Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1867-11-27
AMOR0Us BUT UNSUCCESSFUL.


| An0R0US BUT UNSUCCESSFUL
T. On Sunday evening last, young man
whom, for the sake of convenience, W,
will call John; went to visit girl whom
he would call his own. The fair one re
sides near the canal. During the even
ing the young man of the name Of, Johr
was unable to conceal the wish of his
! heart, and in tender accents declared his
desire that the young lady should consent
/, to be his. He met with fiat refusal
The ardent. John still pressed ,her further,
declaring that, if she would not accept
him, he would then and there drown him
self in the briny waters of the canal. AS
this threat did not effect the desired pur-
pose, he proceeded to carry it out. He
plunged 1earlessly in the murky food,
and waded outa9until the chilly water
reached over his shoulders. 1t win be
remembered that the, evening on which
this occurred dawas none of the warmest.
Retreating before finally carrying out his
purpose, j ohm cried out shiyering Will,
the cold usf5 rrr -..7s., 90. --''i
q "W-w-Will'you marry me now p -
mo !DHaafG ga3a5srsTs- .s.7e..,.n...
'oTrI In he plunged again, this time until
the water reached his neck, and again he
halted before the last plunge, --=-,..,2 ... ~
0o"W-w:will'y you marry me now 2" s..
= - Nol!Eo s537a4ay 9d5 ~ I,et;al.. 80. 70.
Again he went in, this time going
fairly under water, SO far that only the
top of his head could be discovered above
the surface. But he emerged and stag
gered out of the canal J. and shivering
worse than ever, sputtered out !
issNo-now,i w-w-will you n marry me ?"
9tssNoIWat ,7rf.tgs+~,l.o III
81 t'W ell L d-don' tieare .. a.d-damn whether
you'll marry me ortonot. You won't get
me into that canal again, - al. - !
u Nor7did lie again essay bis. fortunes in I
the uncertain9deepsto Shivering. aid chat
tering with his teethi he quickly departed
aud returned to his isome, sadder, and,
let us hope,la wiser rrman. Toledo, BLADE.
b THE) HUMAN Ve4oE, DION Bourci- |
cault commentinsIonl the Albert Hall Of
oeiencesand Art, ainsi the Poll Nal Gag! |
stte, says: 3rs!@The human voice, when
speaking mithEclear. articulation and sup
piled from good lungs, will fill 400 ,000 |
cubic feet Of air, provided they,be enclosed
n proper manner, and the voice placed |
md directed 1advantageously,. The same
voice singing can fill with equal facility,t
500, 600 cubic feet. When singing, the
sowetss are principally used, because it is
oecessery to dwell upon a note, and we
cannot prolong a consonapt. In speak
ng, on4the contrary, we. depend for arti
culation Oh the consonants; but their
short persuasive sound does, not travel, /
When We shout, or in open air speaking,
which partakes of shouting, we prolong
the Ivowels, drawing the syllable of each
word; but what we gain il sound we lose
of articulation; expression is
lost in monotony, because its fneness de-
peuds on the infinite variety of which
the consonant is capable and bestows on
the vowed, 1000 voices, singing or
speaking together, travel no further than
one voice. They may fill a certain area
more completely with that intricacy of
waves which, when very troublesome, we
call din; but each voice exerts its own |
influence on the air, according to its pow
er, and dies away within certain limits.
A second voice acts independently, and
produces its own seperate effect, not forti
flying the FIRST, but distinct from it. And
SO with any number of voices say 10000 !
shouting together, if single trumpeter
were placed among them, the note of his
trumpet would be heard clearly at dis
tance where the Babel Of voices would
have expired in a murmur. Yet, among
the diniproduced by the 10000 voices, j
the trumpet would be inaudible T 0
illustrate this theory more clearly, it is
plain that 1900 persons cannot throw
stones further than one. person. It Isl
true that the air. within certain limits, 4
will be more full of stones. but they will
all come to the, ground within limited
area ia ss.ivHo@ aainaEF a.Et ,. iads -
II. THE n NoRTH 'PoLE.--Two Frenah gen
tlemen recently explored the island OF
Spitzbergen- in a manner never before
done. Theyohave measured the noun
tains, mapped the whole coast, examined
the vegetable products, the geological
position ETC., of the island. They
found that the long day extended over
several months, during which the sun
never sets, became intensely hot after a.
month or two, by the unceasing heat from
the sun. In this period vegetation spring
upsin great luxuriance and abundance