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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-05-06
THE FATE OF THE SPY.

An ominous silence reigned over Sc
bastopol. Not gun or a screetching
shell disturbed the painful silence,
which, to imaginative minds, produced
a feeling of uneasiness and awe. [,
only captain, was on outpost duty,
with a revolver in hand, ready for any
emergency. Cautioning my men to re-
port the most trivial stir that might
catch their ears, [ ordered them to lie
down under cover Of some thorny
shrubs.
After some time, was in the act of
rising from my concealed position,
when a muffied footstep caught my ear.
I knew not why, but the blood rushed
impetuously through my veins.-
CHANGING over my shoulder, the figure
Of man rose mysteriously before me.
He was mufled to the chin; over his
shoulder was white something, which,
in my hurried glance [ took to be the
skin of some animal Evidently who
discovered me. His steps were bent
toward Sebastopol.
Lord above!" I mentally gasped,
''what if this wretch should be one of
those systematic spies, which are to be
found in all armies p
Ny forefnger instinctively sought
the trigger of my revolver. One course
{ was determined upon, at all hazards,
this mysterious figure should not
escape me. On it came gliding, so to
say, more like the movement of SER
pent than a man. Showing as 1t was,
and with the shadows of night falling
fast and thick, there was a something
which struck me that [ had seen this
ghost-like parsonage before. But
where ? That was question that at
that moment was most difficult to solve.
Gradually [ rose from behind thorny
shrub, and confronted the intruder
with my revolver.
"Who comes there ?" said I ener-
getically..
A perceptible stare warned me that
at last confronted spy.
''Move hairs breadth, said I, 'sand
you are dead man."
There was sudden CLEAN OF dull
moonlight, and I in my turn started
The face, though partially concealed,
was familiar.
"Great heavens!" I exclaimed, cit.
Brown of ours"
Ere I could rightly recover, the fig
IRE glided past me. [ fired, and called
loudly upon the outposts to shoot him
down.
Crack Crack ! went the rifles.
Escaped us, I muttered, grinding
my teeth.
and gone right into Sebastopol, )"
groEled the sergeant.
LISTEN said I. For Russian
sentinel that moment demanded field
cry or password. In vain we stretched
our ears to catch reply; naught but
the icy wind Knocked us I returned
to my hiding place full of thoughts,
full of suspicious.
Gould 1t be possible" I asked my
self, that the figure was Lieutenant
Brown :" They were certainly the
bushy whiskers, the full diabolical
face, and the thick figure. Lieutenant
Brown, as I knew well, was nc favorite
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-05-06
Wrongs We Can Never Undo.
BY DELE NJ. MASON.

have come home to you mother. Father, your
Has come to himself at last, and knows the harm
he has done.
I have bleached your hair out, father, more than
the frosts of years;
i have di1nmed our kind eyes, mother, by many
bitter tears.
Since left vou father, to work the farm alone,
And bought a stock of liquors with what L called
my own,
I've been ashamed to see you know it broke you
down
To think you had brought up a boy to harm his
native town.
I've given it all up, mother; I'll never sell it more
I've smashed the casks and barrels, I've shut and
locked the door.
I've signed the temperance pledge the women
stood and sang,
The clergymen gave three hearty cheers, and al
the church bells rang.
But thing seemed to haunt me- as came home
to you;
OF all the wrongs that 1 have done, not one cal
undo.
There's old Judge White, just dropping into
drunkard's grave;
j
that gave.
And there's young Tom Eliot-was such trusty
lad,
made him drink the first hot glass of rum he eve1
had.
Since them he drinks night after night, and acts
ry5fians part,
He has MANNED his little sister, and broke hi
mothers heart.
And there is Harry Warner, who married BESSIE
Hyde,
He struck and killed their baby, when it was sick
and cried.
And poured out the poison, that made him strik
And Bessie raved, and cursed me, she is crazy
you know.
l tried TO act Indifferent, when 1 saw the wome1
come,
There was Ryan's wife, whose children, shivere'
and starved at home
He'd paid me, that same morning, his last ten cents
for drink,
And when I saw her poor pale face, it made m
start and shrink.
There was Tom Eliot's mother, wrapped in he
Widows veil
And the wife of Brown, the merchant, my whisky
made MIN fail,
And my Old playmate Mary, she stood amid thu
band,
Her white cheek bore livid mark, made by he
husbands hand.
Il ali just overcame me yielded, then and there
And Elder Sharp he raised his hand, and Offered
up prayer.
I knew that he forgave me, I couldn't help bu
think
OF his own boy, his only son. whom had laugh
to drink.
SO have come back, father, to the home that gave
me birth
And I viii plow and SOW and reap the gifts o
mother earth.
Yet, if prove a good now, and worthy of yo'
two,
NY heart is heavy with the wrongs L never car
Detroit Tribune.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-05-06
Homage.

White daisies on the meadow green
Present thy beauteous form to me;
PEACEFUL and joyous these are seen,
AND peace and joy encompass thee.
"atch them where they dance and shine
ana love them-for their beauty's thine.
Red roses Ger the woodland brook
remember me thy lovely face;
So blushing and SO fresh it's look.
SO wild and shy it's radiant grace.
[ kiss then in their COY retreat.
And think of lips more soft and sweet.
Gold arrows of the merry morn
Shot swiftly over eastern seas,
Gold tassels of the bending corn
That ripple in the August breeze
Thy wildering smile, thy glorious hair,
And all thy power and state declare.
".
White red and gold-the awful crown
Of virtue and of beauty, too
From what a height those eyes look down
On him who proudly dares to sue.
Yet, free from self as God from sin
Is love that loves nor asks to win.
Y.
Let me but love thee in the flower,
The waving grass, the dancing wave,
The fragrant pomp Of garden bower,
The violet on the nameless grave.
Sweet dreams by night, sweet thoughts by day
And time shall tire ere love decay.
VI.
Let me but love thee in the glow
When morning on the ocean shines,
Or in the mighty winds that blow,
Snow-laden through the mountain pines
In all that's fair, or grand, or dread
And she shall die ere love be dead.
Nm. Winter, IN the GALAXY for May.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-05-06

A CHICAGO man offers ready printed
sermons at twenty-five cents each, and
clergymen will have chance this sum-
mer to go Notwithstanding and duck
shooting.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-05-06

October, Judging from the number
which cross the field of their telescopes,
the whole air seems to be literally fill
ed with birds flying southwark at night;
and again in April the same phenomena
reappears, the only difference being
that the direction of flight is reversed.
The lighthouses bear the same testi-
mony. Mrs. Thaxter, in her charming
book of life on the Isles of Shoals, says:
"Sometimes in autumn, always in
spring, when birds are migrating, they
are destroyed in such quantities by this
means that it is painful to reflect upon.
The keeper at the island three years
ago told me that he picked up three
hundred and seventy-fve in one morn
ing at the foot of the light house, all
dead They fly with such force against
the glass that their beaks are oft en-
splintered The keeper said he found
the destruction greatest in hasy wealth
er, and he thought they struck a ray
at a great distance and followed it up.
Many May morning I have wandered
about the rock at the foot Of the tower,
mourning over little apron brimfull
Of sparrows, swallows, thrushes, robins,
fire winged blackbirds, many colored
warblers, and fy-catchers, beautifully
clothed yellow-b birds, nuthatchers, cat
birds, even the purple finch and scarlet
tanager and golden oriole, and many
more beside enough to break the heart
of small child to think of Once a
great old eagle flew against the lantern
and shivered the glass. That was be-
fore I lived there; but after came, two
gulls cracked one of the large, clear
panes, one stormy night.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-05-06

Two heads are better than one-es-
pecially in barrel.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-09-24

drop in the we'll. We then get crs5-winch
TO lower me down, which occupied about
iwen,v MINUTES, I sgain lowered tbs candle,
this time to the bot,om, and il burned freely.
I pulled it up, put my leg into the loop oil tie
,ope. vas lowered to the bottom, and worked
tbere ell day, without any trouble from the
had air. may state that the well vas cut
Through the red sandstone rock all the way
down. and large, but, where the water vas.
:, v.s smaller: and the water about 6et
deem which was partially covered with
blanks. When i got down, l found that
little Il anv. of the lime had 60: into the
v.,e, but was spread around the space be-
.-ssn the v.ter and the sides Of the well,
and on the planks partly covering Inc "Eet
The lump Of lime had etruck On the cfoe,
bearers used to guide the pump 'Iods, snd
had broken into small pieces. and. py tne
time reached the bottom OF the vei,' was
all thoroughly slacked, rs . great quaniity
of wafer was dripping from assures In me
rock all around the we'll. The Circumstances
of il not falling into the water. In my oPin-
ian. caused a more immediate puiihcation
A few weeks after, some Of the joiIts
of the pump-rods gave way. went
back again, used the same Precsu'ionL :,
dropped in a lump of unsl.ckea lime-with
tss same result as above. II this was gen.
ersliv known, it might be the means OF say
inc MANY accidents every year. IL no lime
c,n be got, they can at least lower q i,ght!
and. II /, Will no. burn, they have no 6un-
mess 10 60 down. ..
We have tried lime, and found 1t did mol
do Tie work promised. The best thing to
on. cut damp is fire or a stream OF fresh s'r
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REJECTED.

ambiti IN sways in scores OF ways
Her Kingdom Of aspiring men,
And once dreamed 10 win my bays
With what l demeed gifted pm.
IL was my ain TO claim name
In lofty Literatps rAnks,
But editors, those guards oil tame,
To ALI NV efforts said the came -,
Depressing words, 'Deelined with th.nH
/ n seq 10 write burlettas bright
In sparkling dialogue and terse,
Or tragedies as dark as night,
In all the dignity Of verse.
Ard Of NV LAYS in nature praise
Have sung Of groves and wales ana binkk
And meads, where peaceful cattle Craze;
Blu: a.! my songs and all my plays
Were cruelty Declined with ihauks
And. Heaven knows, L We penned in prose
A thousand chapters Of romance,
With lover s woes, and felon's thIoes,
And sailor wreck, and soldiers lance,
And miser' greed, and pauper need,
And schoolbcy's escapades and Pranks,
Though il was very hard, indeed,
To write what others ne er might read, .
But what would be "Declined with thanks -
In fiction spurned, bravely turned
To make anot her, better start,
To try if laurels might be earned
In Science and History. or Art,
And 80 1 wrote in vein OF Grofe,
OF Rankin on mysterious cranks,
OF Ruskin too; but all the note
rainsi was these sad words quote,
these dreadful words, Declined with thanks. ,
Now weary, ], with tear and sigh
Heayed from the chasms OF despair,
Write these last lines in memory
Ofsweetness spent on ''desert air.
O. Literature l. M sure has fewer
Prizes than unhappy blanks,
AMI points this homiiy demure,
That autborlipgs must Oft endure
The buffet Of Declined with thanks
-FIsARo.
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Reforming Jenny Welch.

From the Detroit FREQ Press Court Reports
81 am Q lone woman, 'raid Jenny Welcb,
as she was brought around to face his
honor.
81 can't help it il you haven't friend in
Amerios, he answered, moti0nlng for the
officer to come forward and swear.
"Twas Just little drop-just little
tobic," she urged, as the officer went on Il
say that it was bad case of drurkennts Sc
He found her citing on door step, swing
ing her bonnet and singing:
'.Fszzer, dear Fazzer. 'e 'ome wiz me now
Clock in Ter zeeple strikes wun."
And she couldn't tell him where she lived
who she was, how many tomatoes she haC
canned this Fall, nor anything else.
81 was Just fooling, yer honor" she put
in, trying hard to laugh.
at l. my solemn duty to warn you, Jane
Welch," be said, that you are on the high
road to degradation. This court is hedge
fence, as it were, standing between you and
misery, &C ascned with sobs for breakfast and
hafhed up with tears and groans for sup
per-"
as that so?" she asked, greatly surpr;s-
ed"
"The solemn trut5, madam" he answer
ed. This court-this hedge-!ence-is 60
ing TO send You to the House OF Correction
for sixty days, but with only feeling OF
kindness You will have time TO reflect
your nose will lose lis rosy hue; you'll have
a chance to comb your hair and make 4
buatle, and haven't doubt that before
you come out that You will have such high
aims that policeman can't get within ten
rods of you"
She said she would go if he thought j,
was best.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-09-24
The Umbrella q . Tombstone.

As civilization becomes more and more
refined, the hopes of those who SEEK after q
sign by which a gentleman can be infaiilbly
distinguished, settle with increasing unani
nifty upon the umbrella. Really, if We look
at il, there is no other movable article of
what We may call mans vestatory furniture
I've invent this word to cover finger rings,
eyeglasses. cane, eleeve-buito.s. knives, pen.
ellis, etc, which. of course, are not clothins)
that is SO universal an adjunct tothe modern
human being as an umbrella. Everybody
must have one, be he. or she, rich or poor,
high or Low, learned or unlearned, lay or
cleric, good or bad. Umbrellas are made of
every style and shape, and of all degrees OF
c1s:lines s, to meet the craving of humanity At
large. From Queen Victoria to the King Of
A.han:e,, from Mr.. Stewart TO the apple
woman, from Gen. Washington to Ben Butler
or Bill Tweed, everybody feels the need Of an
umbrella. And the universally Of the re.d
makes the universally Of the tess. The
or. to put it more bluatly, to seal uabrel-
les is one from which no son Of Adam i e.
empt. A man may b p1nctillios abous
returning pennies; be nay walk Eve miles
to return borrowed hook, OF be may never
be known to ask for postage stamp without
paying for it On the spot-and yet be nay
NOT be able to rsligt taking bslaer umheelk
than bis own mon The rack By niaake. ~
he may Be always forgetting 10 return IL
very aylish oae he honsued from Q con6d-
ing friend On . raisy svsng. Whea ph.e-
noIoey. and phy1egoou3. - drR, and
reputation fail, de unhs1lla ! - unfiiline
seaitive-paPse TO dsAsse - tsach q q.
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RUINED AND DESERTED.
Strange Story Of Young Girl all the Wsv
from Minnesota.

Strange Story Of q Young Girl all the wsv
from Minnesota.
Adelia Hoo,land, aged sixteen years, was
fonnd near The Pacific Railroad Depot on
Thursday Afternoon BY policeman, strange
" wandering about the street. Va being t.
ken to the Four Courts. she SAID she came
from Minnesota to meet her father 10 thn
citv. and after waiting all day at the depot
she thought she would look for some place
To stop in the city. Captain Huebler SAY in
The girls actions that there was something
vrone. and therefore ordered her 70 be cared
for in the calabooee.
Daring the night she, in talking to tie
turnkey, let him know Of her unfortunate
condition. In the morning the case Was re-
ported to the Captain and to- Chief Detec'
tive O'Connor.
The girl was tall, heavy built, lish!
brunette, and dressed in common calico, and
a large sunshade bonnet.
Her etory was about as follows: For sew
eral years past she has been living 10 the
family of q minister at St. Peter, Minnesota
A sunday school superintendent, who va;
frequently at the minister's house, led her
che claims, from virtuous ways by scriptura
arguments relative TO Hsgar, Sarai's maid
Biihah, Rachel's maid, and similar cases.
As soon as the fruit OF her evil ways wal
becoming apparent, the minister, she s1yr
sen, her to ST. Louip, paying her fare AMI
giving her IS for pocket money. She un
derstood that some friend Of the ministe
would meet her at the depot and take her &
a hoepItal to be cared for.
LAST evening Captain Huebler had be
sent TO the City Hospital. The police vii
fully inquire into the case. and therefore dc
clined to give the names Of the parties in -
Peter. Minnesota. Louis Democrdt.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-09-24
Religious and Morals,

With much gravity and some greasy unc
tioD, contemporary directs attention to the
blows (''blow upon blow" is its PHI ase
which have lately fallen upon American
Christianity. And the fact that Brooklyn,
City of Churches" has been the scene Of
this crushing csstiga,ion seems TO our con.
Temporary full of significance. "WLile We
are still wading in the filth of the Beecher.
Tilton scandal, just as We hear that the
Kendrick affair is being revived, We find
that We have to do with q street robber who
made the Bethel Mission in Hudson avenue
his headquarters. The notorious Eugene
Hale, who in broad daylight robbed Mr.
Raymond Of purse containing $500, ard
who has revealed himself as the captain Of
q great band of thieves and robberr, was a
good, believing Christian, a prominent
member of the Bethel Mission" 1t seems
that the trustees held him 10 such confidence
rs to furnish him with key to the church,
in and out of which be was thus enabled to
60 at all hours, and in it the robbers regular
~ met 10 concert their schemes of p.under,
and, when successful, to divide the spoils.
Since the "Christian statesmen" were un-
as rogues, remarks our contempt.
rary, there has been nothing left for any
one to be surprised at in the revelations Of
American Christianity.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-09-24
Steering Balloons.

One Of the chief dangers in the use of large
balloons, the danger OF collapse or rupture
by expansion, seems to have been met by
the invention of balloon with interior d.
visions like those Of an orange, having iso-
lated sections, each filed with gas and each
independent OF the other. One more
thing ia needed TO make balloons Of positive
use, either for military purposes or other
operations, and that is a rudder which will
control their direction. The conditions un-
der which balloon moves are such that it
is doubtful whether any steering apparatus
can be devised that will usefully control its
movements in strong air currents. Expert
nents with an apparatus designed 10 effect
some control over balloons were recently
made, partially under the auspices OF the
English government. Two email prope!-
lers, driven by hand, were used, the one
being designed to regulate the Eeight at
which the balloon should ascend, and the
other to guide it from town to town. The
first was thoroughly effective, and the second
as thoroughly failed to effect its purpose. 1t
is possible, however, that the propeller was
too small. and if SO, the defect can be easily
remedied, without any proporiionate In
crease of weight to be carried. A Baxter
steam engine would take up lite room. and
would give sufficient power to replace the
services Of f. e or six men otherwise reqnir.
ed to drive i.sse fan.
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a Second Cardiff Giant.

st. Johns IN. b. Correspondents Toledo B ade
AtSt. Johns curiosity was on exhib:-
ton known n the Madbury gisnt. 1t was
cliimed to have been exhumed BY Mr..
Ferland, of Madbury, a town near St.
johns, while plowing en- the farm.
1t va, . singular production, whether
considered - . work of nature or of art.
and was well worth seeing. 1t reposed 10 a
huge box some eight feet long, by about four
broad, and two feet i, depth. The figure
lay in the box in reclining sideway posi-
ton On the right side, ~ If the right hand
and arm supported the head, although the
hand and the greater portion Of the arm vas
gone. The left arm being extended along
the eide, with hand resting on the thigh,
but the most Of i. Was broken away, leaving
the fingers on the thigh.
The figure had been broken in several
places, and mended with some kind Of c.
ment The giant when in the flesh, if he
ever vas %, must have been q terrible fell
low in fight.
Assuming his corpoieL existence 10 some
faravay age, be stood seven feet seven inches
in height, and p.opo.tionate to stature. His
weight was sixteen hundred pounds, but, of
couIre, not more than one-third of that
whea 6esh and blood. Something should
be done to settle the question of Its origin.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-09-24

honest hand. II D;cgenes had known ell
that We know in our day, he would mot have
v,sted his time tramping about Athens
with lantern, to End an honest man: He
would have rolled himself up comfortably in
his big ea,then wine jar. with bis head On
one Of his dog, and gone TO sleep, leaving
his green cotton umbrella leaning up against
the outeide of his tub.-From the "1Oueh
Stone" S1i5ner's for September.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-09-24
Foul Air IL Wells.
. The Edo Of the Chiesgo Tribxae:

In 1872, while at Liverpool, resd an
article in the newspapers stating thar, IL. te-
fore goieg into deep we'll. the par;y would
take lump Of unslacked lime (say as lar,e
as ones headl and drop il into the We'll. in
very short time the air would be S, cure
as cot to endanger tie life Of any one going
above-naned article, l had a chance to nrove
it, correctness. l vas asked 20 repair pump
At the bottom ofa well 80 yards in depth
lbelons 70 the Liverpool Apo;hecary Hall
Company The well, being right IN front
OF The boilers vas closely covered up with
soonS 9mber, then over:aid with brick. and
n.n-hole left in the middle, on the cover
OF which beng removed, the ensine-.ender
said, "Iou cannot 20 down for some hours
as the bod air will h dangerous" le;
down candle. and il vent out when about
ooe-third Of the way down. There vss
Plosy OF lime at hand, % let . large lunp
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st. Louis Law School.

(LAw DsPARxuz1 OF wAsuxeToH uxlv1nsz1Y.)
The regulss snnual tern q this Law eeAeol viii
fun coare, tvo terms, six months saeh. Sta
dsafs aAmtiaea b IL sGaloR Cass, - exanina.
tiee, b. applienaisa - e bs1ore Oe1sSex m
e =. q is! ~ Ia Al i' ssseu -. -
G. Y. eT&WA1T, Dsal q Law 1se1lsy,
nh. 1A3se ~ q. 1G1iA 0e.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-09-24

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the Ears, and the worst forms OF ekin Diseases
Eruptions Fever Soyesl sca!d Head, King Worms.
Eryripelas, Acne, Black Spots, Worms in the Flesh
Cancers in the Womb. and sll Weakening aud pain
fnl discharges, Night Swests, oss Of Sperm and
all wastes Of the life Principle within the range
Of this wonder Of Modean Chs misiry, and a lev
days use will prove TO any person using it 'oI
either OF these forms Of disease its potent power
cure them. Sold b. Druggists, 81 per toItle.