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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-08
III, SPANISH PRIDE

National pride is very general, but
that OF the Spaniards seems to tower
above the average. The sea which
nearly surrounds Spain, and the rugged
mountain chains that cutoff intercourse
to great degree between the PROV
lnces, have given them almost insular
prejudices, and afford another illustra-
ton of the truth that those who mix
least with others have the highest ideas
OF their own Importance.
A Spanish gentleman once, in con.
versatlon, claimed, what had been so
often claimed for other languages, that
1t could express more in small compass
than any other. | asked him to quote
the most striking illustration he could
recollect.
"Why," said he, "when a man is
prepared to meet any consequence. and,
stretching out his arm, SAYS, sOiala.'
no other language can express that idea
SO conaensedly."
L told him he was mistaken. for we
could say "Be it So" and thus express
the same idea in the same number of
syllables.
The Duke of Wellington used to say,
Codoo VI vi otlu StIOllSUu Is UQ6
national weakness"
A Castilian preacher went so far, on
one occasion, as to remark to his con-
gregation that when our Saviour was
tempted by Satan, who showed him all
the kingdoms of the earth, it was avery
fortunate circumstance that the Pyre-
nees hid Spain from his view, or we do
not know what might have happened.
One of their common proverbs says
"Quien dice Espana dice ollie
who says Spain says everything"
Another says: German is the lam
guage Of hogs; English, of horses;
French, Of the ladies'; italian, of the
angels but Spanish is the language O
God"
Another one goes still further, and
says: "Si Dios no fuese Dios seria rev
de las Esponas. y Ell de Francia su CO.
cinero !"-"If God were not God he
would be King of Spain, and the French
king his cook!"
Further than this it is difficult for
human pride to go. j. NJ. M.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-08
MIR. NASBY'S DEDICATION.
A Man With Model Moti,er-in-LayY,
from the Golden Age

From the Golden Age.
A new addition to the advanced theo-
logical literature of the day is shortly
to appear from the pen of the popular
clergyman, the Rev. Petroleum V.
Nasty, whose sweet esthetic strain is in
one respect like the voice of the turtle,
it everywhere "heard in the land"
Our clerical friend is to occupy his
summer pastoral vacation in preparing
for the press volume entitled "The
Morals of Abou Ben Adhem the
same whose tribe increased. This new
book from this prolific author will deal
profusely in the sweet charities of life,
as is evident from the authors dedi-
cation, which is to consist of the follow
ing tribute to his mother-in-law. It is
always something in mans favor to
like his mother-in- law, and it is the
acme OF human praise when a mans
mother-in-law likes him. The happy
relation between P. Y. n. and his semi
demi parent seems to be mutual, extatic
and heavenly. Let the whole earth
listen and applaud:
MOTHER-lN-LAW,
whose
DISTINGUISHED SERVICES
in caring for
My WIFE
During
Seven Critical Periods
and likewise for
Seven Children
During Teethiug Measles, Munps, Scarletina
and
Other Diseases Incident to Childhood
Receiving therefor only what she ate,
merits not only praise but adora-
ton; and whose leaving my
house-umbrella and ali
always at the precise
time when there
was no more
hard work
to do,
was
Consideration Itself,
DEDICATE THIS VOLUME.
AS the least that can do ia
Acknowledgement;
Swearing, however, never to forget
Her
While catnip blooms, soothing syrup is made,
and
REASON HOLDS ITS OWN.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-08
Human Sacrifices.

We passed the Garden Golgotha-
carrion bower where the bodies of sac
rifced victims are deposited; it gave
the whole town an odor of death. [
must now explain the philosophy Of
human sacrifices. Among most savage
nations it is believed that the body con-
tains a ghost or spirit or soul which
lives after death. Some believe that
and fits around it's neighborhood, and
comes to it's old home and frequents the
company of those whom it formerly
loved. With savages of higher type
it is believed that the souls live in a
special world, usually supposed to be
under the ground, though some place it
above the sky. One step more and we
have the belief of the Persians, and
some other ancient nations, that there
are two worlds outside the earth, one of
torture for the wicked, one of pleasure
for the good. Now it is the belief of
savages that not only human bodies
only animals, but rivers and trees and
all things having movement or life !;
and not only all things having move
ment or life, but also inanimate objects
such as food and palm wine, weapons,
beads, articles of clothing, willow
pattern-plates, &c. So in Western
Africa, when man dies food is placed
by his grave, and they say that the
spirit of the man eats the spirit or
essence of the food On the Gold
Coast the natives believe in world be-
low the ground, a Hades or School
where the soul of the dead dwells in
life that shall have no end. They also
believe that all the garments he has
resurrection of old clothes; but be-
sides this, his relations display their
affection by giving him an outfit of wea-
pons, ornaments, new cloth, crockery-
ware, etc., so that he may descend into
hell like gentleman. But who is to
carry these things and who is to look
after them? Evidently his wives and
his slaves. So a number of these are
killed to keep him company and often
a slave is killed some time after his
death to take him message, or as an
addition to his household. In Dahomey
this custom of sending messengers is
organized into a system. Thus origi-
ated human sacrifice, which is, grant
ing the truth of the theory on which it
is based, a most rational custom.
Death is disagreeable to us because we
do not know where we are going; but
to the widow Of chieftain it is merely
a surgical operation and a change of
existence. That explains why the At
ricans submit to death so quietly. A
woman at Akropong selected for the
sacrifice was stripped according to GUS
iom, but only stunned not killed. She
recovered her senses, and found herself
lying on the ground surrounded by
dead bodies. She rose, went into the
town where the elders were seated in
council, and told them that she had
been to the Land Of the Dead and had
been sent back because she was naked.
The elders must dress her finely and
kill her over again. This accordingly
was done.-zhe Story Of the Ashantee
Campaign, by Wa7aWOOd Reude.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-08
Education in Large Cities.

The Philadelphia Age explains that
the number of illiterate womsn in pro-
portion to the number of illiterate men
is in New York and Philadelphia more
than to in st. Louis as 9 to Z; in
cinnati as to 2; in New Orleans as 8
to 5; in San Francisco as 4 to 8 in
Louisville to 2, and in Pittsburgh as
80 to 20, or nearly 2 to l. The Age
thinks that this unequal education is
the fault of the parents that they give
their boys superior facilities; that they
put all the education they can afford
upon their one boy, and keep their
two girls at home to grow up in ignor-
ance.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-08
The True Use Of the Word "ROyal.'

The London Spectator is distressed
because the term "royal :" is applied to
people who are not entitled to it.
Nothing is more common" says
the editor, ethan for visit from a
subject to be called a royal visit for the
marriage of two subjects to be called
royal marriage. This means, of
course, that the persons spoken of are
sons daughters or some near kinsfolk
of a King or Queen. But that does not
make their doings, royal They are
members of royal family, because
they are members of family which ex-
clusivly supplies Kings, but they are
not royal themselves. No one
would call visit from Dukes son or
daughter 'ducal' visit, Or marriage
of a Dukes sen OF daughter a 'ducal
marriage. But hemight quite rightly
speak of a ducal family that is, a
family which supplies dukes, a family
one member of which at time is always
Duke. Why is there this difference
OF usage To call a visit from per-
son who is not King or Queen royal
visit' is Of course vulgarism which
ought to be left to the penny-a-li liners.
But the fact that any people at all talk
about royal visit, when they would
not in the analogous case speak of a
'Ducal visit has causes which are
worth thinking of. The cause is just
this, that, exalted as Dukes may be.
they and their children do not form a
class which is absolutely cut off from
the rest of the world. There are others
whose rank comes so near to theirs that
they do not stand by themselves as an
absolutely distinct class, but at most as
a class within class. They freely in
ttrmarry with other people; they need
not be apoken to with bated breath;
they are not necessarily attended by
some one wherever they go; they are not
said to honor people by dining with
them; their doings, public and private,
are subject to free discussion. In short
they are still ordinary human beings,
though they may hold the first place
among ordinarybeings. But the royal
personages are really, in popular belief,
something more than ordinary human
beings. They are royal that is, in
fact, they are treated as if they were
themselves Kings and not subjects"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-08
The Shakespeare Death.Mask.

The mask, or cast, creates imme-
diatly In the beholder, even when moth
ing has been said to him in regard to
its claims. the impression that it
represents some remarkable man. The
experiment has been frequently made,
and uniformity with this result. It
was exhibited thus to Herman Grimm.
without word of explanation. cat the
very first glance" says Grimm, ct
thought to myself that I had never
seen a nobler countenance. what
noble clean cut, acquiline nose; what
wonderfully shaped browp I felt
that this must have been man in
whose brain dwelt noble thoughts. I
inquired. I was told to look at the
reverse of the mask. There on the
edge, cut in figures of the17th century,
stood, A. D., 1916. I could think of
no one else who died in this year than
one that was born in the year that
Mic lael Angelo died" -Shokespeare.
Another impression that one can
hardly fail to receive from the mask,
is the absence of any marked nation
aity in the features. The same remark
is made of the we'll known Task of
Dante, in Florence; there is nothing
Italian about it. So there is nothing
distinctively English in this cast, which
claims to be the Death Mask of Shake
speare. It gives us, as do his writings,
the idea of a generic man, a represent
tative Of the human race, rather than of
any distinct nationality. That was my
owen feeling in looking at it, without
knowing that any one else had ever
entertained the same thought. Prof.
Owen, in the conversation we had on
the subject, volunteered the same idea.
and added that he had heard the same
idea expressed by others.
Another character of the mask, equal
~ marked, is the exceeding fneness
and delicacy of the lines which make
up the countenance. Grimm notices
this pecniiarity. No one, in fact, can
fail to observe it who looks upon the
mask.
While the mask differs, in one respect
or another, from every recognized like
ness of Shakespeare, there is no mark
ed feature in any one of them which
cannot be traced to the mask, the
variation being easily explainable by
the Observation-Disclosures, caprice or
unskillfulness of the particular artist.
-Scribaaer's for .J2tLy.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-08
A Rat Story.
From the Christian Union.

from Cne CHRISTIAN Union.
A lady living in the country had her
attention drawn one day to some rats in
an outer room, surrounding a pail
which had been prepared for the pigs.
Observing them carefully, she soon dis
covered that young rat had fallen into
the pail, and that his friends to the
number Of five or six were in consulta-
tlon as to the best means of rescuing
him. The lady called others of her
family to witness their mannuvers,
while they continued busily at work,
regardless of the presence of the spec
tors. By twining their feet together
(the hindfeet of the foremost rat being
entwlned with the forefeet of the next,
and SO on), they formed a chain extend
ing over the side of the pail. The fore
most rat, supposed to be the mother,
then reached down, grasped the young
one IN her arms, and both were drawn
out to the floor. Unfortunately their
deliberations had occupied SO much
time that the young rat was drowned
before he was extricated, and apparently
the intelligence of his friends did not
extend SO far as to attempt resuscitation.
HI. Fl. the Car didn't like England,
and said as much.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-08
About Cabbages.

The New York Sun tells us that "the
cabbage crop will yield twice or thrice
the leone of the tobacco crop, with
one 1.-THE the labor bestowed on the
latter. The increase of our German
population has created a demand for
cabbage which would astonish those
who have not studied the produce trade.
In all the large cities are manufactures
of pickles and saurkraut, which are
ready to contract for growing crops to
almost any amount. The great cabbage
fields in this vicinity are in New Jersey
and Long Island It may be ofuse to
say that the cabbage does well only
where it can have large supply of
heterogeneous manure, of which class
common stable manure is the readiest
to hand.
The cabbage referred to in the above
extract, is the late drum-head, and in
our latitude it is set out in June or
July. If the weather is hot or dry when
we wish to set out the plants it is best
to have the roots altogether in a pail of
water. Taken then fresh from the
soil, little earth adheres to the roots,
and they go on better. Some 90 over
the tract to be planted with a dibble
and make the holes first. A boy fol-
lows and pours water in the holes, and
after it has soaked away a little the
plants are set in. By this plan they
seldom wither much. The plants will
come up again even if they do wither,
but it always weakens them and sets
them back, and it is therefore best to
avoid this willing if possible. For this
reason, where no great quantity are to
be. set out, it is best to set them of an
evening, as they get little re- estab
lished during the night, and before the
morning sun comes to act on them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-08

vi l.
He once c.
And stop his -
But now they rushed hi
And rode him on rail.
That good old coach was fast enough
For prudent folk to go:
Impatient men now laugh at It,
And say twas rather slow
And so they rush upon the train,
And speed like thought away,
Until smash-up breaks their bones
He thinks it doesn't pay.
he loved Old housewives spinning wheels;
The music of their hum
Was far more dear to his old ear
Than grand-piano thrum.
But all! he signs, those wheels are gone
Since Whitney made his gin;
No more we hear their thrifty hum,-
No more the sisters spin.
The rosy girls OF olden time,
Sunburnt. were frmer made
Than these, the late and tender shoots
That grow up in the shade:
They did their mothers heavy work,
And eased her weary hands;
And sometimes, too if brothers failed
Could help to do the mans.
Their dresses, made with easy fit.
Give not pain beneath
Their hearts had ample room to beat,
Their lungs had room to breathe
Unlike our present girls, with waists
Too much compressed and slight,
Who, if they do not dissipate
Are very often tight.
They let not fashion dwarf their forms,
But grew to comely size.
And health shone ever on their brows
And spanked from their eyes:
They thanked kind heaven for all it's gifts,
And thought, with secret pride,
That they We're beautiful enough,
And they were satisfied.
But now, cur modern girls, alas
Think Providence unkind.
For putting too much in the midst
And not enough behind
And SO they hustle round, and lace.
To mend such clumsy ways.
And think they far outshine TIE girls
Of good old-fogy days.
He wished, he said, for their sweet sakes,
That Fashions torturing vice
Would ease them up little. and
Less pinching would suffice
That they might feel the bounding health
Around the heart that plays
When al unfettered as it was
In good old-fogy days.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-08
Household Receipts.

PLUM PUDDING.-Two eggs, six crack
ers, three pints of sweet milk, piece
of butter the size of an egg, one cup of
raisins, little salt and nutmeg.
VELVET CAKE.-One quart of I'M
SKINNED milk (half cream and half milk
is preferable,) three eggs white and
yolks beaten separately and very stiff, }
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-08

On theway home from the Derby some
body threw bottle and hit Mr.. Ives,
ofSalem Mass. in the eye, which hewill
probably lose. Mr.. Ives was travelling
in Europe for pleasure.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-08

EDINBURGH is said to be afraid of his
papa-in-law, and the latter is well aware
of the fact,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-08
u.-CUCHILLOS.

The national weapon of the Spaniards
is the knife, and certainly they know
how to use it. Talking one day with a
young man who seemed likely to know,
[ asked him what there was peculiar in
the management of the knife.
"Why," said he, with smile, CT
could kill you, and you couldn't kill
me-"
"Well," said I, "please point out
the difference between us. What would
you do frst?"
"Why, I'd make you wink, and stab
you while you winked."
Chow would you make me wink 2"
Why, so.'' said he, throwing up his
left hand near my eyes.
"Well, I could do the same"
"Try it, said he.
I tried, and found it impossible to
make him wink, though I passed my
hand up and down several times so as al
most to touch his eyelashes.
His bright, black eyes looked out at
me unfinchingly all the while. It was
clear that his eyes were educated, and
that mine were not.
then asked if there was any posi-
bility Of an unarmed mans defending
himself against one armed with a
knife.
ooh, yes," said he, "I'l show you"
and in an instant, whipping off his coat,
he held the end of one sleeve firmly in
his left hand, wrapping the rest of his
coat rapidly around his forearm, and,
bringing the end of the other sleeve
also into his hand, where it was firmly
held, binding together the whole mass,
which formed a sufficient defense
against the thrust of any ordinary
knife.
| I then recollected that one of the
marks of the men of the Puerta del
Sol, at Madrid-which answers to our
Bowery-was slashed cloak, evidently
not SO honorable in it's origin as a
"slashed doublet " of the olden time.
The use of the knife appears to be SC
ingrained into Spanish history and hab
its that one mode of expressing the
idea OF being "lord of manor" was
''tener horca y Gu chillo "-'' to hold
gallows and tae knife"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-08

HI. 81. the Car didn't like England,
and said as much,
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1874-02-11
Sriefc einseeausen bis Samftas
Nbcuo.

Ssp. y RaIs &ss. 6 Miasr. 8sp. u q
Sada, &sY. 8 @rielsr, @atb 5reilinssr. peter
Miesls, SaeOb @anesri&sic, . Ssrbs SObn
SuuNaint Sames S9rOspsr 9ein, Srbn Wsis,
q asitsss. peter !3ennsr 2, SObn @rnOlp. peter
Nsrssn, s y Ysrpid, s r Sartert SObn .
Natbias. eOuis Guvelisr R Sreinsn, peter
Sistsnalsr, Sobn Nsusn. 9obn y 0ii&bat, 5u.
bert Sautu. y 8 S&Omsr, Ri&ael @ross, q
aaifsn, Nid 9eu, s y Yrabs Rid Reulanb, 8
" S1mit peter Sbia, peter ecmmsl. SObn
yusb unS q @sltsr, Wi&asl alsin, 8 . yrobh,
pb aioss, Ratb piiins. 3S @rommsi9. Natb
3ii9, Bernard Rsrssn. peter aramer.
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Qttber Ga,ctteumana!


Da Sis bis isst idon cine siemli6e Insabl
ibrsr SIdtter mad unitrna Iistlidsn une ftDn
s~slsssnsn plSB&sn 4euoiba ienbsn. 70 paats ID
mdretn Sbnsn tinise 3silsn gents riafcmmsn
lsin.
Was 0emitbli&feit anbslanst. fam 3enofba
ni&t tpobl itsrtrrFsn wsreen. Wir baben bier
sur lntsrtaltuns aQes. mas man BON Der srSbtsn
StaSt ssrlanssn iann.
Wir babsf' bier sinsn itb: sutsn @eiansSsrsin
unter Der ysituns tss Ssrrn Jim. Sedmana ;
,wst Nulfbanbtn bic cine unrer Der eeituna pom
YroftEpr Differs, bic anbere inter Der 9situns
BON yrcfsFur 8. Span, zines SrIGnssrs. Damn
battsn mir aud cine 1beatrssieai9afi, uutsr Der
esiiuns pom RS Oilmss, bic bel BEN siinRissn
Winhrwsttsr %sinfror. Ills bteie GeitaiHaft &C.
s~rinest purte, i&rieben mir nit eilsrnem Wrifsl
auf i~sinsrne Iafel rGinistsit uns nur Ginisfsit
brinst uns gum 3iels". gDir sinsen ans Werf.
bauten cine Yibne, IieBtn uas Dseorationtn
malen uao satsn msbrere i&Sne gOrfsaunssn.
Dc& bic f~tinsrne 5afsl wurbe 3srtrr6sn, Der
siierns GriHel p~srlrren, une 70 sins bic @ei bid.
te gum aafuf. Die @sIeQi5ait fam ms pes
uno frOr i'm gs6e sin absr nur @seulo, mir
bsfommen rieeer cine Iafsl, f6reibsn pisesr bic
@slsss brauf unt, psnn Der liete q ls,ttsnmann
i'm CONNER uns einen Ssiud a%bfatist
fam or nit uns bic Sals beiuSsn uno Elm @las
Tip top Bier trinfsn.
Giner Der nabs bel GYsrlinsen ;u Sauis III.
Scnsen buot Der cd eng quot fattpliI& S9prl
an aenolba?
Dc @aSettermann.
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(0crrcSpp nbcn3.)

9arrtSturs. 9inecln So, Dafcta 5err.
50 ertbef Hebafttuy!
&c wirb sic uno 5bre esitr seriB freusn, Ct.
mas aus bitisr @tssnp su usrnebmea. Su Sli-
noiS uno Soma, NO mir uns fribsr nieesrselai
fen batten, batsn mir uns nidt 70 mott ~tsfunesn
ais bier in Tafrta. Die 0uit III ssiunb unp
has eanb cas- rsi6iis, has id in amerifa sefun.
ben BABE. Bir bdtten sisien Wintsr nod i'm.
nsr sutss @ettsr. 70 plb Der Manp Gag fir Gag
prauSsn arbsitsn fonnts. Sslatistu li& msine
bis iest sema6ten G.fabrunsen, 70 III rs fiber.
Rap Der Winier bier Mot 10 falt ii, ais in Sli.
npis uno Soaa. Msine Na6tarn, bic f&pn 6
bis lO Sabre bier Inr. iasen mir. cae lle i'm 6eb'
raar bic Saat ibcn untersstradt bstsn.
TaS Ginsisc. mas mir nibt scfilt. III, rae fst,
ne fatbpliihs Stride une S6uls bier berum iii.
SrGtsrbin beHsn mir %ririsltsn in Sieur Sails
prsr 1enton. 10 Wsilsn ron uns, srri9tst au ie.
ben. Sn triren Srtsn bsinesn iih msbrsrs
Teutit 8atbrlii6s. 70 aud etpa 6 Neiisn ron
uns pies iiap ris nddfen. SD wini3ts nod
einen suten eursmburssr bier su batsn (; srfSnn'
tie mein Ha6elr nod wsreen. Nsten msinem
1anee lissen nod 16O afsr, bic ais SsimifGtte ,u
baten Fnp. slas 3armer bier in Der 0essno ba.
ben ibr 9anp ais Ssimiatttn srportsu. Sober.
Der A bis $40 Dollars an 5ano bat. tbut gut bier,
bic msiiten pom uns baiten niht 70 piel.
6lr 3crn, Wri,su. @lrtenprobutts III has Qane
auss';e 6net gut. lnin RArtt it bier sswib
nidt ltleGt, Bonn trpB Der n~iecriaeu W(i,enprei.
it beSablt man uns IS bis 90 Gents fir ben Yn.
ibel @sissn. GU Gents fur aorn. 81 fir aartor.
irln, ~ GentS iur Suitss unp Is Gents fur Gier.
3dGiten Sertit baben mir bic Giisnbabn bic
IsntUn, ID WsiIsn pom uns.
Jobn 0cins.
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Soma SeaiSlatur.

Wcrit ii6 bic Soma yssislatur IsBte @cG.
am msiifsn hiaaitiSte. pas rpartn bic giisntabn.
frattea unr ioaIi zen ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Inter Den a%snsbmistsn @sissu cri9ldssn warsr
wsnise pom aasemsiner @i&tistsit.
Die unterfa&uns Der fnansisaeu snsslessn'
bsiten Der Staatsadsrtaui6uls pirbslts sislsr
Staub auf.
Aufisbsn errests cine gOrIase. bas @rantiu.
ryfYfem aufsabeten, mslte i'm Saule sinsstraG
Wurce uno cine anpsrs. $2OO,OOO in spsi Sab,
rem gum Gapitplbau ,u %pernenSsn. Gin ssmsin.
iamsr SsihluB ssssn acknowledgement an 81
fentabnccmpasnisn wurpe anssnommsn. Qud
cine ,,Women's suffrage" Bill fam ein.