as not will swerve round
sharply and charge back again to-
wards the heart of the city" And I
braced myself to withstand the
shock, and took fresh grip upon the
woman who lay against my breast.
But with louder screams and wilder
trumpetings the mammoth held
straight on, and presently came to
the harbor's edge, and sent the spray
sparkling in sheets among the sun
shine as it went with its clumsy gait
into the water.
But al this point the pace was very
quickly slackened. The great sewers,
which science devised for the health
of the city in the old kings time,
vomit their DRAWINGS into this part
OF the harbor, and the solid matter
which they carry is quickly deposited
as an impalpable sludge. Into this
the huge beast began to sink deeper
and deeper before it could halt in it's
rush, and when with frightened bel
'lowings it had come to a stop, it was
begged irretrievably. Madly it strug
gled, wildly it screamed and trum-
peted. The harbor water and the slime
were churned into one sinking COM
post, and the golden castle in which
we chung lurehed so wildly that we
were torn from it and shot far away
into the water.
Still there, of course, we were safe,
and l was pleased enough to be rid
of the bumpings.
Phorenice laughed as she swan.
"You handle. yourself like sore
man, Deucalion. | owe you some
thing for lending me the cushion of
your body. By my face! There's
more of the gallant about you when
it comes to the test than one would
guess 70 hear you talk. How did you
like the ride, sir? I warrant it came
to you as &, new experience.
nd liefer have walked
"Pish, man! you'll never be
courtier. You should have sworn
that with me in your arms you could
have wished the humping had gone
on forever. Ho, the boat there! Hold
your arrows. Deucalion, hail me
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-02-22
Why Warrington Is Honored.

The hero whose memory we honor
was not man of genius or of the best
intellectual culture, but he was a great
character honest, simple, true, disin-
terested, incorruptible. He thought
not of private gain nor of personal
glory, nor of the aggrandizement of his
country, but, believing with all his
heart in the right of the people to gov
ern themselves, he gave his time, his
wealth, his life to make such govern
ment actual and Bishop
SDa11inU
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-02-22
An EngIfshman's Tribute.

George Washington is as much one
of our great English heroes as Alfred
the Great or Shakespeare is one OF
yours. The robust nature, the ances-
trail speech, are the common preroga-
tives OF our blood. And as the widest
dreamer in Great Britain cannot con-
ceive our two peoples being other than
independent nations to-day, we have
nothing but honor for the hero who
achieved the happy and inevitable sep
aration.-Frederic Harrison.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-02-22
Why, the Idea!

Mrs. Jiggs-No wonder Mr.. Splash
doesn't dress well, his wife is very ex.
travagant.
Mr.. Jiggs-is that so?
"Yes, at the club to-day she pro-
posed that we subscribe 500 for a
bed in the new hospital, when every
one knows you can get lovely bed at
Sellem's for $4.9s." - Chelsea Ga
zette.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-02-22

tinually in the house. In recent LETT
ter to DR.. Hartman he says:
STATE OF OREGON,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
SALEM, May 9, 1898.
The Pe-ru-na Medicine Co., Column
bus, O.:
Dear Sirs-I have had occasion to
use your Pe-ru-na medicine in my
family for colds, and it proved to be
an excellent remedy. I have not had
occasion to use it for other ailments.
Yours very truly, W. N. Lord.
It will be noticed that the Gov
ernor says he has not had occasion
to use Pe-ru-na for other ailments.
The reason for this is, most other
ailments begin with a cold. Using
Pe-ru-na to promptly cure colds, he
protects his family against other
ailments. This is exactly what every
other family in the United States
should do. Keep Pe-ru-na in the
house Use it for coughs, colds, la
grippe, and other climatic affections
of winter, and there will be no other
ailments in the house. Such families
should provide themselves with
copy of DIR. Hartman's free book,
entitled "Winter Catarrh." Address
DR.. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-02-22
Only a Few Left.

Cumso-The recurrence of Wash
ington's birthday reminds us that the
United States has attained to a re-
spectacle old age.
Cawker-Yes, indeed. Time flies.
I don't suppose that more than 40
of Washington's nurses, or 60 of his
body servants, are alive now.-Town
Topics.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-02-22

SSNAEU celestial cons
IN 1t is a me to similar
circumstances, would notg rant.
lie be
well tried before IN your confidence.
Common danger brought on
their union safety and Importance depend
is
sbe evil equally injurious the morals
Without virtue and without
brilliant accomplishments
ciate the esteem of the truly valuable
estimation,
be found the
rounds of promiscuous
ing of successful
The the Out of
other
against the laws
by magistrate They
fol the laws.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-02-22

George called it his ''little hatchet,"
but perhaps at the moment it looked
and felt like this.-Chicago Daily
News.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-02-22
MAXIMS BY WASHINGTON.

SHALL never attempt to palliate my fobles by
posing the of another
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark
celestial fire called conscience.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-07-04
Most Remarkable Book in America.

The most remarkable volume ever
issued in this country has just been
published by the Peabody Museum of
American Archaeology and Ethnology
at Harvard. 1t is an exact facsimile,
in the colors of the original, of one of
the finest and best preserved ancient
Mexican manuscripts in existence
the long lost codeX owned by Lord
Zouche of Harynworth. This facsim-
lie reproduction has been named the
CodeX Nuttall, in honor of Mrs. leila
Nuttall, an honorary assistant of the
museum, who discovered the exist
ence of the original after it had been
lost to view for centuries, traced it to
its present English owner, spent
months in a careful study of it's con-
tents, directed the work of reproduc-
ing it and has written a careful intro
duction which explains it's peculiaYi-
ties and text so far as they are 9x-
plainable in the light of modern arch
geological science.
The Codex Nuttall, like the ether
examples of the same kind of picture
writing, is painted on strips of pre-
pared deersl1in which are glued to-
gether in such a way as to form a long
folded band, and so lasting are the
colors employed-which were made
by secret process that the native ar
lists refused to disclose to their Span
ish conQuerors-that even now, after
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-07-04
Whifney's M,ny Palaces,

A writer in the Worlds Work says
chat the prlncely character of William
G. Whitneys hospitality, the number
and extent of his places of residences
are part of the gossip chronicles of
the day. Mr.. Whitney has on Fifth
avenue, New York city house only
opened once when a ball was given.
which is said to have the most artis-
tic interior in America Another
house, among the most important on
Long Island, is surrounded by about
1000 acres in what are known as the
Wheatley hills at Westbury. On this
estate is one of Mr.. Whitneys train
ing stables. At Gravesend, near the
Coney Island Jockey club, he owns the
old Garrison place. and there keeps
his racing stable during the meetings
of the Brooklyn and Coney Island
Jockey clubs in the spring and fall.
These, however, fade into insignifi-
canoe before the records of the land
office at Albany, which say that Mr.
Whitney is the largest individual land.
owner in the state.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-07-04
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
SNAKE BROKE up PICNIC
. Photographer Plays a Party of
Macon.


A horrid snake broke up a picnic
that was given near Macon, Mo-, few
lays ago by the Bachelor Maidens'
club Of Macon county. 1t was not a
real snake either. That was the worst
part of it. The reptile was one of the
mechanical kind that qsuirm and
twist in a manner that would put a
real snake to shame.
The bachelor maidens might have
overlooked the joke and even laughed
at it, but for one terrible circumstance
the whole thing was a plot put up
by photographer. This same camera
artist is charged with having, with
malice prepense, arranged the toy
snake so that it would scare the
maidens in order that he might get
snap shot of them while they were
having mysteries.
1t was during one of the sunny days
Of last week that the bachelor maidens
decided to execute a long cherished
ambition. The director general issued
a call for a spring picnic, and fifteen
members of the club responded. Eacn
member brought basket of provisions
or something needful.
While the women were unpacking
luncheons near a stream they discov-
cred something that caused them to
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-07-04
Rival for BiItmor.-

The famous residence of George
Vanderbilt at Ask eville, N. c., known
as Biltmore, is to have rival erected
by man who but few weeks ago
was a day laborer. Michael Minke
wincz is the name of the new capital
list, and he has fallen heir to $4,000, 900
through the death of relative in
Germany. He has gone to claim the
money, but before leaving secured an
option on one of the most beautiful
tracts of land in the suburbs of Ashe-
vile. 1t includes several thousand
acres, and runs out in The neighbors
hood of the famous Switzerland dairy.
which George Vanderbilt tried hard
to buy before he purchased the Bit
more estate. The plans of this up-
start, as he is called, have thrown the
Vanderbilts into state of consterna.
ton, and there is promise of a serious
social upheaval. An attempt is al
ready being made by friends of the
New York aristocrats to secure the
vitiation of the option secured by the
German-Pole.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-07-04
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One of the most curious traits to be
found in the animal nature, said an
observant citizen, is that which grows
out of the unconscious imitativeness
of creatures of the lower order.
have observed many instances of
where the creatures of lower order
have taken on the characteristics in
some noticeable degree of members
of the human family. One might
know, for instance, the beggar's dog,
just from the look of the dog, from
the droop of the eye, to the pathetic
hang of the lip, and a certain general
air of dependency and hopelessness
which seem to speak in the very ma
ture of the animal. l mention the beg
CARS dog because it is a familiar ex-
ample The beggar's dog never looks
cheerful, never smiles, nor frolics, but
simply sits by his master and broods,
and begs for whatever charity may
give.
have seen the dog character mold
ed under happier influences and the
dog become more cheerful. He was a
light-hearted, free-and-easy sort OF
creature and seemed to get something
of the SUMMER side of things. l am
almost tempted to say that if you will
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-07-04
exr zo.ss1Es ANlz/

I success, save one, Pietro Pentucci.
whose strength or courage failed him.
He unhappily sank into the boiling
| gulf, but he was dead long before he
| reached 1t, so that his sufferings were
| less than had he been taken by the
Carabinieri
This is but one of the many exploits
Musolino recounts with pride.
His long and bony, yet athletic,
form might have served as a model
for a gladiator, for the muscles pro-
trude like one of Michael Angeles
anatomical figures, his cadaverous,
sallow countenance was pale with
crime, his eyes deep sunk and over
hung by thick, bushy eyebrows, emit
ting a gloomy light as within cav
ems. His thin and straight upper lin
with the lower UNDERLYING like that
of dog-fish, fitted him we'll for the
bourreau of Musolino.
Have you no remorse for all the
murders you have committed?' the
court asked.
'Remorse," replied the iron-faced
wretch, as though he did not under
stand the meaning of the word.
Ought not good soldier to obey the
"oru Oh the commander! Whenever
the captain said kill 1 killed"
did you kill many?" was the next
query.
Isl, signor, moltissime Eyes, sir,
many)," he replied, with the greatest
nonchalance.
His eye lighted up, as he spoke.
with gloomy joy.
Profound silence reigned in the
courtroom. The judges shuddered and
turned from him as from a basilisk.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-07-04

show me a mans dog l will tell you
what manner of man the owner is,
with particular reference to tempera-
ment and his moods. The melancholy
man, the man who grovels mentally
along the gloomier grooves, the pessi-
mistic man, who is always looking at
the dark side of the picture, all the
men who come within these unhappy
classifications rarely own cheerful
dog. The dog unconsciously takes to
the ways of his master, and in his
moods initiates the masters way of
thinking. But turn to the dog of the
jolly, cheerful fellow. Watch him
show his teeth in laughter when the
master approaches. He is darling
across the yard and dancing and frisk-
ing around the masters feet in the
happiest way imaginable, but he is
up to all kinds of pranks and does
all kinds of little things to indicate
the good nature that is in him. He
does as his master does and seems to
take the same general view of life.
These are small things, 1 guess, but
they show just how important ones
actions are in life. Even ones way
of thinking may influence ones dog
and change his whole view Of life.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-07-04
Party of

SILVER with horror. Across the creek
was big, rude man in a flannel shirt
and with disgusting pipe in his
mouth. He had a package under his
arm. They told him to scat" and he
grinned and moyed on. Then the work
of unpacking was resumed.
The Bachelorissimo Iabored earnest
ly with huge jar which was supposed
to contain ginger. Finally she loosen
ed the lid, but just as she was remov-
ing it big snake jumped out and flop
ped out among the viands, sizzling
and kissing like an engine. The bach
elor maidens tore off yard upon yard
of agonizing shrieks, and their cries
brought the rude man upon the scene.
He picked up the snake and then guf-
fawed.
''Why, it amt real, at ALL he said.
Every well, then" snapped the
Bachelorissimo, you may go about
your business The man left, but
after he had departed one of the
maidens found a card bearing the
name of a photographer, and they
are positive he had the snake put in
the jar and took a picture of them
when it jumped out. They are now
looking with nervous apprehension
for a picture Illustrating the clubs
first outing.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-07-04


Archdeacon Wilberfonce is conduct
ing daily services in Westminster Alb
hey for workmen engaged in prepar-
ing the venerable structure for the
coronation. The men sit on either
side of the cloister during their din
ner hour and listen to the service. en-
joying their pipes the while. The
archdeacon told them a story one day
about Lord Roberts and the Afghan
war. A chaplain named Adams saved
two troopers who had been badly
wounded and Gen. Roberts recon.
mended the preacher for the Victoria
cross. The war Office demurred that
there was no precedent for giving that
coveted decoration to a clergyman. To
this Lord Roberts replied: You give
Parson Adams the " c. or | resign
my command in India The work
men cheered with will at this and
broke into still more vigorous an
plause when the archdeacon added
Il need hardly say that Mr.. Adams
received the cross he won so gallant.
ly."
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-07-04

marshal general of the district of Ken
.uchy' United States army, to learn
the designs of the knights of the Col
uen CIRCLE, of which Clement Vallan-
olsham OF Ohio, then residing in Can
ada, was supreme head 1 became
grand secretary of the order for the
state OF Kentucky. The officials re-
Vealed to me the exact details of the
proposed assembling of members of
the order Aug. 16, 1854, for the DUR
pose of iberating rebel prisoners at
indianapolis, Chicago, Rock Island,
Johnson's Island and Louisville.
The plan was also to seize the gov
eminent arsenals, arm the rebel pris-
oners, and, together with the mem
bers of this organization, put forward
force of $4,000 armed and drilled
men for the rebel army in August,
1864. Your own judgment will tell
you that this would have prolonged
the civil war at least two years, and
added to the cost in treasure and
lives.
II was the only man to whom the
active head of the order in the United
States revealed the plans in detail. To
others he gave the detailed instruc-
lions in regard to their individual
parts. Every move contemplated by
the traitors reported fully to the COM
manding officer of the United States
forces in Louisville and to Gen. Car
rington and Gov. Morton in Indianapo-
lis daily-often hourly. In this serv-
ice Secretary of War Stanton in an
official communication stated that my
help had been worth as much to him
as any battle that had been fought
during the war;
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-07-04

to the crag on which we bivouacked
was SO narrow that only one could
mount the pass at time. This our
enemies knew, for several of them
were wounded in making a reconnois.
sance.
But our provisions failed u.s. We
were on the point of giving ourselves
up, fearing starvation, when l discov-
cred an eagles aerie. To the wonder
OF our foes, we contrived, by plumber
ing it of hares and kids, to support
nature for many days. At last the
eaglets flew, and then our distress re-
turned. With it came the thought of
surrender
II recollected, however, that oppo-
site to where a single sentinel had
been posted there was a chasm, deep
ravine, the top of which was covered
with wood. One dark night, leading
my little band, 1 crawled on hands and
knees, without being perceived, and
ponlarded the vedette. He fell with
out groan.
I'VE then, after overcoming incred-
ible dangers, reached the brink of the
abyss.
MY troop eyed the assure with ter
ror. 1t was narrow, but at the bottom
roared a mountain torrent which at
it's Unreasonable depth looked like a
silver thread.
Il came provided with a rope, to
which when he dared not go into the
plain, we were in the habit of at
taching a basket, which we lowered to
the peasants for provisions. To this
rope l adjusted a heavy dagger and
hurled it across the chasm. BY good
fortune it was entangled at the first
throw among the brushwood and
stuck fast between two of the
branches.
Having drawn it tight l fastened it
to tree on our side of the ravine. MY
companions watched me with anxiety.
what next l was about to
do. I spoke not a word, but suspended
myself over the abyss. Hand over
hand, l reached the opposite bank in
safety. All followed me, with like