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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-02-07

Won't we all be happy when the
Stalwarts and Half-breeds 'skiss and
make up When the insurance in
vestigation is over. and we know where
w are at? When the rate question is
settled, and the railroad companies are
in harmony again. When the political
performers" are relegated to private
life and the people are allowed to have
their own way once more.-Prairie du
Chen Courier.
The people have it in their own
hlnds, and can at the next state election
give the bosses and peanut politicians
a coup-de-grace that will put item out
of business and elect men who care
more for the state than they do for
self and faction.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-02-07

The movement in favor of the eIet =
ton of |. 5. Senator ty direct vote If
the people is undoubtedly becoming
stronger every yehr The feeling that
the senators should be made to realize
that they are servants Of the people,
universally prevail, and there is not q
doubt that if the senators were to be
elected this year. til TT there would be a
,arLe proportion Of new man on duty
N the house of lords next year.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-02-07
CHICAGO 4 WESTERN

Chicago Passenger .... :. :. ............ 615 a. ~
Chicago Passengers. .............. Ii :O6 a. m
GAINESVILLE passenger. .......,,.,.,,... lao .. m
GAINESVILLE Passengers $50 .. u
Both 6:l5 a m. and 1l:C6 @. N. trains make
close connections at Jefferson junction f
Madison and all points west.
40 o, m train makes close connections for
Milwaukee and Chicago.
7Ol D. m. train makes close connections for
east and west at Jefferson Junction.
PASSENGER sERvICE.-GOING NORTH
Lake Superior Passenger. 806 a. m.
MenOmOneo Z:3S p. m.
Passenger arrives from Rockford at $40 q. M
Passenger from Chicago arrives at o:38 p. m.
and goes no further.
Except Sundays.
F. M. NEWTON, Agent
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-02-07
Random Thoughts.

Good politics as steady thing is
conducive Of longevity. Just look at
Vermont with fourteen eX-governOrs
still in the fesh-but then it must be
remembered that they only elect a
governor In that state for one year and
pass the Office around among the faith
ful. The title Of '.Goyernor" is worth
something in that state. 1t is good
business capital in making bogus maple
sugar to send to the unsophisticated
out west.
During the past six months 20, 900
PRISONERS have answered uhe last roll
call and pasaed over the border line
that divides time and eternity. Soon the
grand army that followed the stars and
stripes d, ring the four years of the
civil war will have disappeared and
become but historical INCIDENT in tha
history Of our country.
by parties who desire to attract atten-
ton to themselves, to kill the incur
able. Who is to decide who are aid
who are not incurable? Many have
been declared incurable by learned and
conscientious physicians who were
subsequently, cured. And then the
Mosaic law says: Thou shall not
kill" and the proposed killing would
be in cOntravention of that law. Those
who favor such scheme might carry
IL farther and advocate the killing OF
criminals, the degenerates. the feeble
minded. anc might possibly become
victims OF their own law, should one OF
that character be enacted-fOr the
proposition certainly savors Of mental
degeneracy.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-02-07

a ''49-er" w hichever he would be pre-
fer, should he agree to make his home
in the land Of oranges. The PROPOSE
ton must be alluring 10 The distiu-
Rnished citizen Of n j., for while lie
is, and occasionally is asked to run for
township trustee or some such Office.
they haven't the facilities for being
kind to u man, that may be found
in California.
John D. Rockefeller. Jr earnestly
impored his friends not to become
human spOnges. As far as he is able,
he will see to it tina, they do rot.
Ohio is going to join Missouri in the
oil war. If the ball heads growing as
it rolls, Vice President Rogers may vet
have to retire To y. }. ami refuse to
answer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-02-07
P. Fl. SWIFT, Editor.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY :, 1906.

Civil service, or rather SWIVEL SER
vice, is q humhng of large proportion,
the result in both nation and state Of
a lot Of sentimeutalists who create
political caste in the nation and keep
men in office during life to the excluso Oh
of men just as competent and more
deserving of recognition. The beauties
of the system was recently demonstrate.
ed in one Of the departments at the
capitol at Washington. A clerk who
was honest and efficient discovered ir-
Irregularities in the department and
reported his discovery to the head of
the department. What was the result?
The honest man who was in the CLASH
fed service was fred as "a sore head
and an embittered cynic" apd the
parties guilty of the corruption COM
planned of were retained being covered
by the service It went to show that
it did not pay to be honest and try to
save the government from grating upon
the part of employees. If there could
be rotation in off in both state and
nation every four or eight years, it
would prevent a good deal corruption
Id grating in public office.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-02-07
$4,000 for a Salt-Ceilar.

The person most surprised at the
remarkable price which an Eliza
bethan standing salf-cellar recently
made at Christie's was the owner Of
the property. He had modestly put
a reserve of G100 upon it. His graft
fication may be conceived when he
received a check for $4,000. The
price is entirely due to workmanship
and historical values, for the silver
and crystal used in it are not worth
G3.-LOndon Answers,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-02-07

HUMPHREYS
Specifics cure by acting directly on the
sick parts without disturbing the rest of
the system.
No. for Fevers.
No. 2 " Worms.
No. 8 g Teething
No. 6 Diarrhea.
No. 7 " Coughs.
No. " Neuralgia.
No. 9 " Headaches
No. 10 " Dyspepsia.
No. IL d" Suppressed Periods.
No. II &c Whites.
No. Is &C Group.
No. IA &c The Skin.
No. Is &c Rheumatism.
No. Is " Malaria,
No. 10 +" Catarrh.
No. 20 " Whooping Cough.
No. 81 &c The Kidneys.
No. 80 &c The Bladder.
No. II d" La Grippe.
In small bottles of pellets that fit the vest
pocket. At Druggists or mailed, Csc. each.
nas- Medical Guide mailed free
Humphreys Med. Co., Cor. William & John Streets,
New York
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-02-07

MAILS CLOSE
Mails close at the Post Office as follows;
EAST. WEST. NORTH SOUTH.
900 a. MS 1920 pms 2:2Op. ms 1880 p. m.
2OOp. m.* 800 m. 9OOp.m. 500 p. m.
4:45 p. ms
900 .. m.
Watertown and Madison, & :55 a. m.,* 6:15 o. M.
Pipersvile. Affection, Pennington and Ebene.
ger, 7;30 a. ms
Lebanon. TOO q. m.
Creditor Thursdays and Saturdays, 400 .. m.
Except Sundays.
VIM. #. HRUETZMACHER, p. M.
The Brinkley argus., 1906-10-05

JusT at this time there are certain signs on the political borison which indicate that there is going to be some strange things happening in the Dem ocratic ranks ere the next National campaign opens. There is trouble ir the camp of Bailey, of, Texas, who had his Presidential lightning rod hoisted and Tom Tageart. the Indiana man has had his tie punctured. Ther those New York bosses, Jerome in cluded, have had their dreams shat. tered by the wonderful young newspa per man, Wm. Randolph Hearst. wht has been doubly endorsed for Cover nor of New York. Bryan has en- dorsed Hearst. and 1t is now up te the others to do likewise or fall ou with Bryan. Any ol! way you figure it we Democrats are appearantly get ting in fix to have a lot of "sore toes" to nurse by the time the nex campaign is on. But Bryan has the sa've that will heal.
The Brinkley argus., 1906-10-05
BUGGY PEDDLERs LOSE.
Important Supreme Court
 DesciSion.

The case of ex parte Merett, etal. by Attorney General to quash 2 Chan cery proceeding locally known. as the buggy peddling case. was decided in Supreme Court the first of this week. by reversing the Chancery Court de- cislon and confirming the decision of Esq. R. M. Henderson, of this city before whom the case was first tried.
 This case occasioned considerable interest throughout Monroe county when 1t first came up and its course in the higher courts has been matter of widening interest.
 Merrett and his fellow salesmen were arrested for bedding without license. The case was duly tried ac- cording to the law and evidence be- fore Esq. R. M. Henderson, who fined the offenders S5o.oo each.
 The defendants were very much dissatisfied and by habeas corpus pro- ceedings removed the case to the Union county Chancery. for some un- known reason, and had the trial before Chancery Judge Mahony at Eldofado4
 Judge Mahony ruled that the section of law under which the fine was i'm posed in Justice Henderson's Court was repealed by an act in 1901, Sec. 68e6 Kirby's Digest, and ordered the defendants released and that Monroe county should pay the costs.
 At the instance of Judge MiIwee, who took an active interest in the case, Senator John P. Lee. of Clar- endon. took charge of the case before Chancery Judge Mahony. on behalf of the state. and when the Judge render ed his decision Senator Lee appealed the case to Supreme Court and held the defendants under bond pending that Courts decision.
 Justice Hill. who delivered the opinion, held that the act of 1901 was unconstitutional. as shown in ex parte deeds, 18th Arkansas, 542. therefore the judgment in Union Chancery Court is wrong and is reversed snd quashed.
The Brinkley argus., 1906-10-05
LIVING UP TO TIE LIMIT.

There are those in every town and city who dive up to their limit" every week of their lives.
 The great trouble with us. Is that we imagine that these prosperous times of plenty. good wages and high prices are going to last always and that there is no; limit to the cash.
 This kind of living Is sinful and is the kind that breeds untold suffering to those who consistently continue it.
 "As sure as man spends his in- come as fast as he makes it, so surely vill he not get ahead any. If man Is sentenced to hard labor for life we regard 1t as a horrible fate. Yet that is what is going on every day that a man uses up his income. He must work or starve, and so long as he saves nothing he must continue to toll. How much better is it with. the man who voEks while he Is young and strong and saves an he can. He not only soon does not have to work Tor other men. b1t has accumulated capi- tal sufficient to start in business for himself and soon employs men to work for him. He makes more money and makes it easier than he ever did. The saving bank Is very convenient place for one to put his m ,ney who desires to save something, instead of living up to the limit
The Brinkley argus., 1906-10-05
vuy nur 1alnxlfY7

All around us we read ot neighbor- Ing towns locating big manufacturing concerns from the north. hunting loca- tions down here.
 There Is not town or city in all Arkansas that can offer SO great an advantage in railroad facilities as can Brlnkley excepting Little Rock and we have just as good as Little Rock.
 What ve need Is a live and pushins Board of Trade;or industrial OSeanI~ zation.. a 5000 orio;ooo Club. with every man in Brinkley member. Not only the merchants and bankers. but eyery mechanic. every carpenter, evsry contractor, every factory man. SSery doctor. every lawyer. in fact every wage earner and vohker ought to be asked to become an active member of such an organization.
 THEN Brinkiey would begin to take on such an activity that 1t would be surprising to every body.
 How about IL. Mayor JacksonP Cant you get out your call for such an organization3 Set the time cf meet ing several weeks off so the call cou Id tbe circulated all over the city and everybody made acquainted with Its object:
 Tie lime has arrived for united ac- lion and the ARGUS believes that the men of Brinkley will lay aside any petty personal differences and stand together for a greater Brinkley.
 Won't you try it, Mayor Jackson'
The Brinkley argus., 1906-10-05


 Some one asked the question, f.;Where Is the state of Matrimony9" and the answer the tramp had was: .It is bounded by hugsing and kissing on one side and the cradle and the babies on the other. Its chief pro iuction is population, broomsticks and staying out at night. It was discoy- cred by Adam and Eve while trying to find passage cut of paradise. The climate is rather sultry until you pass the tropics of house e-keeping when squally weather sets in without sufficient power to keep all hands as cool as a cucumber. For the principal road leading to that state, consult the first pair of blue eyes ycu run across.
The Brinkley argus., 1906-10-05
From Where Do they Come?

From North, South. East ard West, from the biggest families of the land. pupils enroll in that wonderful institution. Memphis Business College. and why. because.at the helm there stands men of experience. men who have battled with the waves of life and have come out victorious, men who instruct those who are under their care the great fundamental truths of how to face the every day obstacles, not mensof theory who take things for granted, but who feel the pupils in- terest at heart and aivise with them as a parent does the child, school that builds men and women who will take the first rank. This school teaches twelve leading systems of shorthani and actual bookkeeping. For any further information or a beautiful catalogls of the school, ad- dress Memphis Business College 80, N. Main St. Memphis. Tenn. Thom- as & WadIey.
The Brinkley argus., 1906-10-05

character in the world than Bryan William Jennings Bryan was too far advanced for the times. Roosevelt Is paving the way. and is sure to be succeeded by Bryan as president of the United States. Under Bryan's $ administration this will be the great est country the world has ever seen. 1 will tip my hat to Bryan. believe in resurrection of the dead, and the dem ocracy is coming to the front once more"
The Brinkley argus., 1906-10-05
LEST WE

forget-Baby is restless. can't sleep at night, won't eat. cries spasmodi- cally. A bottle of Whites Cream Vermifuge never fails to cure. Every mother should give her baby White $ Cream Vermifuge. So many times when the baby is pale and fretful. the mother does not know what to do. A bottle of this medicine would bring color to his cheeks and laughter to his eyes. Give it trial Sold by Brooks Pharmacy. ;w-
The Brinkley argus., 1906-10-05
Cotton yJp $7.oo Per Bals.

When the bad weather started some 10 days aSa spot co.t0nwas 9'4 eaN In BrInkley. 4
 It rained~-it tained d-cotton ws12t u2-and up-and up until this after noon the price in Brinkley Is loh cts. per pound.
 This is an increase of about $7 o0 Ter bale.
 Speaking of the conditions to the ARGUS man this afternoon Cotton Buyer b. H. Smith. who is one of the most level headed cotton menli In this section said: If the farmers had have continued to push the cotton or the market as they were so sapidly doing when the rainy spell sstfp, ] am dead :. sure that the pricevouId have been. down to ss3-4 before now. So you see the rain Is not so bad for the cotton farmer after all. The. pres ent price is fully 2 cents persPound more than it-would have been without the rain. sI look for the price to go much higher even yet
 So cheer.up friends; there's IOts of pfospcfHy ahead for us and the rain isn't 50 badlaftef aIl+Tz 1s
The Brinkley argus., 1906-10-05
Blood Poisoning.

results from chronic constipation, which Is quickly cured by pr. King $ New Life Pills. They remove all poisonous germs from the system and infuse new life and vigor; cure sour stomach. nausia.. headache. dizziness and collie. without griping or discom- fort. 25c. Guaranteed by all drug .gists. s 1. N
The Brinkley argus., 1906-10-05

THE religious debate ," like the prize fight is not altogether thing Of the past as will be noticed in men ton made of one elsewhere in this Issue. Surely there is little excuse for ministers of the gospel "scrapping among themselves in such an unbe- coming way as is mentioned else where.
The Brinkley argus., 1906-10-05
DEAL sEHTlY.

Deal gently with the -erring, Ye know not of the power With which the dark temptation came .-.u,ln some unguarded hour. Ye may not know how earnestly They struggled nor how well, Until the hour of weakness came And sadly thus they fell
 Selected.
The Brinkley argus., 1906-10-05

THE old world is thirsty for the ev- cry day lessons in the plain practical chYistianity--the kind which makes a man honest and truesfills his heart with an earnest love and sympathy for his fellow man. 1t matters not in what walk of life he is.
The Brinkley argus., 1906-10-05
CUR STRONGEST COMPETITOR.

THE ARGUS through an over sight Aid not mention the recent birthday of its competitor-the Monroe County Sun. The Sun and Its clever editor, w. E. Spencer is the oldest and the warmest competitor that the ARGUS has had during the past Is years. Curing that time we have had some pretty warm brushes. yet we have al gays founi him honest and kind. He has never employed anything but Eon- prabls means and methods, ard while as ve hay. said he has been our hardest competitor yet he has been eentlemaniy and kind with it all
 Friend Spencer publishes clean, novsy paper; . paper that stands for something in the making and develope- ,nent of moral and progressive city.
 The good people of Clarendon can :rub& fl9cos tco nign an estimate on the ..eerxtnse ediior Spencer has rendered ft3he upbulidins and improvement of s; TT city. They can not realize what !; [ gfs1t help he and his bright and plcy Sun has been to them in their 2 tork of city building. Itis matter 2 ,Sf special pleasure for the writer tc s iish for Editor Spencer that the splen- ' |id success he is enjoying may in- 1rsaso until every family in Monroe oslniy isa regular subscriber to hi: 2 leddid and worthy journal. A little
 4,e t,ik from one competitor fol 2 TIT. bat t comes from the hesr
 eriksless md Billy Spencer know'
The Brinkley argus., 1906-10-05
Cosby Column.

Where are you knowing tc3' was 1 the question number of passers put to the spployes at'the 9smktsy ofs- cey O., as thsy were ndticed brire- iug out of the sore. great numbers of crates of groceries few days ago.
 The answer to the questions was we are not moving, but we are just shipping our goods; that's all
 This answer, in each instance. brought a look Of surprise to the ques- tioner for the great stacks of goods being brought out really looked like. q removal was In progress, But t vas, not, it was only one ofthe days when the demand for goods in the store instead of the ware house exceeded a car load. Think of old Bhnkiey shipping out goods ia that way. Manager Park of the Brinkley Grocery Con- pany in his usual modest way ac- knowledged that the business of the Brinkley Grocery Co. more than doubled his anticipatio1s when the business was established. Watch BrinkIey grow
 '
 Last week Pastor J. c. Harris of the Baptist church started asrevivals There-right then t began to- rain:; The Baptists Ike water but saey don I Ike ';sprInklingT or .'peatag go Rev. Harris called their meeting off until a more propitious season. Alter 1 2 days of sunshine, Rev. Harris again started the adjourned revival on Thursday night. The "sprinkling and tpourine begun few hours afterwards the same night and Rev. Harris was Ioutinthe rain early yesterday morn Ing taking in his l, Bulletins of the meeting. Hisfriends have put him down on the reserve list of rain makers.
 The repeated suggestions of the writer that Brinkley have Y. M. c. A. for the benefit of our young men and boys has found a responsive chord in the hearts of many of our good citizens, many of whom have of fered to help in such an enterprise but it seems that none have been sufficiently interested to take the mat ter in hand and push if to completion. l.. A-few weeks ago, stood in the rotunda of the elegantly appointed Y. lM. c. A. at Columbus. Ohio and read. chisled in a marble tablet. the words of the immortal Vim. Mckinley concern ing the building of a Y. M. c. A.. Mckinley said that the business men who contributed their. funds to the building of Y. M. C. A. were mak- ing an investment that would pay them more in direct returns, than any other investment they could make.
 There are Brinkley parents, who have boys and those boys are not coming up like they want them to. Its not the boys fault-its your fault parent friends. Conditions are not what they were years ago. Everything is changed up now We are moving in a hurry. The boys "go down" and form bad habits easier than they used to and on the other hand they are helped up easier than they used to be when our fathers were boys. But we MUST provide the means of help for them, if they are helped. and it is an acknowledged fact that there is no means so successful as is the Y. M. c. A. BT.nsley MUST have a Y. M e. A.
The Brinkley argus., 1906-10-05
We de thdn9ng this ad.

and our prices are changed-THEY RE LowER-but the-grades are as good as ever. Malvern Lumber Co.,, St Louis. Mills. Perla. Ark.
The Brinkley argus., 1906-10-05
Confederate
 Pensions Ready.

} Confederate Pension Vouchers are
 now in the hands of w. L. Hinton
 Clerk and may be had by owners applying in person or by letter w. L. HINTON, Clerk.
The Brinkley argus., 1906-10-05

If it's fit to print you will see it in the ARGUS.
The Brinkley argus., 1906-10-05

-If it's fit to print, you'll find it in the ARGUS.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-09-01
MISSIONS OF ONE CHURCH
Extensive Work Being Carried On by
the Presbyterian Church in
Foreign Lands.

The Presbyterians (north) sustain
work in these Ia countries: West Al
RIGA, China, Japan, Korea, India, Siam.
Laos, Syria, Philippines, Mexico, Bra
I'll, Chill, Colombia, and Guatemala:
with a total Of 1877 stations, and 1868
out-statlons, or 1900 points on tie
globe where the Gospel Is preached 10
the heather. In this work are en-
ployed 1858 American missionaries-in-
Guiding $50 ordained men, 60 medical
men, and 21 laymen, and 294 married
and 176 single women missionaries and
27 women medical missionaries; and
2,357 native Notwithstanding 172 or
dained missionaries, 504 Ncentiates and
1851 other workers, making total Of
3,215 workers. At these stations there
are 432 organized churches, having &c.
915 communicating, and contributing to
all purposes last year $19s, ,159. To
these churches there were added on ex-
animation last year 1851 converts.
which is an increase of. 11S per cent,
while the church at home increased by
onlysytx per cent. .
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-09-01
FISH At HOME ON LAND.
One Species, at Least, Capable Of Ex-
listing for Days Out Of Their
Natural Element.

"As much out of place as fish out
of water" is a phrase that comes about
as near expressing the acme of incom-
patibility, SO far as environment is
concerned, as man has ever been able
to coin. Despite this fact, however
there are several varieties Of f1s-l which
are much more at home out of their
natural element than any species Of
the human race are in water.
The climbing perch (Anabas scan
dens) is a remarkable example found
in Asia. This singular creature ap-
pears much like other perch. but d
endowed with an extraordinary power
of leaving falling streams, climbing
banks, and proceeding over dry land
in quest Of better filled water courses
Hundreds OF them have been seen
at distance Of so or go yards from q
pool just abandoned, and travelling
though the ground was so rough that
this distance must have required suf6-
cient muscular exertion to take them
half mile over level ground.
Some writer's even assert that this
fish is capable of climbing the rough
stems of palm trees. The fishermen Of
the Ganges, who subsist largely or
climbing perch, are accustomed t
keep them in dry earthen pans for five
or six days after catching, and they
live this strange life without discom:
fort.-Danver Times.