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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-14
GREAT CORK FORESTS.
Immense Tracts in Spain and Portu-
gal Are Covered with the
Evergreen Oak

The cork forests of Spain cover an
area of 100000 square miles, produc-
ing the finest cork in the world. These
forests exist in groups and cover wide
belts of territory, those in the region
of Catalonia and part of Barcelona be-
ing considered the first in Importance
Although the cork forests of Estre-
madura and Andalusia yield cork of
a much quicker growth and possessing
some excellent qualities its consist
ency is less rigid, and on this account
it does not enjoy the high reputa tion
which the cork of Catalonia does, says
the Boston Herald.
In Spain and Portugal, where the
cork tree, or Quercas suber, is in
digenous, it attains to a height vary
ing from 35 to 60 feet and the trunk
to a diameter of 80 to SO inches. This
species Of the evergreen oak is often
heavily caparisoned with widespread
ing branches, clothed with ovate oh.
long evergreen leaves, downy under
meath and the leaves slightly serrat-
ed. Annually, between April and May,
it produces a flower of a yellowish
color, succeeded by the acorns Over
10000 square miles in Portugal are de-
voted to the cultivation of cork trees,
though the tree virtually abounds in
every part of the country.
The methods in vogue in barking
and harvesting the cork in Spain and
Portugal are virtually the same. The
barking operation is effected when the
tree has acquired sufficient strength
to withstand the rough handling it
receives during this operation, which
takes place when it has attained the
fifteenth year of its growth. After the
first stripping the tree is left in this
Juvenescent state to regenerate, sub
sequent strippings being effected at
intervals of not less than three years,
and under this process the tree will
continue to thrive and bear for up
ward of $50 years.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-14
A KnaVe Of
Conscience
BY FRANCIS LYNDE.
Copyright 1900, by Francis Lynde.)


CHAPTER XXXIV.-CoNTINUE
"You be damned" he said. ''You
think you've got lead-pipe cinch
on all the soft-heartedness in this
world, but you haven't. I've thrown
up this job-threw it up before
came here tonight"
Griswold staggered back into a
chair and covered his face with his
hands.
CT don't understand"
Don't you? Well, you ought to.
Reckon I've forgot the night when
you stood in that door and kept
them strikers from killing me? 1
haven't, and by - if I choose to
be a man first and an officer of the
law afterward, it's nobody's business
but mine"
Griswold rose unsteadily, went
across to the standing desk in the
corner and leaned upon it with his
face hidden in the bend of the arm.
When he looked up again he was
alone.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-14
"PlNG -PONG."

The shades Of night were falling fast
AS to the dining-room there passed
Il youthful pair, who gayly bore
"a box, on which was this-no more
"Ping-pong."
They cleared the table with a swish,
From dolly down to butter-dish;
Then through the center stretched a net
And soon the ball the racket met
Ping-pong."
''Try not the gamer the housemaid cried.
1.-THE dinner is ready now" she sighed,
And must put it on the board /"
The young man turned and fercely rsared:
P'ng-pong."
The cook strobe to the open door,
And cautioned them to cease once more.
1.-THE roast" she urged, "is sure to burn"
The maiden gasped: I'm bound to learn
Ping-pong."
The family lurked in the hall,
And moaned: Are we to eat at all?"
But still they heard the ping ard pong
That made the caGence Of a song
Ping-pong.
And back and forth they smote the sphere
Until the dawn Of morning clear.
The father mother, sister, too,
Nv allied hungrily: alas! we rue
Ping-pong!'
One day the searchers out of breath,
Round all these people starved to death;
Inc cook, the housemaid beau and belle.
The family-and, sad to tell,
Above them pinged the pongful knell:
''Ping-Pongw
Baltimore American.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-14
The News Condensed.

Thirty cases of smallpox have been
discovered at Stuben, village on the
Wisconsin Western railroad.
Maj. A. F. Bovay, aged IS, a longtime
resident of Ripon, died at Santa Mon
lea, Cal He is said to have been one
of the original organizers Of the re-
publican party.
Andrew Gullickson, farmer at Ster-
ling, was butted to death by large
dehorned bull.
After ten years of waiting Kenosha
saw her first electric street car when
the Kenosha Electric railway line,
which is to form the through connec-
ton between Kenosha and Chicago,
was opened for the use of the public.
Tilted by Paula Klemm, the girl for
whom he had left his home three years
ago, Henry Dankert shot himself in the
head and was found dead on the steps
of his grandfather's cottage in Milwau-
kee.
The receipts at Milwaukee from
customs duties during January were
$40, 53S, an increase of S11,75S COM
pared with the same month last year.
The value of exports through the
Milwaukee port for the same period
was $22,0S7, or an increase of $4,107.
The Elks Of Kenosha are planning
for the building of an Elks' clubhouse
in that city.
The Winrebago Indians in the vi
entity of Baraboo held feast at
one of their camps at Big Slough,
six miles north of Portage.
n. 2. Swanyen's general store with
the post Office and contents, were
burned to the ground at Richardson,
entailing a loss of $4,000; partly in
sured.
P. p. Pratt, the first settler in Barr
boo, Wis, died at his home in that citv.
aged 81 years.
David S. Foster, aged II years, died
at Beloit, after long illness. He re-
sided in that city for sc years and for
25 years conducted large grocery
business. Ten years ago he retired
from active business. He was mayor
of the city for three terms. A widow
and three sons survive.
After making a tour of Spring
Prairie, Lafayette, Troy and East
Troy mad dog was shot near East
Troy by farmer, whore cattle we're
being harassed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-14

eyes on We before. Then yell have an
old mans perjury on ye're soul to
answer for. Ma, ma, lad; they call me
hard old skinfint, but after a I'm
just human. You've turned face about,
and it's not old Andrew Galbraith
who'll be piling stones in your way.
Go you right away down to the doc
tors and tell that brave lassie of
yours what's come of it a., and to-
morrow we'll see about the money
matters. Maybe I'll make up my
mind to let sleeping dogs lie, and set
We up as my resident manager at
your iron works. Go on, we loon, be-
fore [ turn we out"
Griswold went toward the door,
| with his brain in a whiri, but when
his hand was on the knob Andrew
Galbraith stopped him.
Hold on minute, I forgot.
There's a man here by the name of
Griffin; he knows who you are, and
he'll be nabbing YOU" Griswold
smiled. mo, he won't. He has
thrown up the job, as he will proba-
bly, tell you tomorrow"
Thrown it up? What for?"
Griswold hung his head. Ell was
lucky enough to save his life, too.
/"
"That'll do; we've mission that
way, it seems. Now, then, be off
with you"
Griswold left the room and hotel,
walking as one in a dream. The
dream lasted until he entered the
gate of Lake Lodge and saw a futter
of white on the high veranda
"What have you done, Kenneth q"
she asked when he would suffer her
to speak.
81 have done what I could, dear,
and it is nothing-less than nothing,
in the way of reparation. Oh, Char
lotte, you must be my conscience, If
you take me. 1 am but a sorry
knave, after ALL
"a knave of conscience she MUIR
INJURED; and he caught at the phrases.
"That shall be the name of the new
book you are going to help me
write he said quickly, confirming it
with a kiss.
And so indeed it was.
THE END.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-14
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
Fir EN- en- Killed.

Milwaukee, Feb. 5.-Chief James
Foley, Capt Andrew White and Pipe
men Edward Hogan and Thomas
Droney, of the Milwaukee fire de-
partment, are dead, and several other
firemen were in precarious condi-
ton from the effects of inhaling
fumes Of nitric acid at a small fire
at the Schwab Stamp & Seal com
pany's plant. Chief Foley had been
at the head of the department for 20
years, and was the oldest fireman
on the force. He was the inventor of
fire fighting apparatus used in every
city in the United States. He had
been president of the National Fire
Chiefs association.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-14
Aged Journalist Dies.

Oskaloosa, Kan, Feb. 10.-Al. Patrick,
one of the first editors Of the Louis
vile Courier-J ournal, is dead here,
aged so years. Mr.. Patrick was a
''forty MINER" having made the first
rush to California. He had published
papers at Oskaloosa and Valley Falls,
Kan. Patrick's death was sudden.
When his sister, Mrs. S. S. Cooper, went
to her brothers house and looked a
moment at the body she fell to the
floor paralyzed on one side and uncon-
scious. She died within few hours.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-14

A wild cat attacked Miss. Jennie
Foss IN the schoolhouse at the Wash
burn settlement near Florence. The
animal entered the schoolhouse dur
ing the night, after an encounter
with porcupine, in which the cat
was covered with blood and it's skin
pierced with porcupine quilts. Miss
Foss kept the animal at bay with an
umbrella while she backed to the
door, when Hayes Bailey, who had
been hunting in the neighborhood,
happened on the scene and shot the
cat.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-14
Almost Ready.

'Wel, Hetty," said Uncle Bill. 81
reckon you have written your grad
uating essay and are about ready to
say good-by to school,"
Il am almost ready, Uncle William. :"
replied Harryette. 81 have selected
'he material for my gradua ting dress,
end as soon as [ can decide whether to
larry bouquet in my hand or wear it
IN my corsage shall give some atten-
tion to other trifes of the occasion. !"
Judge.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-14
Shot and Killed.

Lulu Wright, a young woman who
recently arrived in West Superior
from Schwartz Creek, Mich, was shot
and killed and John w. Steele, who re-
Gently received an honorable discharge
from the army after having served in
the Philippine war, is locked up
charged with her murder. It is
claimed that Steele knew the girl in
Michigan and since her arrival in West
Superior has been calling upon her
at the house of Mrs. Winnie Davis,
where she was staying.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-14
CHAPTER XXXV.

For long time after the detective
had gone Griswold paced the floor of
the small office, treading out the
Winepress Of humiliation and defeat,
and trying, as man may under such
hard conditions, to decide upon
course of action which should be
fair to all and decently fair for him
self.
For time it seemed impossible to
draw any thread of sane procedure
out of the revulsionary tangle in
which Charlotte's confession had in
Eolved him. He told himself bitterly
that she had failed him at the
crucial moment; that she had
stepped down from the pedestal of
the ideal to become a woman of
flesh and blood, loving, condoning
and forgiving everything in the man
to whom she had given her heart.
But very quickly he was made to
see the injustice of this; to see first
that he had deliberately gone about
to build a wall of personality around
her judgment, and then, by his own
confession of love, to apply a test
too severe for any loving woman to
withstand.
More than that, he saw that he
had played the hypocrite with her
even at the last moment. When he
had gone to her, nothing had been
farther from his thoughts than a
confession of his guilt. The resolve
to tell her all had come suddenly,
and he had yielded to the impulse
on the spur of the moment. None
the less, he had let her believe that
it was well considered; that he had
determined beforehand upon the
course he had outlined in the brief
farewell.
Taking it all in all, he had an ax-
ceedingly bad half-hour after Griffin
left him, and out Of the fiery fur
mace of it emerged man altogether
different from the hot-hearted
proletary who had robbed the Bayou
bank. He had stood alone against
the worlds condemnation in that
act, and had thought it defensible
from an impregnable position forti-
fed by the rights of man. But now
he was made to see the act and it's
culpability through the magnifying
glass of another's personality. He
had called it a social necessity, and
no sin; and yet the direct conse-
quences of it had been to destroy
his ideal of uprightness to make a
pure, God-fearing woman his accom-
plice after the fact
While Griswold was thus lighting
his way blindly out of the darkness
into the light, the net in which he
had enmeshed himself was cut at
the point where it was the strong
est. When DR.. Farnham returned
from a visit to the iron works neigh
borhood he found his daughter wait
ing for him at the gate.
Please don't get out" she said.
Il want you to take me over to the
hotel on the Point. VIII you?"
The father cut the buggy and gave
her a hand to climb up beside him.
Whats gone wrong, Lottie Amy
thing that [ may know about7''
She shook her head. "Not now,
poppa dear; but / must go"
She was silent and dry-eyed on the
Ghnrt drive; and wnen it was ended,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-14
No Satisfa ction in That

eyes," he explained, 'she is very
angry with him.
''Why?' she asked
"Oh, he caught her doing in the
hammock and kissed her"
while she was asleep?"
"Yes''
''And didn't know what was hap
pening?"
''Yes.''
"How inconsiderate. I should think
she would be angry Brooklyn
Eagle.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-14
To Stop Gamb ling.

The investigation of the gambling
INDUCED in by the students of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin which is being
conducted by Acting President E. A.
Birge, of the university, and Prof.
Charles r. Van Hise, head of the de-
partment of geology, has already re-
suited in the forced resignation Of a
member of the faculty and in the tenn
porary closing of the dozen or more
gambling Joints in Madison.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-14
Business Houses Burned.

Fire partially destroyed the business
section of Rio. The fire started in the
Jackson furniture store. The hard
ware store and stock of Hanson & Will
son, the furniture store and stock of
G. B. E. Jackson and the residence of
Mr.. Jackson, adjoining, were de-
stroyed and the state bank building
was Quilted. The loss was between$4 $780,
900 and $4,000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-14
Pleads Guilty.

Cleveland, O., Feb. 11.-Nathaniel
Miller, the counterfeiter who was
captured near Canton few days
States Circuit Court Judge Wing
Monday Miller pleaded guilty to the
charge of counterfeiting and was
sentenced to the penitentiary for
three wears.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-14
Real Unkind of Her.

Miss Frankleigh-Why, you are limp
ing, Mr.. Uppstart! What is the
trouble?
Mr.. Uppstart-My feet are swelled
from some unknown cause.
"You are always going in for ex-
tremes. Now, it is your feet-but usu-
ally it's your head. = Chicago Daily
News
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-14
Burglars Rob Church.

Newark, \. J., Feb. 11.-Burglars
made rich haul at Grace Episcopal
church Tuesday. They gained en-
trance into the vestry. and ransacked
the church, securing vestments valued
at $4,000. The burglars tried to break
into the safe in which costly chalice
is kept. but were unable to open it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-14
Pretender n Prisoner,

Paris, Feb. IA dispatch from Tan
giers says the Moorish pretender, Blu
Hamara, is a prisoner in the hands of
the Rata tribesmen. who have offered
to sell him to the sultan. Ell Nenebhi,
the Moorish minister of war, is now
negotiating with the Rata tribe, and it
is believed that the pretender will be
brought to Fee.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-14
A efnitiOn.

Little Clarencs~-Pa, what is exec
utiye ability?
Mr.. allipers-Executive ability, my
son, is the capacity for making some
one else paddle yovr own canoe for
you.-3udge.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-14
Killed His Father.

Webster City, Ia, Feb. 11.-Daniel
Flygstad, residing near Jewel, was
beaten to death Monday night by his
son Dankie. The elder Flygstad came
home drunk and in a row was killed,
probably in self-defense.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-14
Held as IncendiaEy.

Charged with setting the fire which
caused the destruction of the entirc
village of Bear Creek last July, en-
failing a property loss of 5000, Miss
Lucille Colbert has been arrested and
held under $4,000 bonds. She was
proprietress of the millinery store in
which the fire started and for which
she collected $500 Insurance.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-14
Candidate for Justice.

Charles V. Bardeen, of Madison,
has announced his candidacy for re-
election as justice of the Wisconsin
supreme court, to which office he was
appointed at the death of Judge
Newman and subsequently elected
for a full term. His term expires in
January, 1904 The election will be
held in April.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-14
Elevator DESTROYED.

Parsons, Kan, Feb. III. X. David
son & Co.'s elevator ga" the largest
elevator in this part of the state, was
destroyed By fire Tuesday. Loss, $780,
900; insurance, $4,000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-14

Queenstown, Feb. 1.-THE British
bark Crown of Germany, from San
Francisco for this port, arrived Tues
day and landed 80 of the crew of the
Belgian steamer Maskelyne, Capt.
Tanner, from New Orleans and New
port News for Antwerp. The steam
er was abandoned in a sinking condi-
ton ON January 81.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-14
A Fatal Accident.

Pueblo, Col, Feb. 1o.-By molten
metal from ladle which tipped over
one man was killed, three fatally and
four badly injured, among the latter
being Thomas Grove, superintendent
of converters at Minnequa Steel plant,
where the accident happened, was pain
fully but not dangerously burned. He
saved himself by dropping on his face.
The accident was caused by the chain
of the ladle breaking. But little
metal spilled on the men and their in
juries consist largely of inhaling gas.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-14
A Secret Alliance.

Washington, Feb. 9.-The existence
of a secret treaty between Germany
and Italy, by which Germany agreed
to secure to Italy the same treatment
received in the settlement Of the Ven
ezuela affair accorded to Great Britain
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-11
FINANCIAL
o~N~~N~~-~-~-~~~--~o-~~~~-
n. HOLBERT & SON.
Ga7kes'S and Brokers
34i Robert st. St Paul.

STATE OF MINNESOTA. COUNTY OF
RamSey-SS. Probate Court
In the matter of the estate of Mathew
Jordan. deceased.
Letters testamentary on the Estate OF
Mathew Jordan, deceased. late of the
CITY OF st. Paul. in the County of Ram
sey, and State of Minnesota, being grant
ed to Elizabeth Jordan.
1t Appearing on proper proof by af-
hdavit of the eXecutrix made and filed
herein as provided by law. that there are
no debts against the estate of said Mathew
Jordan, deceased.
1t Is Ordered. That three months be
and the same is hereby allowed from and
after the date on this Order I'm which
against the said deceased. if any there be-
are required to file the same in the Pro-
bate Court OF said County for eXamina-
ton and allowance. or be forever barred
1t Is Further Ordered That the first
Monday in July, 1903 at 10 o'clock a. m,
az a General Term of said Probate Court,
to be held at the Court House i'm the CITY
OF Saint Paul. in said County. be and the
same hereby IS appointed as the time affI
place when and where the said Probate
Court will examine and adjust said claims
and demands
And 1t Is Further Ordered. That notice
of such hearing be given to all creditors
and persons interested in said Estate, by
forthwith publishing this order once i'm
each week for three successive weeks in
the st. Paul Globe. a legal newspaper
printed and published in said County.
1903
BY the Court: z. w BAZILLE.
Stevens, o'Brien. Cole & Aibrecht. '''''
Attys. for EXecutriX.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-11
OTHER GRAIN MARKETS.

Milwaukee, Wis.-Flour declined SC;
@7$Ac; No. ? northern. 77@77lsc; May,
74Ac bid; puts, 1875 @75%c asked. calls,
74A @74Bc bid. Rye-Steady; No. !,
5112c. Barley-1c lower; No. ., &c; sam
pie, 42@53hc. Oats-14c lower; standard,
34& @35Ac. COrn-May, ALSO bid; puts,
1880 bid; calls, 4Sc bid.
Toledo, Observation-Disclosures &C
tive, steady; cash. 74c; May, 76Ac; July.
73Ac. ,Cornz-Dull, steady; March and
May, 4412c; July, 44&c. Oats-DuI. cas-
Ter; March and May, '351ac; July, 32Hc.
Rye-,No: 2. 5SKc,. Seeds..Dull lower;
March. 81 05; April Sc. 80; October, IS 40;
prime timothy, 81 so; prime alsike, 81 so.
Kansas City, Wheat-July, 62&c;
May, 64Ac; cash No. hard. 691a @70Hc:
No. red. 691a@71c: Corn-April. S7h a
375sc; May, 374i Q37Bc; July, 37Ac; cash
No. 2 mixed 3S@4014c; No. 2 white, 39A %
41G.. Oats,No; 2 white, $6@36kc.
Liverpool-Wheat-Sp quiet: No. 2
red Western winter, IS I'D; No. 1
northern spring, IS SID; No. California.
6s 1Ohd; futures. steady; March, 6s Sd;
May, 6s 1Bd;. July, IS sd. Corn-Spot,
steady; American mixed, new. As 6%d;
American mixed. old. no stock; futures,
steady; March, As I'd; May. As 37sd.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-11
Bank clear!nas
STOCKS AND MONEY ABROAD.
Discounts Harden and Demand for Money
Increases

LONDON, March 10.-Stock exchange
requirements increased the demand for
money in the market today. Discounts
hardened in sympathy with discount
houses raising rates on deposit money.
change in the Bank of Engand's rate
of discount is not expected this week On
the stock exchange the carry over re-
stricted business and trading was gener-
ally characterless. Nevertheless there was
an Improvement over yesterday. New
York's financial position caused much
anxiety. Consols opened fiat, but recov-
cred during the afternoon. Home rails
were irregular, Americans rallied sharply
and then became quieter. Professionals
were indisposed to take undue risks A
few sales depressed some stocks to be-
low parity and prices closed irregular.
Rio Tintos were strong, owing to the ad-
vance in the price of Copper, which closed
al 63$s. On the street Americans were
weak and declined half dollar to dol
lar. Today's advance of 1ss in the price
of Copper was attributed to the actual
scarcity of the metal coupled with the
large English and continental demands.
Dealers say that some orders from
American are two months overdue.
The amount of bullion taken into tn
Bank of England on balance today was
937 600
Paris-.Three per cent reutes. 100 francs,
10 centimes for the account; exchange on
London, 20 francs, 16 confines for checks.