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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-07-15
A JAPANESE BELLE.

Every Japanese girl, of no matter wha
class IN society, appears inspired with ar
innate love Of coqtetry. The daughte,
of the humbfest tradesmah loves to pass
whole days in shopping, and takes the
greatest delight in preparing, long be.
fore it is needed, the dress she intends tc
display for the first time at the next fete;
The day arrived, the happy girl arises
early in the morning, and while he1
fresh new dress lies in one corner Of the
room, impatiently submits to the dilatory
labor of her hair-dresser, in whose pro-
fession there are some artists so cele5ra-
ted that they devote whole hours to the
study and toll requisite for the compost
ton of some graceful and fashionable
style, where the hair carefully dressed
with the brush and pomade, half hides a
piece of crepe coquetisbly chosen and
fastened by heavy pins of tortoise she'll
or coral. The chignon, it must be con-
fessed, is not altogether of natures growth,
and if, after the hair, we examine the
face, we shall see that Madame Rachel
herself could not teach the japanese
much in the art of making up. On the
dressing tables stand perfect collection
of little boxes just drawn from some hid
ing place they are whites for the neck,
the arms, the bust; reds for the mouth
and the cheek black for the eyes; some
times gold for the lips; and yet, with all
these aids from art, age is unable TO
conceal its decrepitude, while strangely
enough the children are the most laden
with paint. Putting aside this eoquetry,
universal in spite of its bad taste, the
dress is very simple and invariably well
chosen. A silk robe, generally Of q
dark hue, usually covers a chemise en-
crepe made Of small patches of every col
or, perfect harlequin's mantle, where
bright green Is placed beside lively red
In winter the costume is completed by a
short mantle, doubled and thickened ac-
cording to the season. The dress is long
without shape, and open from top to bot
tom; the upper part is couined by bell
broad enough to cover the breast and the
lower part Of the form, and terminating
behind in an enormous knot; to tie which
with more or less elegance demands {
careful examination and many retouches
The sleeves hang like large pockets. TX
the belts are fastened pipe in velve
case and pocket-book containing twt
chop-sticks of silver, fit is intended t
do honor 10 the host, who may offer re
a.--
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-07-15

EXTRAORDINARY ECLIPsE.-The total
eclipse Of the sun which is to take place
on the 18th of August next, will present
such long duration of darkness that
astronomers are anticipating it with un-
usual interest. From near Alden, the
central line of the eclipse extends to the
southern coast of New Guinea, crossing
Hindoostan, the Bay of Bengal the
Malayan peninsular, and the gulf of Siam
on the way and at certain places on this
line the duration of darkness will be at
6:46 At the date in question the moon
will be more than six hours from its per-
igee, while the sun will not be far from
its apogee-a twofo.d condition, which
increases the apparent diameter of the
moon, and shows the apparent diameter
of the sun nearly at the smallest. Hence
the prolonged darkness. Such chance
occurs but rarely, and we can not won Ter
that strong desire exists to make the
most Of it in endevors to solve certain
highly important questions in physical
science. Unluckily, the southwest mon.
soon will be at its full blast on the 10th
of August, which, with its heavy cloud
will render observation either uncertain
or impossible, except on the eastern side
of the mountain range.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-07-15
f. WERNER,
Fashionable Barber and

Fl AIR DRESSER,
In the Middle of Main Street Bridge, Water
town, Wis Hair cuTled, Frizzled &c, in the
most approved manner. The best OF HAIR Dye
used warranted to holds color for eight weeks
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-07-15
SURGICAL SEPARATION OF THE
slAMESE TWINS, CHANG AND

The scientific world, and especially that
portion OF 1t who have made the study
OF medicine and surgery their profession,
cannot tail to be intensely interested in
the TACT which has recently come to our
knowledge, of the determination of Chang
and Eng, the Siamese twins, to submit to
a surgical operation for the purpose of
discovering the wonderful link that has
SO long bound them together. Some
forty years ago these twins were intro
duced to the notice of the civilized world,
having been brought to England from
Siam in the year Of 1927 or 1928, by
Captain Bunker, at present living in New
York, and for series Of years they were
exhibited to the public at all the great
centers of civilization. Having visited
America, they deterln ned to make this
land their home. They bought valuable
tract of land in North Carolina, married
two sisters, and settled down in the ordin-
airy routine Of farmers daily life.
Each of them is now the father of nine
children. The reason for their determ-
ination, at this late day, to call in the art
of surgery to produce an entire physical
separation, is, that having reaching such
an advanced age (ffty-nine years. they
are fearful that one may become the sub
ject Of disease, which may prove fatal to
both, The interesting question arises:
What are the probabilities of success
full operation being performed? It will
be remembered in pursuing these incuir-
les, that the twins are held together by
quite massive link of thoroughly normal
and perfectly vitalized. in egument, some
ten or twelve inches of circumference,
situated near the uital organs and,in close
proximity to the heart and lungs and
connection is so intimate that such seems
to be thoroughly organized portion of
the other, as much SO as any of the ordi-
nary members of natur ally constituted
human body. Sensation, Leryous i'm
preston, mental phenomena, morbid,
physical and nerve mental conditions, all
show a most perfect physical existence.
The question in regard to the result of
an operation is no new one, but soon after
their appearance in London and Paris it
excited the minds of the foremost intel
lects in the surgical world. If we re-
member rightly, the Twins" were ex-
hibited before the Acadauy of Physicians
and Surgeons In Paris at that time for
the purpose of ascertaining their opinion
in regard to the probabilities of success
ful operation. The disagreement in re-
gard thereto, we believe, led to the aban-
donment of the project. Has the science
of surgery so rapidly advanced that to day
successful result can be promised when
there was so much doubt score or two
of years ago2 We understand they con-.
template visiting Paris for the purpose of
having the operation performed.-N 2
Tri6une.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-07-15

WHAT rs EXPECTED OF Us.-We are
not born in Heaven, but in this world,
where our being is to be preserved with
meat, drink and clothing, and other
necessaries that are not born with us but
must be got and kept with forecast care
and labor; and, therefore, we cannot be
all devotion, all prases and halleluiahss
and perpetually in the vision of things
above. Had it have been otherwise God
would not have put us in condition
where we are obliged to use all means to
preserve ourselves, and yet those means
are not to be had without employing upon
the search of them the greatest part of
our time and care
We were also born with dispositions to,
and desires for society; we are by nature
fitted for it, and religion increases the
obi CATION. We are born membersof COM
monwealths, beset with relations and in
need of friends, and under necessity of
acquaintance, which, requiring of us the
mutual Office of familiarity, friendship and
charity, we cannot spend our time in re-
tired devotion and study, nor in plodding
and taking care of our worldly affairs.
We are SO framed, SO constituted, that any
employment of and exercise of body, will
weary and unfit US to continue long in
that employment. The springs by which
all our operations are performed are finite,
and have their utmost extent ; and when
they approach that, like watches that
have gone till their force is spent, we stand
still or move to little purpose, if not wound
up again. And thus, after labor of mind
or body, we have need ofrecreation to ser
us going again with fresh vigor and
activity,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-07-15
LAGER BEER.
by JOSH RIfJ.tNHS

BY JOSH BILLINGS.
| have finally cum to the conclusion
that lager beer as beverage is not in
toxicating,
| / have been told SO by a German W ho
said he had drunk it all mite long. just to
try the experiment, and wuz obliged tn
go hume entirely sober in the morning.
| have seen this same man drink sixteetf
glasses, and if he was drunk, he vas
drunk in German and nc. body could uu.s
derstand it. e is proper enutf to state
that this man kept lager beer saloon
and could have no object in stating what
was not strictly true.
| [ believed him to the full extent Of nv
ability. never drunk but three glasses
of lager in my life, and that made nv
head ontwist as though it was hung on
the end OF string, but was told that
it was owing to my bile being out of
place, and | guess it was so, for I never
piled over 1uss then I did when I got
hum that night My wife tho't I was
going to die, and was afraid shouldn't.
for it did seem as tho everything had
eaten in my life vas coming to the sur
face, and that surface was in my mouth
and [ do really believe that if my wife
had not pulled of my boots just as she
did, thoy would have come laundering
up.
o! how sick wuz 4! IA years ago, and
can taste it now.
never had SO much experience in 50
short a time.
If any man should tell me that lager
beer was not intoxicating, should be-
lieve him, bat if he should tell me that
wuz not drunk that mite, but that my
stummick WIZ out of order, { shud ask
him to state over few words, just how
man felt and acted when he wus drunk.
II / wuE MT drunk that mite, had
some Of the most material simptums that a
man ever had and kept sober.
In the first place il was about eighty
rods where drank the lager beer to my
house, and wuE thus over hours on
the road, and had hole bustid through
tach one of my pahtalcon neek and didn't
have any hat, and tried to open tie door
by the bell puli, and hickupped awfully,
and saw everything in the room trying to
get round on the back side ov me; and
in setting down in chair I didn' t wait
long enough for it to get exactly under
me. when it was going round, and I set
down little too soon and missed the
chair about twelve inches, and it couldn't
get up soon enough to take the next one
that cum afong; and that amt awl, my
wife sed [ wuz az drunk az beest, and.
az | sed before, began to speg up
things freely. -.-.,
If lager beer is not Intoxicating, it
used me most almighty mean, that I
know.
Still hardly think that lager beer is
Intoxicating, for / have ben told so; and
| am paobably the only man living who
ever drank eny when his liver was not
plumb
| don't went to say ennything agin q
harmless temperance bevridge but T
ever drink emmy more, it will be with mi
hands tied behind me, and mi mouth
pried open.
/ don't think lager been is Intoxicating
but if / remember rite, / think it tastes
to me like a glass of soap suds, that
pickel had been put tew soak in, =.
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-07-15


AN UNPREMEDITATED JoKE.-For
some time past a number Of boys have
been seen walking about the streets OF
the city, each bearing upon his shoulder
a rudely constructed transparency
liantly lighted up after dark-ou which
is bazoned the name of one of the
theatres, together with certain dramatic
intelligence displayed in fancy paint for
the enlightenment of visitors from rural
districts who may chance to be strolling
around In search Of the elephant or any
relirble information touching his hauats
or whereabouts. Yesterday evening, just
after dark, the sexton of one Of the most
fashionable churches Of the city was en-
gagged in sweeping out the building, and
the doors were left open. While this
work was going on, one of the boys in
question came aloug, and, feeling fatigued
f.om his tramp through The hot and dusty
streets, seated himself upon the steps of
the church and was soon fast asleep, with
his lighted transparency leaning against
the door post. And everybody who pass
ed that way within the next hour or SO
was assured by the transparency, in fiery
letters thai could be read at the distance
of two hundred yards, that" THIS Is
THE ONLY THEATER Now OPEN IN THE
! City"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-07-15
s.LET Us HAVE PEACE"
General Q. S. Grants letter of acceptance,
BY WILLIAM GLAND BOURNE.

''LET Us HAVE PEACE p is the cry Of the mill
ings
Who fought for the starry -gemmed flag Of
the tree
Tis the prayer Of the Hero, the song of civil
ians,
That rolls from the mountains far down to
the sea.
! The nation that rocked in the tempest and
gloom,
And drifted in doubt 20 be wrecked on the
The storm has outlived, and the thunders that
Are voices that prophesy tempest no more.
aLet us have PeaceF' is the sigh of the lowly
That walk in the vale where the cypress is
seen,
Who mourn their departed with tenderness
holy,
And kneel where the graves are perenrially
green;
And where the "Unknown," in their silence
are sleeping,
The feet of the angels are pressing the sod,
And vespers of harmony round them are keep
ing,
While Martyrs Of Freedom have gone to
their God.
"Let US have Peacer' the evangel of LABOR,
Where toiers imploringly lift up their hands;
Go wipe off the sta rs from the dcath-dealiug
saber, -
And build the bright alter of hope for all
lands;
Lo radiant from darkness the temple in glory
Throws wide to the world the broad aisle of
the fame;
And freemen shall toll, as they utter the story,
And children repeat to the ages again.
Eet us have Peace p is the chorus ascending
From hamiets that lie mid the pine-covered
hill,
And like glad anthem in unison blending,
Floats on till the plain with its melody thrills;
And rivers that roll to the land of the West
And prairies that wake to the hymn of the
free, ----..-.--.-
With millions Of freemen mploring for rest
Swell psalms of rejoicing while bending the
knee.
''Let US have Peace" from the wars wild COM
motion,
The trumpet's alarms, and the crash OF The
field,
And let the new bliss, like the pillows of ocean,
Roll over the land where the hero has kneeled;
The smoke of the battle has ept from the sky,
The thunders have ceased, and the ,bugle's
wild blast
The chains have been riven and loud from
on high
TIE reye.le calls to the love of the Past
"LEr Us HAVE PEAcE!' in holy Thanksgiving,
The Hero voice cries, in the name Of the LORD
For the sake of the dead for the sake of the
irving
Turn spears into pruning hooks to plow-
shares the sword
And out of the darkness shall come forth the
beaming
Of Glorys bright sun where TIE foemen
have trod
And Freedom shall teach, with a truth all-rc-
deeming,
That PEACE WITH OUR BROTHER IS PEACE WITH
OUR GoD
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-07-15

WHAT IS A TEAR The principle
clement of tear is water. This water,
upon dissolution, contains few hun
dredth parts of the substance called
mucus, and small portion Of salt, of
soda, of phosphate of lime and of phosp-
hote of soda 1t is the salt and the soda
that give to tears that peculiar SAVIOR
which earned for tears the eplthet OF
"salt" at the hand Of Greek poets, and
that OF s'bitter" at that of ours. "Salt'
is, however, the more correct term of the
two. When tear dries, the water evap-
crates and leaves behind it deposit of
the soline ingredients. These amalga'
mate, and, as seen through the miscros-
cope, ar ay themselves in long crossed
lines. which look like diminutive fish
bones. Tears are secreted by a gland,
called the lachrymal gland, which is sit
uated above the eyeball aud underneath
the upper eyeled, on the side nearest the
temple. Six or seven exceedingly fine
channels flow from it along aad under the
surface of the eyeIid, discharging their
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-07-15
i. RE ISIoRF, /,

L. REISboRF,
Manufacturer OF
Harnesses, Saddles, Br'dtes, Hhps
Blankets, aud HORSE oe'efs'
None but the best kind Of material used Re
nairinp done on short notice and at prices to
suit the times.
shop on the corner Of West Avenue ana we
v,tar >traatS. watertown. l0yl
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-07-15

AUGUST WIGGENHOKA
TT" ER

Has recently opened Jewelry Store in john
sons block, corner Main and 1st street, where ne
will keep constantly on hand large STOCK OF
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver and flateo
Ware, &c. &C. Particular attention paid 70
repairing Watches, Cloaks, Jewelry, &c, and
warranted to give satisfaction.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-01-24

One Of the girls employed in the Curren-
cy Bureau of the Treasury Department, as
a joke, put ball of green ink in the tea
OF one of the employees, nearly poisoning
the woman, and obtaining her own dis
charge.
The public school teachers of Baltimore
are again trying to raise money for a mon
ument to Poe.
Brigham Young says he will excommuni-
cate those brethren who don't contribute to
the support OF the poor.
It is estimated that one-half the "me-
moirs Of eminent men, published in Paris
during the past twenty years are forgeries.
4 large cave has been discovered at Fred
ericksburg, Ind, with the additional attrac
ton of a human skeleton.
Are our girls fitted for wives?' queries
a sober exchange. Are they fitted for
husbands" retorts young itemizer.
National measurement, Americans aver.
age nearly FIVE and half feet; but five and
a half yards make Pole.
Gen. Carey, the great temperance man,
has fallen from grace SO far as to learn to
smoke since he went to Cohgress.
The Radicals in their assaults upon the
Constitution, are like burglar who de-
signs only robbery but, being detected,
resorts to murder to escape punishment
General Grants epauIetts are not large
enough to overshadow the constitutional
liberties of the whole country, spread them
as Radicalism may.
The Senate in restoring Stanton, sustains
an adherence to place which it lately de-
manded as mean beyond the possibility of
occurrence.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-01-24
From the National Intelligencer
People of thc Forth, Are You Free Arise
and Speak!

and Speak!
Freemen of the North Know that the
clutch of usurpation is at the throat of
your Ministers of Justice; that your treach-
erous servants, determined to destroy your
Constitution, defended by your Chief Ma
gistrate, have desperately resolved upon
abnegating the legislative branch of your
Government, entrusted to their pertidious
hands, and in order to demOlish all re-
straint of treason, are about to destroy all
the departments of Government, even
their own, and lifting your liberties from
your sovereign shoulders, to lay all at the
feet OF military despot. Know, people
of the great free North, that your chains
are forged; that the bayonets, as it were,
are sharpened, the muskets charged, the
orders written, that are to mete out to each
one of you what liberty, what property,
what life he shall retain. Behold, at your
fresides the apparltlon of the guard for a
midnight arrest; in your places Of worship,
the armed censor OF your prayers i'll your
work tables, on the high roads, the snaky
and skulking detective. Listen You
may hear the drum, as it drops III at your
startled ear, the palsy that thickens your
yet free tongue. We tell you that the Su-
preme Court is to be struck down, that the
equal balance OF the Three Great Depart
ments is sWaylpg from It's equilibrium; that
the great tripod of the Republic is to be
broken up; that from your political tenn
pies your betrayers are banishing your
gods, and from the Genius OF your freedom
are wrenching her inviolable scepter. That
a few wretches, drunk upon irresponsible
power, loathsome with guilt, hideous with
blood, and mad with lust, may riot In your
halls of power, through the degradation of
the South, your liberties are to be destroy
ed, your Constitution subverted, your Re
public dissolved, and your name dishonor-
ed among nations forever.
Arise, freemen, in your fiery majesty !
Consume with the lightning OF your pow.
erful rebtke this deviIish combination OF
perfidy and greed Shake off the fatal III
credulity which lays you sapine IN the
midst of peril, and let not tie sun go down
ere you have shaken the earth with your
mighty tread. Gather, in every hamlet IN
the land, from Eastport to Astoria, and
send up to Heaven the shout Of your IN
dignation. The winding-sheet OF your
freedom is woven aud its coffin made
Shall it die and be buried
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-01-24
The Government and Household OF the
Grand Radical Emnire.

We presume we shall not violate imperi-
al confidence by foreshadowing the charac-
ter of the government and household of
the new and magnificent empire proposed
to be erected by the radicals upon the ru-
ins of republican liberty in the United
States. Here it is:
His Imperial Highness Ulysses I.-Monarch of
all he surveys.
Imperial llouthpiece and Keeper of the Imperial
Word and Conscience-E. B. Washburne.
Minister Of Confiscated Estates and General
Factotum Of the Imperial Mansion-Thaddeus
Stevens.
Minister of Military Injustice Edwin M. Stan
ten.
Minister Of the Radical Rack and Political Joint
Twister in General-George s. Boutwell,.
Usher Of the Black Rod-Fred Douglass.
Lord high Chamberlain and Picker Up of all
the Imperial Old Boots, Old Hats and Old Clos
Generaily-John w. Forney.
Imperial Soft Impeacher and knight Comman-
der Of the Order of the Sulphurous Bath-Jas.
III. Ashley.
Imperial Windmill and Chief of the imperial
Blow Pipes-J. w. Hunnicutt.
Court Watchman-Henry Wilson.
Court Hangman-Ben. Wade.
Keeper OF the Imperial Bed Chamber-Charles
Sumner.
Lady in Waiting-Anna Dickinson.
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