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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-28
Real Estate Deals

The 43 acre farm in the Town of
Watertown owned by Frank j. Radtke
was sold to John Gerbitz of this city,
consideration 4,945.
The blacksmith shop on South 3rd
St by. Mrs. Theresa Baeslau was sold
to Bernard Fischer of this city, con-
sideration 81, $50.
The above deals ha 1e recently been
made through the real estate agency of
Conner & Vulkman,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-28
Nearly Forfeits His Life.

A runaway almost ending fatally,
started a horrible ulcer On the leg of J.
B. Orner, Franklin Grove, III. For
four years it defed all doctors and all
remedies. But Bucklen's Arnica Salve
had no trouble to cure him. Equally
good for burns, Bruises, Skin Eruptions
and Piles. 25c at Brennecke & Berg
mann Drug Store.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-28
Escaped An Awful Fate.

Mr.. H. Haggins Of Melbourne, Fla,
writes. My doctor told me l had Con-
sumption and nothing could be done for
me: l was given up to die. The offe.
OF Tree trial bottle of DR.. Kings New
discovery induced me TO try it. Results
were startling. | am now ION the road
TO recovery and owe all to DR.. Kings
New Discovery. 1t sur6aYessaHed my
life" This great cure is gaafanted TOR
all throat and lung diseases by Bren-
necke q Bergman, Druggists. Price
oOc q $1.O0. Trial Bottles free.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-28
Later Departure from Chicago for
SaNIt Ste. Marie. Mich

Via the Northwestern Line. The Through
Sleeping Cars for Manistique and Sault
Ste. marie, which have been leaving
Gnlcago at 8:OOp. m. daily, except Sun
gay, now leave at 1920 p. m. daily, ex-
cept saturday, thus affOrding connection
WIN WIN Trains al arriving in Chicago at late
hoar. Inc only through sleeping car line
DetWeen Chicago and ''The SOo." For
tlcKets and full information apply to
agents Chicago & North W estern R'y.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-28
LETTER LIST.

List of letters remaining at the postof-
ice for the week ending Tuesday, Feb.
"a, 1903.
William Alexander, Miss Laura Baxter, Mr.
Bowie, j Harris, Miss Clara Guhud, Frank Gro
Porter, Ernst Raasch, o C Suryison, Matthias
Schultz, R Schroeder, Frank Stegerwald.
VIM. F GkUETZMACHER. P. M
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-28

BRICK AND OTHER MATERIAL FOR
SALE.
Inquire Of Andrew Roegner at his
Office or at the Dennis property.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-28
LOOK THIS WAY!

l will be at Watertown with Schempf
q Schultz, Druggists, always on Wednes-
DAYS, as fOllOWs:-June 4; June 49,; July
3; July 70; August 10; August q; Septem-
Der II; October l; October %: November
5; November 26; December 10.
l correct errors of refractiOn by Scien-
tlhc methods. claim nine-tenths of all
people who are in poor health, have de-
fectlve eyes and that astigmatism, a
common eye defect, causes more head
ache, than all other causes combined.
No charges for testing eyes. No drug
used in any form.
]. W. QUINN.
A girl who can fill up her boot tops lust
by. sticking in her feet seldom minds
rainy weather.
This Paper and The Weekly Wisconsin.
We have perfected clubbing arrange
ments whereby we can now offer both
this paper and The Weekly Wisconsin
for the low price Of $3.50 year, in adj
vance. The Weekly Wisconsin isa,fam-
lly newspaper unexcelled in reputation.
Particular attention is devoted to the
local news of the Northwest. It's wO-
mans page of matter every week is
worth the cost Of the paper.
Only brute will take kiss from
girl without pretending he had to steal it
The Secret of Long Life.
Consists in keeping all the main Or
gans of the body In healthy, regular &C
ton, and in quickly destroying deadly
disease germs. Electric Bitters reg
ulate stomach, liver and kidneys, purify
the blood and give splendid appetite.
They work wonders in curing kidney
troubles, female complaints, nervous di-
seases, constipation, dyspepsia and ma
laria. Vigorous health and strength al
ways follow their use. Only SOC. and
guaranteed by Brennecke & Bergman,
druggists.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-28

~ BOOK MAILED FREE.
A. A. lFEVERS, Concessions, Innamma.
CURES tiOns. Lung Fever. Milk Fever.
b. b. SPRAINS, Lameness, Injuries.
CURES Rheumatism.
C. C. lsORE THROAT, Quinsy. Epizootic.
CURES Dfstemper
d 3D. =; WORMS. Bots. Grubs.
Il. K. COUGHS, Colds, Influenza, InfIameA
CURES Lungs. PleurO-PneumOnie
F. +. lCOLIC, Bellyache. Wind-Bl0wn.
CURES Diarrhea, Dysentery.
G.G. Prevents MISCARRIAGE.
E ID III; KIDNEY d BLADDER DISORDERS.
IL lsKIN DISEASES, Mango. Eruptions.
CURES Ulcers. Grease. Farcy.
j. X. lBAn CONDITION. Staring Coat.
CURES Indigestion. Stomach Staggers.
eOc. each; Stable Case, Ten SPECIFICS, Book, &C.. g.
At druggists, or sent prepaid on receipt of price,
Humphreys Medicine Co., Coz. William John
Streets, New York.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-28

R. P. Koenig & Co.'s minnesota
Queen is the best. Ask your grocer for
it. Only $1.10 sack.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-28

Wanted Salesmen:-We pay $50 to
800 per month add expences. We
mean business, no triflers need apply.
Write at once, and secure best territory.
n. G. BEACHY
Flower City Nurser.ie
Rochester, N Y
The Weekly Wisconsin is one of the
best metropolitan weeklies published in
the Northwest. and is devoted largely to
state news. We will furnish the Weekly
Wisconsin and our own paper for $3.50.
cash in advance.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-28

When woman's husband tells her he
has gone into district politics she begins
to study up on whitehouse etiquette.
Better Than Gold.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-28

The man who has nothing to lose is al
ways willing to arbitrate whether the
man who has something shall lose il.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-28

1903 Main St. WATERFOWL. WIS.
The Washington times., 1903-08-30

wind from every corner OF the pages.
Our books are made to SELL and some
of them only hold together until the
purchaser has arrived at home, but
these old tones are in almost as good
condition as when the good monks IL
Illuminated them and read them aloud TO
their brethren in chapel.
Here is a wood cut representing Noah's
Ark. All the compartments are labeled
so that the quarters of men and animals
are clearly indicated. These wood cuts
illustrate a quaint old book. entitled
"Fasciculu's Temporum," published by
Petrus Drach in 1877. Just beside IL is
beautiful Life of Christ" by the
learned monk Ludolphi di Vita. The IL
Illustrations are exquisite. and the Grim
sons. blues, and gold are as fresh as If
the workman had just dropped his tool.
One entire case is devoted to Chinese
books. of strange form. and the familiar,
Lut indecipherable. characters. There is
a magnificent manuscript of the thr
teenth century. and a curiously written
little volume. with $50 large illustra-
lions and nearly l.200 miniatures.
The Washington times., 1903-08-30

| At II o'clock. if there Is to be a Board
session. the Commissioners repair to the
Board room. where Secretary Tindan
and one of his corps of stenographers is
waiting.
The hearings or other matters to come
before the Board usually do not occupy
more than an hour. and before u
O'Clock the Commissioners are back in
their offices. There are sometimes inn
promptu Board meetings in the private
Office of one OF the members. and some
times sessions are held in the Board
room at another hour than II o'clock,
but that is the time for all public hear
ings. Board sessions do not average
more than two each week.
To Lunch at I:I5.
AS the hands of the chronometer come
around to O'Clock. the last caller has
been seen. letters answered, the bust
ness OF the day gotten under way. and
each of the Commissioners is we'll tired
out. A few parting instructions are Civ
en- to the secretary. and each of the
municipal rulers leaves for his lunch
Generally they are driven to their
homes. but sometimes to an uptown
restaurant. where they go to meet some
friend. or to keep an appointment made
previously.
At 2:30 the triumvirate Is back again
at the District Building busy with what
ever claims attention. The afternoon
hours bring fewer callers. and the Com
missioners find time to take up more
important matters, to which time can
not be devoted IN the rush OF the
morning. There are conferences with
the heads of bureaus. Almost every day
the corporation counsel is sent for and
the legal phases of some subject are
talked over. In the afternoon the Com
missioners find time for the heavy
correspondence and more exacting mat
tiers of business nature. II papers are
The Washington times., 1903-08-30
A Plucky Girl.

Young women are sometimes possessed
danger, and this fact received proof the
other day in the case of a beautiful
girl. and a prospective bride, who was
visiting the city. She had come here
from Albany, n Y. to visit the parents
of her intended husband.
He had taken her out in his auto
mobile, and had stopped the machine
before a store on Sixteenth Street,
where he had some business TO attend
to. The girl reached over the side of
the vehicle to give some money 10 a
boy who had sold her some flowers. In
getting back TO her position on the seat
her dress caught the lever which started
the vehicle. She knew nothing about
the management of the automobile, ex-
cept that her fiance had shown her
how TO guide it. and she had had a lit
tie practice under his fond direction.
but how to stop the thing she did not
know.
The girl grasped the steering lever
and guided the car into the center of
the roadway. Though frightened, she
argued that 1t would have to stop some
time and John would come and find her
She let the machine go rout Sixteenth
Street at pretty good pace. until she
thought she had gone ten miles. She
then reasoned that some one of the lev
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How the Three Commissioners Spend the Business
Day---Drudgery the Word That Best Character
ICES Their Work--A Democratic Trio Willing
to Receive Alike Laborer and Capitalist
ton of Important Problems Often Interrupted
to Settle Trivial Questions ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

not an uncommon sight TO see the car
riages of the three at the curb before
the District Building at the same time.
Generally, however, Colonel Biddle
comes first, being an early riser. Mr..
West is perhaps next, with Mr.. Mac
farland close upon his heels. The men
step out of their vehicles smiling, nod
Familiarity to acquaintance, stop pos
sibly to shake hands with some one,
and pass briskly into the building and
up the elevator to the fifth floor
An attempt used to be made by the
elevator boys TO take up the Commits
sioneTs alone in the car, on a sort of
through trip to the top. but when Com
missioner mcfarland came into Office
he would not allow people TO be left
waiting below. Now the member of the
board takes his chance with the public,
and is often crowded into the back cor
ner elbow to elbow with a street
sweeper. carpenter or coal HEAVIER.
Aristocratic tendencies are now at low
ebb at the District Building.
The coming of each Commissioner has
been anticipated by the private secre-
tary~ and messenger. Desks are open,
mail ready for inspection. and the sec
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Doors Never Closed to Citizens Who Have Griev-
ances---Interviews Are All Brief---S1ow Think
ers Aided by Pointed Questions---Mr. Macfar-
land Finds Relaxation in Calesthenics From
Cares of Office; MIR. West IN Golf, and Colonel
Bidde in Riding and Driving. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

army life. Besides. Secretary Burke has
is able to take charge of much OF the
correspondence and routine, with a few
suggestions only from his chief. Colonel
Biddle dictates some replies to letters
and some OF his official papers. Many
of them, however, are simply in
dicated" to Mr.. Burke. and he works
them out himself The correspondence
Of the Engineer Department is very
large, and much of 1T is intrIsted 70
Colonel Biddle's assistants. but Secre-
tary Burke has his hands full when that
Is done, and he is known as one OF the
most rapid stenographers and type
writer's in the District service.
The recreations OF the Commissioners
are few, and these are taken late In the
afternoon and at night. Mr.. West Is a
confirmed" golf player. and spends sew
eral late afternoons each week at the
links Of the Columbia Golf Club Com
missioner Macfariand says he has no
time for recreation, but he manages 10
spend half an hour or more in Gales
themes at home, enough to keep In Wig
orous health. Colonel Biddie seeks rec
reation in various ways. horseback rid
ing. driving, and an occasional evening
at the club
Addresses to the Public.
The Commissioners are called upon to
attend many meetings. where they MAKE
addresses or are the victims" of re-
ceptions. Their speeches are usually
brief, and frequently deal with matters
pertaining to municipal ADMINISTRATION
Both Commissioners Mcfarland AID
West are foTcible speakers, and. at
times, expand their remarks TO the pro-
portions OF a lecture. Mr. Vests lee
ture on the political conventions he has
attended in the capacity of news COR
respondent is notable one OF its kind
Colonel Biddle's oratory has been con-
fined to brief responses at evening gath
erings and dinners.
The District Commissioners are now
pretty well freed from the opportunities
of the Office, seeker. True. they have
numberless applications for places. and
these are placed on hle. and the file
comes into frequent service in choosing
some one TO fill some particular place.
But the District appointments are now
made principally on civil service basis,
which has done away with much of the
running OF Office seekers 10 the District
Building. Placing the officers under
civil service has been without direct
process OF law, and through the action
of the Commissioners themselves.
The step was taken largely as a meas
ure of self-defense. Now that the prin-
cipie is IN vogue the general practice Is
10 promote deserving employees when
vacancies occur. and to make appoint
ments only after an examination OF can
didates. usually through the courtesy OF
the Civil Service Commission. which
gives up one OF its rooms and furnishes
clerks 70 conduct the tests.
This outline shows that the members
of the District Board are busy men.
While their positions have many hon ors
attached, there can be no question that
they earn the salary of IS 600 each per
annum provided by law.
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sioner Macfariand dictates to Secre-
tary Hibbs, who sits at his type
writer and finishes the work as they
go along. The President of the Board
says this is the way to save time.
When the letters and Endorsements are
dictated they are finished and ready to
sign. Months of practice on the part
of the secretary has developed accuracy
and speed, and though he writes rapid
iy, few errors are made and these are
corrected at leisure, usually after the
letters are signed.
Secretary Wilson takes down Commits
sioner Vests dictation in shorthand
and transcribes 1t on the typewriter af-
terward- He takes pride in pretty work.
and Mr.. Wilson's letters represent as
nice work as can be done on a type
machine. Mr. West does considerable
writing with a pen, when papers are of
some length, and may need revision. He
writes on a ruled manila pad with great
rapidity, and in hand which would be
called good copy" by the printers.
How Colonel Biddle Does 1t.
Colonel Biddle. the Engineer Commits
sioner. retains some Of the habits of his
The Washington times., 1903-08-30
GEMS OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

TX THAT a wealth of absorbing
w interest to the olorromsai os'' is
TO be found In the galleries
of the northwestern section of the Ii
brary of Congress-! What privilege it
is TO him TO turn over the leaves OF
those rare volumes. books relating to
the early settlement of this country. TO
It's primeval history books older than
the discovery of the continent on which
We live.
There beautiful black letter and i'm
macuIate freshness defy the ravages Of
time and testify to the thoroughness
with which the workman OF those days
piled his art. We do such things much
quicker nowadays: We can feed paper
into one end of a machine and almost
take Il out at the other end bound
book. The monk was counted rare
workman in the early days who could
transcribe four copies OF the Bible be-
fore death laid him By the heels.
Such chubby allegorical children. such
cupids and eherubip. are blowing visible
The Washington times., 1903-08-30
SNAKE SKIN CURES SNAKE BITE

TENTS strength until the 'snake-bite
doctor arrived
when that worthy appeared ne had
with him a rattlesnake which had been
killed a short time before and evidently
kept on hand for just such an emergency.
First the doctor skinned the snake with
two or three deft strokes of a knife.
Then he bound the skin about the cow
boys arm directly over the place where
1t had been bitten. The arm had by this
time swollen 10 n alarming extent.
The doctor gave orders that the pa
tient should rest in perfect quiet. re-
frain from eating any solids and take a
small amount of whisky every two
hours Simple as the remedy was it
was effective. From the time the snake
skin was applied the swelling began
to go down. In ten hours il had prac-
tieally disappeared. By the afternoon
IF the following day the man who had
been bitten was working at light tasks
about the ranch. Only a small mark.
like the prick OF a pin. remained 10 show
how near to death he had been.
The remedy of a rattler's skin is an
old Indian one. The theory OF the cow
boys is that the skin draws out the
poison. curious thing about this
remedy Is that it is useless in cases
of rattlesnake bites. Only where tho
bite has been indicted bv different
species of reptile does the rattler's skin
have curative powers.'
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suit, and the boys father was close
behind him.
BY the time the horses were well
underway on Seventh Street with a
clear roadway before them, the man was
running about twenty feet behind the
tail OF the wagon. 1t was a clear case
Of sprinting. The man ran as he had
not run before in years. Gradually nc
closed up the distance between him and
the wagon, and after Logging IL two
blocks was able. with a superhuman ef-
fort. 10 grab the end board OF the box,
draw himself into the wagon, climb out
on the tongue, and stop the horses.
Meantime, the boy had chung for dear
life TO the side of the box, and was
unhurt.
The man who did this was ffty-fve
The Washington times., 1903-08-30
A Measure of Strength.

a question often discussed is whether
an able-bodied cat can whip an ordi-
nary dog. Judging from a set-to between
tiger" and a fox terrier. on Ninth
Street this week. a good cat can whip
a dog every day in the week.
The fox terrier with the usual enter
prise of hisN breed. spied the cat on the
sidewalk, and uttering a yelp, dashed
after her. The cat squatted down and
awaited the onset with flashing eyes
and flashing tail. The dog came swiftly,
evidently with the intention of making
mince meat of the tiger" in about a
jiffy. But when he came within reach
of the cats paw, there was another
story to tell. She literally laid open his
The Washington times., 1903-08-30
Faithful to the End.

In one of the colored churches of the
city is an old darby who lived In the
slave times, and seems never to have
adapted himself to new ways. though he
was freed many years ago. He is a reg
ular churchgoer and delights to talk in
prayer meetings and at other times
when opportunity offers.
Being an uneducated old man. and his
ideas and vocabulary both limited, he
always gets off the same speech. 1t
dwells upon the Astounding goodness of
his Maker, thankfulncss for blessings to
pore sinnur.'' and invariably ends as
follows.
"Brudderin and Sisterin: is a wuthles
critter, but l is gVine to serve de Lord
till | dies, and, brudderin and sisterin.
when We sees me daid We sees daid
Baptis'."
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upper lip, and the terrier ran away a
few feet barking as only an angry fox
terrier can.
That he was enraged in every canine
nerve goes without saying. He returned
TO the charge and received the same
punishment again. and this time his
was game, however. and kept up the
fight but pussy remained where she
had squatted, watching every move of
the dog, and after about six charges,
the terrier had enough, and went down
the sidewalk whining and licking his
jaws in a very woe begone manner
The Washington times., 1903-08-30
Rich and Righteous.

In one of the suburban churches there
is member who is held in high esteem
by the congregation, but who is regard
ed as very eccentric. He quite frequent
ly participates in prayer, meeting and
in the discussion at business meetings.
His remarks are always original, and
sometimes full Of biting sarcasm. He
Is q man OF few words. and generally
comes to the point in way to disturb
the religious quiet of a devotional SER
vice.
On a recent Sunday the pulpit was
supplied by young college student. who
discoursed to the congregation on the
sinfulness of riches The sermon was
long, and, IL the fact must be told. IT
vas tedious.
At the close the embryo divine called
upon the brother described TO OFFER
prayer. The man rose with dignity and
The Washington times., 1903-08-30

lLVI THILE 1 was in the West
NV recently" said Govern
eminent clerk, II ran
across a peculiar but apparently efficient
cure for snake bites. 1t was nothing
less than the skin of a dead rattle
snake, wrapped around the injured part
and permitted to remain from ten to
fifteen hours.
Il was stopping at ranch near Chey-
enne, Wyo.. when one afternoon three
or four of the cowboys rode up with a
rush. In the midst of the little cal
vacade and apparently clinging to his
saddle with great difficulty was a cow
boy. his face deathly pale and the per-
splration running in great beads from
his forehead. He had been bitten by &
snake. not rattlesnake. but one of
the species of the adder family. which
is found in the sage brush region. !:
needed only a glance at the man 10
show that he was pretty nearly gone.
The people at the ranch evidently
were accustomed 10 dealing with such
cases. They took the sufferer into tho
house and laid him down on sofa in
a darkened room. had heard of whisky
as a remedy for snake bites. and eX-
peeted that the man would be filled VI
with liquor. But only a little whisky
was administered to keep up the pa
The Washington times., 1903-08-30
"a TALES OF THE TOWN GATHERED HERE AND

IT HE apparently impossible things a
man can do under stress of ex-
element was well illustrated a
few days ago in Northeast Washington.
A span Of horses was standing in a
back yard on H Street. midway of the
block. between Sixth and Seventh
Streets. The owner OF the team was
some distance away talking with a
the wagon.
The horses took fright from some
thing the boy did, and started to run.
They went through the alley. turned into
Il Street, and swept around into Sew
enth, gaining in speed at every step.
The owner OF the team started in pur-
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to be drawn up It is done
then. Endorsements on
department documents
are written and subordi-
mates are sometimes call
ed in to discuss some sub
ject under consideration.
Seldom does a half-hour
pass without some form
of interruption, and these
men do their work liter
ally on the hop-skip-and-
jump.
These tasks are some
times finished by 4
O'Clock. but very fire.
quently the Commissioner
stays in his Office until )
o'clock. After 3 o'clock
the coast is clear, so to
speak, as the stream of
callers is shut off down
stairs, and no one is al
lowed to go up the ele-
vator unless by special
permission. In the quiet
of these late hours the
Commissioners do their
most important work. 1t
is their daily habit to
clear their desks as near
ly as possible each day.
Difficulties arise with ac-
cumulated business, max
ing subsequent days hard
er for them.
In dispatching routine
business each member of
the board pursues a diff
ferent method. Commits