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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-01-17
THE THEATER TALKER.
An IntOlerab1e Nuisance Quickly an d
Quietly Suppressed by q
Little Wit.

They had been reading a Rolfe ammo
tated edition of the play, and there was
nothing in Julius Caesar" that they
were not perfectly familiar with. Before
the performance was half through there
was nothing that they knew which every
body within half a dozen rows did not
hear about; for among tho three OF them
"a man and two women-there were
such capacities for superhuous converse
ton as are met with nowhere except IN
a theater, says the New York Mail and
Express.
In tones that alternately Kissed and
brayed and rasped till spinal columns all
around them ached they told one another
that Antony was much better done than
Brutus, that Portia would come on IN q
minute in the garden scene; that Casca
was supposed to be gruff old Roman;
that Caesar actually did have fts-thlnk
of it,! that it was a pity (thls IN a wills,
per that shivered far down the aisle and
splintered at least a score of vertebrae)
Roman ladies didn't wear corsets. SO on,
ad nauseam.
At last the ghost and the distraught
Brutus met and there was thrilled 81
dence in all the crowded house save in
| row q, where a strident voice complained:
| ri can't hear word the ghost says.
| Why doesn't he speak louder?"
| A man behind the querulous disturber,
quite beside himself with rage, leaned for
ward and said in tones as courteously
sweet as the sting of honey bee:
perhaps the ghost is a gentleman, and
| does not like to annoy people"
| Which, of course, was very rude. though
Il did fill many hearts with an unholy joy.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-01-17
Personal AND POLITICAL.

The California republican legisla-
tive caucus renominated Senator
George c. Perkins to succeed himself
Former Gov. William J. Stone has
been named for United States senator
by Missouri democrats and w. B. Hey.
burn has been chosen by Idaho repub-
licans.
Capt. Benjamin H. Furguson, presi-
dent of the Springfield (Ill) Marine
bank, dropped dead in his office.
Daniel Fl. Hastings, governor OF
Pennsylvania in 1894, died at Belle
fonte, aged "a years.
II. P. H. Cromwell, member of con-
gress from Illinois from 1865 to 1869
died in Denver, Col.
Representa- tive Thomas III. Tongue
of the First congressional district OF
Oregon, died suddenly at his residence
in Washington.
Mrs. Mary Forba Cobb, of Russia
vile, Ind, celebrated her one hun
dred and first birthday. Her father
was a captain in Gen. Washington's
army.
Col. Edwin F. Brown, inspector gen
eral of the national military homes,
died in New York city of heart trouble.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-01-17
Insurance Has It's HuInOr.

An enterprising insurance agent induced
an Irishman to take out an accident policy
for his wife. A few days later, while con-
versing with a friend in his office, he was
startled to see the Irishman rush in,
brandishing fercely stout cane
eye rascal!' he yelled, springing TO-
ward the agent, eye wanter cheat me?"
Fortunately the enraged man was dis
armed and held fast by the agents
friend, who was a powerfully built man
shouted:
''Let me git at the spalpeen. Think ov
it, chargin' me foive dollars fer an acshi
dent ticket fer me ole woman, an she
jest broke her leg a-fallin' down stairs.
Wot's the good of the ticket, anyhow
N Y Times
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-01-17

The mighty peaks of the Himala-
gas, several of which rise Sar above
the Hottest elevation attained by any
other mountains on the globe. have
!ong challenged the mountain climber
with IMMUNITY. Sir Martin Conway
got to the top of one, 21,OOO feet in
height, in 1892, but the real giants
Use more than mile above that lev
Il. Now DR.. Jacot Guillemot, with a
party of two Austrians and three Eng
iishmen, has started for India to at
Tempt the ascent of Mt. Goodwin Aus
zen, formerly known as Mt. Dapsang.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-01-17

1t appears that Great Salt Lake, in
Utah, is doomed. Weather Bureau Of
fcials announce that the waters Of
The lake are rapidly receding, and that
unless there is large increase in the
rainfall of that region the lake must
eventually dry up. Local observers
declare that even an increased rain
tall would have no permanent effect
IN staying the drying-up process. The
AXE in the last ten years has receded
seven or eight feet. Wet seasons do
not seem to have made much differ
ance
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-01-17

A recent analysis of the water of the
Dead sea shows that there is over "a
per cent. of solid matter in it, The
greatest part of this-over per cent.
lis chloride of magnesium. Next in
quantity comes common salt, and then
chlorides of lime, potash, iron and
aluminium in decreasing amounts, with
traces also of salts of ammonium, sill
lea, sulphur, etc. After person
bathes in the water his body becomes
instantly covered with a thin layer of
these salts. The water is extremely
irritating to the eyes.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-01-17
DOMESTIC.

The Pennsylvania road has divided
ownership of the Reading with the
Vanderbilt interests, the two now con-
trolling almost the entire eastern
anthracite and bituminous coal indus
try.
Paul Woodward, aged II years, was
hanged in Camden, n. j., for the muir
der last October of John Coffin, aged
II. and Price Jennings, aged IA years.
Seven men were killed and six injured
III collision between a passenger and
a freight train on the Pennsylvania
railroad near Dequesne.
President Roosevelt conferred with
Speaker Henderson and urged that the
house take the lead and pass at this
session an antitrust bill framed on
the lines suggested by Attorney Gen
eral Knox.
Both branches of the Michigan lie gis-
lature met at Lansing.
The Missouri legislature convened at
Jefferson City.
Gov. Odell, in his message to the New
York legislature, urges law to pre-
vent labor unions denying member
ship right to militia men.
The forty-third Illinois general as
sembly began it's sessions at Spring
field. John II. Miller, of McLeansboro,
was chosen speaker of the house.
Mrs. Carrie Nation, the temperance
reformer, has purchased large resi-
dence at Kansas City, Kan, to be used
a a home for drunkards' wives.
The state university building in Nor
man, Okla, has been destroyed by
fire.
Board of trade corners establishing
fictitious prices for grain were de-
clared illegal by the appellate court
in Chicago.
Chicago's poor are suffering for fuel
and Mayor Harrison has appealed for
aid.
Pennsylvania and Reading compa-
MES were accused at the senate inves-
tigation with holding back their coal
from Washington and aiding indepen-
dent operators to market theirs at
high prices.
The American Beet Sugar associa-
ton has formally withdrawn it's oppo-
sition to Cuban reciprocity.
The New York $50, OOO 600 bank pool,
organized during the recent stringency,
has dissolved because danger of panic
has passed.
The bank of Louisville, Neb.. was
broken into and robbed of $4,000.
Three persons were killed and IA or
more injured, one fatally, by a coli.
sion on the Pennsylvania road a Ada.
Ohio
Gov. Durbin, of Indiana, in his mes
sage to the Sixty-third assembly re-
ferred to convict labor, favored vot-
ing machines and advised the legisla-
ture to protect the people against
trusts.
John Mitchell resented a remark of
Chairman Gray at the coal strike
hearing in Philadelphia, and insisted
that the United Mine Workers should
not be helu responsible for acts OF
violence.
Forty-eight Howard county Qnd)
girls will go to North Dakota to
marry farmers.
A case of smallpox appeared in the
Hamilton house in Washington,
where Senator Frye and many other
statesmen are regular guests.
With a production of $500, SH5 bar
rels of flour in the year just closed,
Minneapolis passed every previous
record.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-01-17

With sixty feet of water above them
and but a steel film and ten feet or so of
mud between, a little group of human
ants is toiling day after day, scoop.
ing out beneath the North River the
path of the new trolley tunnel from
Jersey to New York. Within a few
feet of them ocean steamers are pas.
sing. For % years men have been try.
ing to dig that tunnel, and it is more
than three quarters completed, and 1t
Is promised that the cars shall be run
ming through it in Is months from
now.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-01-17

All the women who have written to
the bachelor governor of Kansas pro-
posing marriage will receive courteous
replies, but not from the pen of Gov
Bailey. His private secretary has be.
gun declining with thanks the offers,
saying to each that Gov. Bailey is not
in quest of wife. About fifty photo.
graphs will be returned to the send
ers. SiXty-six destinations will go to
New York women and more than 100
to New England states. Not one of
the proposals came from a Kansas
woman
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-01-17

Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont, who
died recently, had known every presi-
dent of the United States since Jack
son. She knew, and knew we'll, Mrs.
Dolly Madison, Mrs. Alexander Hamil-
ton, Queen Victoria, the Empress Eu-
genie and host of the most famous
women of both continents. belle of
Washington at IA, the. bride of a run
away marriage at II, the wife of the
first republican candidate for presi,
dent in 1856, for years she had lived
in quiet and obscurity in little rose
powered cottage at Los Angeles, CAL,
cared for by her devoted daughter.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-01-17

The aborigines of Venezuela dwell
in huts built of palm leaves. Each
family has it's little garden, the chief
crop of which is cassava root, useful
for bread. These people are among
the nakedest on earth, neither men
nor women wearing any garment ex-
cept small rectangular scrap of
beadwork hung in front and fastened
by a string. The beadwork is very
beautiful, and is always Of a particular
pattern.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-01-17

A curious example of the reward Of
excessive virtue is the case of certain
British pickle manufacturers who have
been making their pint bottles hold a
little more than a pint, to be on the
safe side of the British law. When
these pint bottles arrived at Canada
they found that there was a law in
operation which provides that any
package measuring more tnan a pint
must pay duty as a quart!
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-01-17

Harboring venomOus reptiles, ca
ressing them, loving them, teaching
them tricks, and attending to their
needs and comforts quite as eagerly
as other girls look after their cats,
dogs or canary birds, is the strange
fad with Miss Lillian Sanderson, who
lives among the beautiful, oak-covered
hills just back of Nordhoff, Cal. She
has room full of rattlers, tarantulas
and GiIa monsters
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-01-17
Americans in Alaska are discover

Americans in Alaska are discover
ing that great profits may be found in
reindeer farming. The animals are
useful in SO many ways. They are
COWS, for their milk is wholesome;
sheep, for their flesh is eaten and
llothes made from the skin; horses,
for they are the only reliable means
Of conveyance in the Alaskan region.
From their antlers are made tools;
from their skin harness and from
their sale good Alaskan gold
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-01-17
FOREIGN.

Godfrey Hunter, Jr., son of the re-
firing American minister at Guate-
mala, has been acquitted of the charge
of having murdered w. A. Fitzgerald,
an American.
President Castro, of Venezuela, has
accepted the powers conditions for
arbitration and authorized United
States Minister Bowen to represent
him.
IL Berlin a horse meat banquet
was attended by 600 persons, who ate
horse soup, picked horse tongue,
filet and roast horse to prove it's pal
atable qualities.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-01-17
II Excels Everything.

"The Chicago and Florida Special, y
f Pullman nl0'i train ever run, Chicago to
Florida, consisting of magnificent Pull
man sleepers, Dining and Observation Cars
goes into service January 5th. Only one
night out; 90 hours to St. Augustine via
Big Four, Penna. Lines, Monon-C. 81: D.
Queen & Crescent, Southern Ry., and Fla.
East Coast Ry. Full particulars at ticket
offices any of lines named, or w. A. Becker,
lib Adams St., Chicago.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-01-17

Walrus skin is the latest thing tn
be used for covering the hundred and
one things necessary for mans hap
piness. The very handsomest memo
randum books, desk pads and card
cases come from the skins of the
North sea animals, and one and all
are completed with silver corners Of
dull, old-looking metal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-01-17
Practice Makes Perfect.

eyes, father, when / graduate l am 60
ing to follow my literary bent and write
for money"
"Humph, John; you ought to be sue
cessful That's all you did the four years
you spent in college Penn Punch Bowl
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-01-17
Stops the Cough

and works off the cold. Laxative Brom
Quinine Tablets. Price % cents.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-01-17

Go to the anatomist for inside inform
tion.-Chicago Daily News
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-01-17

Most of US feel that when we have ac-
knowledged mistake we have more than
atoned for it.-1ndianapolis News.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-01-17

.Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli
bic medicine for coughs and colds.-N. w
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-01-17

Iowa Farms 81 Per Acre Cash,
bal. 15crop till paid. Mulhall, Sioux City, Ia.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-01-17

The rolling stone gathers no moss, but it
acquires a certain polish.-Judge.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-01-17

1t is often better not to see an insult than
to avenge it.-Seneca.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-01-17
Only Car Fare.

Proprietor (who has been looking owes
the accounts)-Mr. Waddle, do you ever
take any money out of the cash drawer?
Salesman occasionally take out car
fare.
Him, HIN! Do you live in San Fran
cisco or Sitka ?"-Boston Transcript.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-01-17
Unneces6n Try.

The barber had about finished shaving
the man in the chair, and, passing his
hand over his chin investigatingly, leaned
forward and said
"Shall l go over the chin again.
'No, thanks" replied the customer
cheerfully. 81 think I can remember
everything you said IN Y Times.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-08-12
THE LAuA ARGUMENT.
A Pretty Little Operetta Soon to be Pro-
duced by Local Singers.

1t is a pretty little operetta
Laila- which will be presented in
the opera house in the course of a
couple of weeks, under the direc
ton of Mrs. Case M. Allen, and for
the benefit of the Episcopal church.
The rehearsals are now going on,
and the choruses by the mountain
children and a group of fairies are
extremely catching, while the solos
by Laila, the Beggar Woman and
the Fairy Queen all add greatly to
the attractions OF the operetta. The
favorite airs, "The Last Rose of
Summer, Home, Sweet Home, y
and the "Minuet in Don Juan are
introduced.
The story OF the operetta begins
with band of mountain children
collecting to spend the summer day
in singing, gathering flowers, and
feasting around their table spread
beneath the shadowy branches of
the trees; they are interrupted by
the approach of a beggar woman
and her children. A part of the
children at first repulse her, offend
ed at having their joyous festival
thus interrupted; but one of them,
Laila, steps forth. and with a mild
rebuke to her playmates for their
unkindness, she welcomes the poor
mother and children, and bids
them make known their wants. The
other children soon join with Laila
in speaking kindly to the poor wan
derers, and after they have told
them their tale of sorrow, they are
invited to the feast which the chill.
dren have prepared, and all to.
gether 90 out with a merry song tc
where the table is spread
In the second act, while strayine
little from the others to gather
wild flowers, Laila becomes very
much bewildered in the woods, and
hurrying on to regain her com
panions only buries herself deeper
and deeper in the dark recesses
until at the end of act second she is
discovered sitting, worn out will
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-08-12
fatigue and despair on messy log,
in the gloomy shadow of the forest.

fatigue and despair on messy log,
in the gloomy shadow of the forest.
Starting up suddenly she cries
that she is lost, hurrying at inter-
walls this way and that, and peering
into the dark glades, if perchance
she might see, in some direction an
opening, or listening to the voices
of her playmates. The thought
finally occurs to her that an angel
might easily deliver her from the
unhappy dilemma, and as she kneels
to ask that deliverance a little band
of FAIRIES, led by their queen, with
noiseless step, and robes glittering
with beauty, glide into her pres
ence. Rising from her knees she
beholds them before her, and starts
back in establishment and new
alright. Reassured, however, by
their loneliness of appearance, and
supposing them to be the angels to
whom she has been praying, she
begs them to restore her to her
companions. They tell her that
they are fairies and seek to tempt
her, by rehearsing the charms Of
their grotto, which is HARDLY, to
forget her friends and playmates
and 60 with them to fairyland.
Failing, they at last yield to her en-
treaties and with merry chorus
lead the way.
In the third act the mountain
children, missing Laila, spend all
the afternoon in 'fruitless search,
and as night approaches they col
lect in the grove where they first
assembled, and are expressing
their grief and terror at the loss OF
Laila, when she is led by the queen
and her fairies, who step forth and
announce to the children that they
are the same who, disguised as
wretched beggars, came in the
morning to prove the generosity OF
their hearts, and tells them, never
in the future, to hesitate to give te
the needy, for virtue is sure to be
rewarded. All unite in a joyous
song and Laila is crowned their
queen.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-08-12

| have given the matter very care
full consideration and have about
concluded to be with you on the
day requested by your society,
which, l believe, is Sept. 7th-La-
Dor Day. I hope the fair will be a
success. Kindly remember me to
all my friends.
Exhibitors at the fair must I'M
derstand that all exhibits must be
on the ground by nine o'clock on
the morning of Monday, Sept. 7th.
In other years, the second day was
sufficient for entry, but in view of
the fact that the big show will com
mence on Monday, when there will
be as many attractions as there are
on other days, with the exception of
horse racing, land other attractions
will be substituted for them on the
7th) a rule has been adopted by the
society requiring all exhibits to be
in place at the hour mentioned.
Exhibitors intending to make ex-
hibits should report the same not
later than six O'Clock of Saturday
evening, Sept, 9th, to George L.
Evans, assistant secretary of the
association.
1t is probable that R.. G. Dunn,
who is to be in Grant county on
Labor Gay, will visit Redwood Falls
on the second day of the fair.
The race track is being put in
excellent shape, and the opening Of
the circuit at this place, promises
to be most successful affair.
Persons desiring premium lists
can obtain them by calling upon the
president or assistant secretary
the latter having his Office at the
court house. They are for free dis.
tribution and plenty have been
printed.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-08-12
THE NEW THREE WHEELED SULKy & GANG PL0Ws.
fl New Foot Lft-NeW Closed Wheel Boxes.

E. Laird Deere Riding Plow 1908
experimenting
might added consenousy
The lift the New Deere
Of onefo
Closed all
axle collar within the hub Flows
will
which
the gratifyngy increasing
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-08-12
WILL TOUCH THE BUTTON
Gov. VanSant Finally COncludeSl to be
Present the Opening Day OF
the County Fair.
Will Talk to Farmers and LabOrerS and
Will Formerly Declare the
Big Show Open.

Gov. VanSant, and not former
Auditor r. G. Dunn, will touch the
button that will set the county fair
in motion, on Labor Day. Sept. 18th.
This has been settled. Mr.. Dunn,
in response to an invitation sent to
him by ulius A. Schmahl, after it
was thought that the Governor could
not get here until the second day OF
the fair, sent letter saying that it
was impossible for him to be here,
This letter was received here last
Wednesday morning. On the after
noon of that day Mr.. Schmahl
received a letter from the governor
to the effect that he would be here
on the first day and.,touch the but
ton.
The whole affair came near being
ia very bad mistake. Gov. VanSant
got his Labor Day date mixed up,
linking that it was the first day in
september instead of the first Mon
,ay in September. This was dis
overed by Mr.. Schmahn, after re-
ewing letter from the governor
NO weeks ago. The latter adj
ressed letter to the governor,
,alling his attention to this error,
I'D the governor was absent from
IS office until the following Tues
w, and when his attention was
lied to the matter, he saw that he
Iuld be here on the first day OF the
n, or Labor Day, and addressed
following letter to his CORE
ondent at this place
Your letter received. I guess
are right-we were both mis-
zen as to date certainly wss,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-08-12
Dewitt is the Name.

When you go to buy Witch Hazel Salve
look for the name DEWITT on every box
The pure, unadulterated Witch Hazel is used
in making DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve
which is the best salve in the world for cuts
burns bruises, boils. eczema and piles The
popularity of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
due to its many cures, has caused numerous
worthless counterfeits to be placed on the
market The genuine bears the name Of
E. c. Dewitt & Co., Chicago Sold by all
druggists
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-08-12

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