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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19
Why More Showers in the Afternoon.

did you ever stop to think about the
fact that we have more showers in the
afternoon than we have in the morning,
and the causes which bring about this re-
sult?" asked a man who takes an interest
in meteorological questions.
''The chief factor is the upward move
ment Of the air which is brought about
by heat. You see in clear weather the
heat is not at its height until after mid
day. The changes which set in as a re-
suit of the air movement in the afternoon
and the gradual withdrawal of the suns
force as the orb rolls down toward the
western horizon will bring about just
those conditions favorable to the produc-
ton of showers, and the next result is
the showers we SO often experience in
the afternoon.
There seems to be in this, as in all of
natures plans fine wisdom. 1t would
be impossible to measure the advantage
of these showers to plant life. Often
plants need resuscitation after the severe
heat of the day. They are in a wilted
condition and need the sprinkling we give
the plants in the flower garden. Nature
does the sprinkling by sending good,
refreshing shower. The afternoon show
er is a great Institution, too, from the
standpoint of human beings, and other
animals, for animals, you know, fire.
quently begin to droop under the depress-
ing influence of severe heat. And, as a
rule, the shower is NEEDED more in the
afternoon than at any other period of
time New Orleans Times Democrat
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19
Bridging the ZamheSi.

All the materials for the great bridge
which is to be thrown across the Fam
best Immediately below Victoria Falls
have now been transported from Oar
lngtOn to the scene of operations. But
many difficulties have still to be faced
and overcome. The nearest drift is six
miles distant, and all communicate be-
tween the banks of the river is depend
ent upon wire rope and "bo'sun's s.
chair. 1t was hoped that foundations
on solid rock on either side would have
been found six months ago, but the de-
sired result has only just been attained.
1t is expected, however, that the bridge
will be completed by May, 1905.
By that time the men employed on the
bridge will have been working for more
than twelve months at their task. Dur
ing eight of these months they will be
exposed to the spray Of the falls-a
moisture more penetrating than rain and
converting the ground on either bank
into veritable Slough Of Despond. The
fever season is reckoned in the district
at five months and every white man en-
ployed on the bridge has already had q
foretaste of it; few have been invalid
ed home, and all cherish lively recoi-
lection Of it.
The bridge in itself is a comparatively
simple structure, as it consists of a single
span of 500 feet. the actual distance
from bank to bank being something over
600 feet. The bridge will owe its ce-
lebrity partly to the fact that it will be
400 feet above the river, and partly to
its romantic surroundings.-Engi cheering
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19
SENT HER eyes" BY CABLE.
Then Kansas Girl Started for Philippine
Islands to Be Married.

It cost Hoke Simpson Of Santa Maria,
Ilicos province, Philippine islands, for
merly of Kansas, $40 for an affirmative
reply to his proposal of marriage 70 Miss
Minnie Schungel of Beloit, but no doubt
he thinks he got his moneys worth.
Simpson, who used to live at Law
renee and is a graduate of the University
of Kansas, is teacher in the govern
ment schools in the Philippines. Miss
Schungel is a Beloit girl who has been
teaching for a few years in the public
schools of Hood River, Ore. Simpson
has known Miss Schungel for several
years. They went to school together at
the University of Lawrence and were
ment existed until few weeks ago,
when Miss Schungel, who was spending
her vacation at the home of her par
ents in Beloit, received letter from
Simpson proposing marriage and asking
her to send her answer, it favorable, by
cablegram, collect. In complying with
this request she furnished the popular
happy finish to a romance. but spoiled
good hard luck story. How would you
like to pay cablegram tolls on rejec-
ton of your offer of marriage?
Maybe he was lonesome over there;
anyway. you know what distance lends
and what absence makes. A few weeks
ago Miss Schungel received his letter of
gram. In accordance with the plan pro-
posed by her lover, she sailed this month
from San Francisco for the Philippines.
Hoke Simpson will meet her at Manila,
where their wedding will take place as
soon as she arrives, and they will go to
Santa Maria to make their home
Topeka State Journal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19
Preacher Talked Very Loud.

During a southern tour" said John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., II attended church one
Sunday morning in a quaint little wooden
meeting house, where the pews were I'M
painted pine boards.
''The minister was a good man, a sin
cere man, really eloquent man, but he
had contracted somewhere an unfor-
tunate habit of believing. He beloved
like a bull. His voice shook the rafters.
The sound overwhelmed the sense, and
it was often impossible, for very noise,
to get at the mans meaning.
Gle was especially loud during the
prayer. I never heard such an uproar as
filled the little building while the south
ern minister prayed. After he was
through little girl on my left gave a
sigh of relief and | heard her whisper to
her father:
"'Father, don't you think that if he
lived nearer to God he wouldn't have to
talk so loud? "-Philadelphia Ledger.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19
Sagacity of the Buffalo.

When I was in Montana last year |
heard of weed called the loco weed
that made horses crazy if they ate it.
In magazine article published since |
wondered if the buffalo had learned to
avoid this weed. A western CORE
spondent now assures me, on what APP
pears to be good authority, that buff
falo do eschew this plant. A ranchman
in the Panhandle of Texas has crossed
buffalo with polled Augustine ''black cat
tle"-and he has found that an animal
with one-sixteenth buffalo blood will not
touch the loco weed. If this is a fact K
is a very interesting one. 1t shows how
discriminating wild creatures become in
the course of ages, and how this wisdom
becomes instinctive.-John Burroughs in
Outing.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19

salesman who knows how to talk with
his pen can present the logic, argu-
ment and salesman ability to thou
sands of customers at one time
through the columns Of the neWspa-
per, strong contrast to the old fash
Toned way of talking to one customer
at time.
He spoke of the esteem of the adj
yertiser, for a publisher that takes
especial interest in making the adver-
Using announcements attractive AG-
vertisements should contain truthful
information of interest and value to
readers. The Postum methods have
made Battle Greek famous all over the
world and about doubled the popula
tiop.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19
WISE HENS OF OREGON.
Their Owner Says They Can Tell Drones
from Working Bees.

"Worth their weight in coined silver"
is the value attached to his flock of hens
and chickens by w. H. Penning, the most
extensive producer of honey in the alfalfa
region about Ontario, Ore. This high
price for poultry is not on account Of the
beauty or size or pedigree Of his flock
but on account Of their having developed
q faculty or intelligence which enables
them to distinguish between a working
bee and a drone, which enables him to
secure a much larger yield Of honey from
his 500 hives, as his hens keep the num-
Der OF lazy, idle drones, who are not
armed With stings, but who have good
.appetities, reduced to a minimum, and
more cells are filled and sealed daily by
the busy workers.
story of the wonderful development of
his hens, which are allowed to run at
large among his beehives, and who, like
many other "birds," have fOndness for
bees, bugs, grasshoppers and other in
'sects, but which, generally speaking,
have learned to leave bees entirely alone,
having in their early attempts at sWal-
lowing them found that pain and danger
lurked in the stings with which most Of
them are armed. Within the past year
or two he has noticed his hens peeking
into the entrances of hives and occa-
sionally seizing a bee, which, after plac-
ing on the ground and examining critical
ly, they would sometimes swallow and
sometimes allow to lily away.
This resulted in a careful investigation
by him Of the strange action Of the hens,
and he soon found that the fowls had
learned to distinguish the stingiess and
useless drones from the armed working
bees, and that in consequence the num-
Der Of the eaters, but non-producers of
honey, was being kept within reasonable
limits. He has also discovered that this
season the old hens have taught their
chickens how to distinguish between the
two classes of bees. He believes that no
other fowls have ever acquired this valu
able knowledge and has not found any
one who has ever heard Of such knowl
edge being displayed by any fowl or
bird. He is greatly delighted at his dis
covery, for it means many dollars in his
pocket, and his discovery is now pub
students of entomology and the public i,
general.-Portland Oregonian.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19
BL GOD WILL TELL
4 THEORY SUPPORTED BY FRESH,
CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE
a Recent Instance Proves That Woman's
Happiness is Largely Dependent on the
State of Her Blood.

a Recent Instance Proves That a Woman's
Happiness is Largely Dependent on the
State of Her Blood.
When the blood is disordered every
organ of the body is affected unfavorably
and fails to discharge it's functions
properly. In the case of every woman
nature has made special provision for a
periodical publication of the blood and
SO long as this occurs her health and
spirits unfailingly reveal the beneficial
results. So slight cause as a cold or q
nervous shock may produce a suppress
sion of this vital function and until it is
restored she is doomed to misery. The
remedy that has proved most prompt
and effective in all disorders peculiar to
the female sex, is that which brought
such great relief to Miss Matte Griggs,
of No. 807 Indiana street, Lawrence,
Kansas, concerning which she speaks as
follows:
Gin the winter of 1902, from some
unknown cause, there was a cessation
of functions peculiar to my sex for pc
Rod of four months. I became very
weak and could not get up stairs with
out help. I had nausea and pain and a
constant headache. I was under the
care of physician for three months,
but he did not succeed in curing me.
Then lady friend told me about the
merits of Dr. Williams Pink Pills which
she had used in her family and she III
duced me to try them. It was in May
when first began to use them and in
June had fully recovered my health,
and have since remained perfectly
we'll"
In all cases of delayed development of
young girls i'll an8mia or weakness due
to impoverished blood and showing it.
self i'll pallor, lack of ambition, despond-
ency and nervousness also in the great
constitutional disturbances attending
the period known as the change of life,
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are Invaluable
Tor women, whose health is always
closely dependent on the state of the
blood. They are sold by all drug
gists. A booklet of valuable Informal
zion, relating to the care of woman's
health at all important periods, and en-
titled "Plain Talks to Women" will be
sent free in sealed envelope to any one
who chooses to write for it to the DIR.
Williams Medicine Company, Science
tady, N. 7.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19
NERV 0USNESS AND
WEAKNESS CURED
BY PE-RU-NA.

Miss Sadie Robinson, Rand street,
Maiden, Mass, writes:
SPeruna was recommended to ma
about year ago as an excellent remedy
for the troubles peculiar to our sex, and
as | found that all that was said of this
medicine was true, I am pleased to en-,
dorse it.
81 began TO use it about seven months
ago for weakness and nervousness,
caused from OVerWork and sIeeplesS-
ness, and found thai i'm a few days II
began to grow strong, my appetite in
creased and began TO sleep better,
consequently my nervousness passed
away and the weakness i'm the pelvic
organs soon disappeared and I have
been well and strong ever since" i
Address DIR. S. &. Hartman, President
of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
o., for free medical advice. All CORE
spondence strictly confidential.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19
! Talk on Advertising by c. W.Pos to Pub
fishers at Banquet at Battle Creek.

In his address to Publishers at the
Battle Creek banquet Mr.. Post likered
the growth of modern commercial
enterprise to the growth of an apple
tree. Good seed, plenty Of work and
water are needed, but the tree will not
bear apples without sunshine.
The sunshine to the commercial
plant is publicity secured by advertis-
ing.
1t is impossible even with the heavi-
est advertising to make success IN
, less the article has merit of a high
order. Merit is the good tree and sun
/, shine makes the apples grow. a good
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19
The President Would Do.

While, James Jeffrey Roche was hav-
ing a chat with President Roosevelt in
the white house last week the telephone
bell was ringing somewhat persistently.
There being no attendant at hand the
President excused himself and went to
answer the repeated call. This is the
conversation that took place on the line,
according to the testimony of the dis
tinguished gentleman at the President
end Of it:
well, what is it,"
Hello, is Archie there?''
mo, he's not"
who's this I'm talking to-"
''The President"
''Well, you'll do. Tell Archie to come
over and play ball.
And the President proceeded to exc
cute the order, as directed-Boston
Herald.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19
Catching Fish with Telephones.

A Norwegian has invented a queer way
of finding out where the fish are. A
which is an instrument that
will catch and transmit the least little bit
of sound, is lowered into the water from
a fishing smack, and a wire from it leads
to a telephone aboard the boat Now.
as the herring, Goldfish and mackerel
schools number thousands and tens of
thousands of fish, their passage through
the water naturally causes a rushing
sound, which can be heard by the fisher
men at the telephone, and thus they are
enabled to lower their nets at the right
Globe
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19
VISIONS.

have had dreams of wild love wildly
nurSed,
OF myrtes, mignonette, and silken tresses,
bleSseS,
Of dirge-like songs to dirge-like airs re-
hearSed.
Ny dreams have paled and faded long ago,
Faded the very form they most adored,
Nothing is left me but what once poured
Into pathetic verse with feverish glow.
Thou, orDhan'd song, art left. Do thou
too, fade!
Co. seek that vision'd form long lost in
night,
And say from me-if you upon it light
With airy breath l greet that airy shade
Heinrich Heine.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19
How's ThisF

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hail 3
Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY CO.. Toledo O.
We the undersigned have known F. J. Cheney
for the last Is years. and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions and finan-
cally able to carry out any obligations made by
their firm.
WEST & TRUAx. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. O.
WALDING. KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon The blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19

- SAN ~ AACN NtAINA
cure the kidneys.
Use Doan's Kid
ney Pills, which
have cured thou
sands.
Captain S. D.
II u n t e I, of En-
CINE No. II, Pitts
burg, Pa, Fire
Department, and
residing at 2729
W Ii e avenue,
saws:
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19
Her Keen Scent.

Ex-Congressman LATE Pence tells a
story of an old lady who always knew
everything before anybody else. One day
her niece saw her passing the house and
ran out to meet her.
"Do, come in, aunty,'' she begged,
Certainly I will answered the old
lady. I know you were making them,
because | smelt them as [ came along."-
New York Times
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19

ut was three years ago that I used
Doan's Kidney Pills for an attack of
kidney trouble that was mostly back
ache, and they fixed me up fine. There
is no mistake about that, and if I
should ever be troubled again, I would
get them first thing, as I know what
they are"
For sale by all dealers Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Company, Buff
faIO n Y
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19
Sliding Scale.

What is your rate for Senator Snor-
ter?' inquired the manager of the Happy
Home Chautauqua.
-Four hundred dollars WITH re-
sponded the man on duty at the lecture
bureau, land two hundred and fifty with
OUT
without whatY'
Threats to cut Threats from ear to
ear."--Houston Chronicle.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19

Do you want to earn a little extra
money? Five to fifteen dollars per week.
Every household needs my preparations.
Good profits, easy sellers. Write S. H.
MEADOWS, Milwaukee, Wis.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19

The value of land in the city Of Paris
is slightly less than II cents a square
meter (about 10A square feet, or total
of 81 ,402. 1856. 600.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19

Eight thousand gallons of fresh water
are used in a large battleship daily.
About two-thirds Of this is taken up by
the boilers, and the remainder is used for
drinking, washing, etc.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19

Snakes eyes are never closed. Sleep
ing or waking, alive or dead, they are al
ways wide open. This is because they
have no eyelids.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19

I can recommend Piso's Cure for Con-
sumption for Asthma. It has given me
great relief-W L. Wood, Farmersburg,
Ind, Sept 8, 1901
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19
CA 9 = ORA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
signature 44ssz s'e Of I@<XzzzzS3
Indian Proved He Owned the Horse.

A Papago Indian came to town the
other day and his attention was attracted
hall plaza. He went to the sheriff's office
and told Of having found horse which
had been stolen from him a year ago.
The Indian proved that it was his
horse, for he had his iron with him
and it fitted the brand. He is supposed
to have been carrying the iron ever since
he lost the horse in order that he might
be prepared to prove his property on the
spot.-Arizona Republican.
Canada is capable of furnishing more
than the 200,000000 bushels of wheat
which Britain has to import every year.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19
The Dearest the Best.

One soon finds that inexpensive things
or persons are bad, incompetent, and in
the long run ruinous at any price
London Mail.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19
CURE YOUR KIDNEYS,

When the Back Aches and B1a0uer
Troubles Set in, Get at the Cause.
Don't make the mistake of beliey-
ing backache and bladder ills to be To-
cal ailments G9e at tho cauSn and
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19

There are 100000 Firms in the Unit
ed States.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19

Kate-I hear the enga cement between
Lizzie and Fred is broken off. How did
it happen?
Harry-Oh, by mutual consent They
went together for a shore dinner. Some
how they couldn't see anything in each
other to admire after seeing each other
eating steamed CLAIMS without the aid Of
knife and fork.-Boston Transcript
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19
FACTS AND FANCIES.

''Such a dowdy shape! I don't see
what he could see in her.
perhaps he is marrying her to reform
her."-Houston Post.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19

An Irishman, meeting another one
holiday, invited him to the nearest sa-
loon to have a drink.
''Whatll ye have Jim?" said the host
L don't know. What are We going to
take?"
Il think I'll take pale ale."
All right" said the other, give me a
pail, too" -Lippincott's.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19

''Now, Jimmie, when you're on the wit
ness stand be sure and tell the truth. !"
said the father to his son, before the trial
But, father!' began the boy, who saw
conviction staring them in the face if the
truth was told
But nothing, my boy broke in the
parent; you tell the truth, [ say. The
lawyer will do lying enough for all of
us!''-Yonkers Statesman.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19

Mr.. Crimsonbeak-Yo women never
know when to say no.
Mrs. Crimsonbeak-Td like to know
whyC GIVE don't.
Because, if you'd have said no when
[ asked you to marry me. see the trou-
BILE you would have savedn'-Yonkers
Statesman
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19

Teacher-What makes you think I'm
a good teacher?
Johnny-My pa. He said he'd lick me
if l didn't.-Boston Transcript
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19

"Pshaw! These matches are no good.
Don't blame them; it is in the all.
I've known many good match spoiled
by a trip to the Observation-Disclosures
Bits
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19

Lowe Comerdy-What are you looking
SO blue about?
Hi Tragedy met a fellow today who
had never heard of Shakespeare
Lowe Comerdy-Well, you don't have
to worry about that?
Hi Tragedy-Of course not, but it
TILED me with melancholy, and begat the
foolish fear that perhaps some day |. too.
may be Philadelphia
The usband Of we'll beloved deceased
Wife came to see her bust
=. Pray, study her WE'LL said the artist:
sit is only i'll the clay and 1 can still
alter it,
The widower looked at it with the
most tender interest. ''It is her very
SELF" he exclaimed; her large nose-the
sign of goodness" Then, bursting into
tears, he added: She was SO good!
Make the nose 4 little larger Short
Stories
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19

Aid. Duffy move you, Mr.. Chair
man, that we get a transparency for our
parade tomorrow evening.
Aid. Limburger-I mofe We gets a
trompone. | don't beliefe dere's man
in de hall vots knows how to play Won
of dose transparency INSTRUMENTATION
Ign Life
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19

airs Family Pills are the best.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19

You are newspaper. man, are you
not?' asked the physician.
Yes
''Well, I think that you have fallen
into sedentary habits. You must be more
active
THAT is impossible You see. 1 am a
war correspondent Cleveland Leader.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19

''She is beautiful said the studious
girl, ''but she is not accomplished
My DEAR" answered Miss CAYENNE,
there is no accomplishment more diff
ficult than being beautiful. Washing
ton Star.