Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-05-05


he contends.
IT is easy to convince wise man, but
to reason with a fool is difficult under
taking. .-.-----. ---
The French s'Donner I'm ceuf pour
un b@uf, . IN Chinese is to give up
sheep or an OK.
INCONSISTENCY is expressed by the ad
age: [ sac san, mu SIZE, i. e. sin the
morning three, at night four. :"
A vIRTUoUs woman is a source Of
honor to her husband; vicious one
causes disgrace.
Do not anxiously expect what is not
yet come; do not vainly regret what is
already past.
WINE and good dinners make abund-
ance Of friends, but in the time Of adj
versity not one is to be found.
''TEMPUs FUGTr'' becomes in Chinese,
"Time flies Like an arrow; days and
months like weaver's shuttle.
AN Eldora' lady wa tied around a
ball. room the other night with dress
festooned with popcorn.
THEre is Quaker in Philadelphia SO
upright that he won't sit down to his
meals.
OF what possible use is man who
makes it his business to be needless1y
disagreeable?
The currency in Cuba is getting to
be worth so little that it does not pay to
counterfeit it.
"CIvm RIGHTS" are ahead in Iowa
City. A colored lad was the champion
Of q recent spelling match out there.
THE young woman who was "driven
to distraction" now fears that she will
have to walk back.
THE evidence of others is not com
parable to personal experience, nor Is
81 heard as good as " [ saw"
To meet with an old friend in dis
tant country may be compared to the
delightfulness of rain after long
drouth.
GA BASKET of grain producing only
pound Of chicken meat" is symbolcal
of losing business.
"CLIMBING a tree to hunt for fish,
expresses looking for things where they
cannot possibly be found.
The three great misfortunes of life
are: In youth to bury ones father; In
middle-age to lose ones wife, and being
old to have no son.
The fame of good mems actions sell
dom goes beyond their own doors but
their evil deeds are carried to distance
of thousand miles.
THOUGH powerful medicines are nau-
seous to the taste, they are good for the
disease; though candid advice is I'M
pleasant to the ear, it is profitable for
the conduct.
THAT immortal book, s'Don Quixote,"
which first appeared Id 1906, has passed
through LITE editions. Of these AIT
were Spanish, 3O1 English, 1859 French,
and 70 German.
THE Detroit Board of Education has
reconsidered the question of introduce
ing the study of the German language
into the public schools, and has decided
that it shall not be taught.
AFTER these spelling bees get through
with the dictionary let them tackle the
Danbury directory, wherein are seven
teen ways of spelling Smith.-7he
Danbat7i0n.
The Chinese evidently agree with
Solomon's well-known advice to a pa
rent; for they say: eff you love your
son, be liberal in punishment; If you
hate him, accustom him to dainties.
'To look for a needle in bundle OF
hay" is with us expressive of try ing to
do an impossibility; the Chinese say:
"To feel for needle at the bottom OF
the ocean, and " to turn somersauit
in an oyster shell.
WHERE there IS musk there Will OF
course be perfume; it will not be neces-
sary to stand in the wind Ii. e. talent
and real worth will make themselves
manifest without the aid of trickery).
FROM the following smile, looking
glasses are evidently appreciated by
Cinese ladies: Without clear mirror, a
woman cannot know the state of her
own face; without true friend, man
cannot discern the errors of his own
actions.
The truth of the following sentiment
is. we all know, not confined to China:
Though poor man should live III the
midst of noisy market, no one will
ask about him; though a rich man
should bury himself among the noun
tains his relations will come to him from
affair.
A NUMBER of young ladies of the
"best families" of the West End, at
Boston, have organized cookery club,
meeting twice week at the residence
of each member in turn, who treats her
sister members to breakfast, dinner or
tea prepared exclusively by herself.
QUITE extensive deposits of coal have
been found in the southern part OF
Patagonia near the straits of Magellan.
The property had been granted by the
ChiIian government to three French ex-
plorers. There are three distinct beds
of the coal, Of which one is about 300
feet above the level of the sea, OF
maximum thickness OF about 81 feet.
The second is from to feet IN thick
ness, and is about ITO feet above the
first. The third is about 100 feet above
the second, with thickness OF 10 1ee1'
1::Jol $50 tbroa nearly snuare LAYERS.