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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-12-13

sun? It was by American astron-
omers: that the true character of his
corona was first determined. Was
were dispatched for observing the
transit of Venus? Was it not here
that bi-partition of Biela's comet was
first detected, here that the eighth
satellite of Saturn was discovered, here
that the dusky ring of that planet,
which had escaped the penetrating eye
OF Herschel and all the great European
astronomers, was first seen? Was it
not by an American telescope that the
companion of Sirius, the brightest star
IN the heavens, was revealed, and the
mathematical prediction Of the cause
of his perturbations verified? Was il
not by Yale College professor that the
showers of shooting stars were first
scientifically discussed, on the occasion
of the grand American display of that
meteoric phenom enon in 1888? Did
we not join In the investigations re-
speeding terrestrial magnetism institu-
ted by European governments ut the
suggestion of Hum boldt and contribute
our quota to the results obtained? Did
not the Congress of the United States
vote q money grant to carry into effect
the invention of the electric telegraph
Does not the published flora of the
United States show that something has
been done in botany? Have not very
important Investigations been made
here on the induction of magnetism in
iron, the effect of magnetic currents on
one another, the translation of quality
into intensity and the converse? Was
it not here that the radiations of mean
descence were first investigated, the
connection of increasing temperature
with increasing refrangibility shown,
the distribution of light, heat and
chemical activity in the solar spectrum
ascertained and some Of the fundament-
al facts in spectrum analysis developed
long before general attention was given
to that subject in Europe? Here the
first photograph of the moon was
taken, here the first of the diffraction
spectrums was produced, here the first
portraits of the human face were made
AN experiment that has given rise to
an important Industrial art
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-12-13
George Sand.

A writer in the Gartenlaatbe thus de-
scribes George Sand: "She was thick
set, somewhat bent by age, yet in her
movements there was not the least fall
tering. She wore her rich hair little
after the Grecian style. Two curled
locks bordered the low forehead almost
to the edge of the eyebrows; under a
long, full puff, the ears are almost
wholly concealed. It was universally
thought that the authOress, since her
typhus fever, has aided Nature by the
use of false hair. At the last toilet
there was found the most beautiful nat.
uraI ornament of hair, with few silver
threads, and no one could conceive
what strange caprice made the old lady
so careful to keep it secret. What
struck me most forcibly in this cOunte-
nance was the bold delineation of the
lines of the face. The features were
large-almost too masculine. And
then those eyes Of the same black as
the hair, they had still much of the in
ward fire. Mouth and chin were al
ready disfgured by age; the latter ap-
peared small and without energy, and
the mouth with a coarse lip, may never
have been beautiful. Her complexion,
once fair, was now the yellowish tint of
certain Flemish portraits, with which
the white neck and aristoeratic hand
are in bold contrast. She smoked
that was the only trace of the storm
and stress period which remained to
this extraordinary woman who was
calm with age. l. was less smoking
than playing with fire. Soon she
threw aside the half consumed cigar,
and again, wholly a woman, took up
her knitting. The novelist rather in
cited to conversation than conversed.
Her remarks were mostly brief, almost
systematically keen and sharp, and
always reached the pith of the matter.
Her physician told me that for months
before her death she had suffered in
expressibly, without uttering the least
complaint to those about her. In her
last sickness of eight days she covered
her face during the most intense an
guish, as the Romans used to do when
they felt their end drawing near"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-12-13
Widows.
From Rural, New Yorker.

Winter kept apples, seasoned wine, a
clouded meerschaum. a vase around
which the scent of the roses still hangs,
all these have a rare, ripe, evanscent
flavor that suggest, but cannot express,
the charm of the widow. "A young
widow is, perhaps, the most interesting
object in nature-or in art. She rep
resents experience without it's wrinkles
or its gray hairs. She has matronly
beauty and maidenly freedom COM
bined. She is grief with a laughing eve
sorrow in a house of festivals
silver moon in q sable cloud. She is
two sweet for anything! Like all good
things, she can only be created at a
great sacrifice. Mrs. Browning SAYS
that man must be pretty thoroughly
spoiled before he can leave a widow.
This black swan-this mournful Phoe-
nix-rises only out of the funeral urn
that holds the ashes of q husbands
heart. af sf14 k#
Let us wipe away the briny tear and
proceed. Pendite Pierides. Poets, states
men, heroes and philosophers have
each felt the indefnable influence of
WidoRhood. Its quality is not sustain
ed. It falls alike upon the Just and
unjust. Edward Plantagenet married
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-12-13
Fashion Notes.


BLACK lace will be worn over red
fringe. 7.' 10 7a.af
THERE are Paris bonnets which have
only a buckle for trimming.
JAPANESE embroidery of quaint col
ors, done on white or black grenadine
is beautiful novelty for neckties.
NAVY BLUE fichus are trimmed with
navy blue Lace, and though unbecoming
at night, are nevertheless worn.
For the French winter, which seems
to be coming early, there will be torque-
shaped bonnets, trimmed with fur. !
PARIS bonnets are trimmed with
marabout feathers tipped with mother
of-pearl or pearl.
SETS of floral jew elry are made up to
suit the garniture of flowers worn on
evening dresses.
SHORT scsrfs, only yard and q uar-
ter long, are more stylish than the very
long ones.
The cravat bow Of linen edged with
lace to button on the collar is one of
the most popular fancies of the season.
It is far handsomer than the long-used
silk tie. ...-.-.s ...-.....
LADIES are now wearing standing col,
lars, and the philanthropist will have a
gratified feeling as he sees girl scratch
her ear on her collar, and not have to
take off her glove.
THERE is an increasing tendency
chiefly to use figured or striped materi-
al for The upper part of dresses. The
skirt is invariably chosen to match the
rest Of the dress, but always of one
color. ~ -sr .-
For the decoration of the waists of
evening toilets, whatever the shape of
the neck, there is made an enormous
variety of fichu, and draperles of all
kinds of gauze, lace, and a combination
of both. o aoE
The dressmaking modes of to-day
closely resemble the fashions that pre-
vailed in Egypt when the Pyramids
were built. When you seen pull
back remember that forty centuries 60
wiggling by.
THERE are shown some extremely
rich costumes of damask camels hair,
thick and soft, and on the dark ground
are designs of an Oriental nature in
lighter shades of ferns and palms.
They cost, double width, So yard.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-12-13
Americas Achievement.
San Jacinto County Cor. N. Y. Sun.

The following extract from lecture
by Professor Draper summarizes some
of our achievements IN those branches
of knowledge which come within the
scope Of his studies: ..a -fa
We have sent out expeditions of ex-
ploration both to the Arctic and Ant
arctic seas. We have submitted our
own coast to a photographic and geo.
desic survey not excelled in exactness
and extent by any similar works else
where. In the accomplishm ent of this
we have been compelled to solve many
physical problems of the greatest del
icacy and highest Importance, and we
have done it successfully. The meas
uring rods with which the three great
base lines of Maine, Long Island, Geor-
gia, were determined, and their beau
tiful mechanical appliances, have ex-
acted the publicly expressed admiration
of some of the greatest European phi
losophers, and the conduct Of that sur
vey their unstlnted applause. We have
instituted geological surveys of many
of our states and much of our terrific
ries, and have been rewarded not mere
ly by manifold local benefits, but also
by the higher honor of extending very
greatly the boundaries of that noble
science. At an enormous annual cost
we have maintained a meteorological
signal system which I think is not
equalled, and certainly is notsurpassed,
in the world. Should it be said that
selfish interests have been mixed up
with some Of these undertakings, we
may demand whether there was any
selhshness in the survey of the Dead
Sea? Was there any selfshness in that
mission that citizen of New York
sent to Equatorial Africa for the find
ing and relief of Livingstone, any In
the astronomical expedition to South
America, any in that to the Valley of
the Amazon? Was there any in the
sending out of parties for the obser-
walton Of the total ec.ipses of the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-12-13
To Young Ladies.
From Harper's.

The pastor of church in one of our
largest cities, said to me not long ago:
q have ofhciated at forty weddings
since came here, and in every case,
save one, I felt the bride was rum
ming an awful risk. Young men Of bad
habits and fast tendencies never marry
girls of their own sort, but demand a
wife above suspicion. Some pure sweet
woman, kept from the touch of evil
through the years of their girlhood
give themselves, with all their costly
dover Of womanhood, into the keeping
of men of base associations, who have
learned to undervalue all that belongs
to them, and then find no time for re-
pentance in the sad after years. There
is but one way out of this that can
see, and that is for you-the young
women of the country-to require in
association and marriage, purity for
purity, sobriety for sobriety, and honor
for honor. There is no reason why the
young men of this Christian land
should not be just as virtuous as its
young women, and if the loss of your
society and love be the price they are
forced to pay for vice, they will not
pay it. I admit with sadness, that not
all our young women are capable of
this high standard for themselves or
others, but I believe there are enough
earnest, thoughtful girls in the society
Of our country to work wonders,
if faithfully aroused. Dear girls
will you help us in the name
of Christ? Will you, first of all, be
true to yourselves and God; so pure in
your inner and outer life that you shall
have right to ask that the young men
with whom you associate, and especial
ly those you marry, shall be the same
The awful gulf Of dishonor is close be-
side your feet, and in it fathers, brothers,
lovers, and sons are going down. Will
you not help us In our great work p"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-12-13
Engaged Lovers.
From the London Record.

The behavior of the engaged couple
affords the idle spectator much food
for amusing reflection; and not their
behavior only, but that of the family
toward them. If they enter a room to-
gether, every one flies from it imme-
diately, as If they had the smallpox.
If you come upon them in the library
alone, you may not SO much as pause
to find your book, but must precipitate-
ly retreat, taking care to shut the door.
The gentleman does not always seem
to enjoy these conditions. He may
not find conversation very ready at
hand, and may even like the society Of
others of his own sex. He may look
back regretfully to the time when he
could talk to his sisters, or rather when
they were still willing to talk to him.
He may be SO cold.blooded as to antic-
ipate time when he and his wife will
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-12-13
Love in q Work-House.
From the Liverpool Post.

A very pleasant termination to an
amusing episode of work-house life
transpired at the fortnightly meeting of
the Runcorn guardians, recently. Some
time ago painter, belonging to Run
com, took up his temporary abode in
the work-house through a severe at
tack of illness, and when he was con-
valescent, anxious to requite the
guardians for their hospitality, he set
to and devoted his abilities to painting
and identifying the house, the skillful
character of his work not only eliciting
the admiration of his entertainers, but
amply repaying them for their outlay.
It was during his painting expeditions
that the guardians, in return for his
service, found him wife. He saw,
loved, and conquered the heart of a
widow, who, with her four fatherless
children, had also made the work-house
her home, and when leaving the hos
pital establishment he applied for per-
mission to marry the widow, and their
consent was readily granted. A diff
Guilty, however, stood in the Way,-the
want of funds, and to obviate this a
generous guardian, who was also a
clergyman, offered to perform the mar.
riage ceremony for nothing AN offer
which was Immediately accepted. The
prospect, however, was still a dark one,
for the bride brought no dowry, except
her four children, and the bridegroom
was without funds; So the generous
guardians again came ! to the rescue,
making the newly welded pair a pres
ent of 62 los. to commence house
keeping with, the money being paid out
of the interest fund. On the matter
coming to the ears of the local govern
ment board, they, with their usual Of
fetal hard-heartedness, surcharged the
treasurer with the amount, on the au-
thority of the auditor; but upon the
matter being represented in It's proper
light, their hearts thawed, and a letter
was read from the local governm ent
board, stating that the circumstances
under which the money was paid were
" equitable and just" therefore it would
be allowed. $500, ......o,,5
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-12-13
WOMAN'S COLUMN.
Lillian's Dying.

Lillian's Dying.
BY A. F.
The sea is blue, the world is fair,
The happy robins course and sing;
Midsummer never seemed to wear
Such grace in every thing.
Fair Lillians days are nearly sped;
She may not count what hours remain;
But every earthly hope is dead,
And heavens she would attain.
How few the years since, 1.-the and young,
A maid just turned happy wife!
The robins then no gayer sung,
Nor summer gave more life.
Now, when her children bird like poise
And chatter round her cottage door,
To her frail sense that is but noise
Which music was before.
She has no voice to bid them cease,
No power to curb their youthful strength;
She thinks, at soon shall be at peace,
The discord done at length"
Lying alone upon her bed,
Her motherleSs years she lives again,
And rises, half as from the dead,
To kiss her babe with pain.
She looks abroad-the fields are sweet,
The bowers are gay, the trees are green,
"Alas!" she says, "can these eyes greet
More love than they have SEEM"
-Hdrper's Magazinc.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-12-13

AN enormous pump has been placed
in one of the Pennsylvania metal estab-
.lishments, it being of 5000 horse power
probably the largest pump, therefore
in the country, If not in the world It
is a vertical condensing engine, ten
feet stroke, with cylinder of cast iron,
ITO inches in diameter, the total weight
of the Cylinder, with its head and bot.
tom, being 40 tons. The piston rod is
fastened to the cross-head bv q steel
nut weighing LOO pounds. There are
two fy-wheel, each IS feet in diane
ter, and each Of them weighing 80
tons, it gives motion to four plungers
and four lift pumps, raising 1900
gallons OF water per minute from
q depth of 900 feet. M
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-12-13
The Childhood of Shelley.

Shelley, as small boy, was al &C.
centric little being. He used to dress
his four sisters to represent fiends,
and filling a fre-stove with some IN
fammable fluid, and setting it afame,
he would marshal the diabolical pro-
cessien to the back door. His great
delight was to teach his infant brother
schoolboy words, and his first attemp pit
at his knowledge Of the devil was an
innocent "Debbee." AS boy at Elton,
he would watch the livelong night for
ghosts, and consulted his books how to
raise one. His diet in after years was
meagre enough to bring him weird fam
cies. Bread became his chief subsist-
ence, and his pockets were generally
well stored with it. A circle upon the
carpet CLEARLY defined by an ample
verge of crumbs, often marked the
place where be. had long sat az his
studies, his face nearly in contact
with his book, devouring bread at in
tervals, amid his profound abstrac-
tions Sometimes he ate raisins with
it, and his sweet tooth was immense.
Occasionally when walking in London
with a friend, he would suddenly dash
into baker shop, and emerge with a
supply of bread, which he would bread
and offer half to his companion, and
very much surprised he would be when
anybody refused his delicacy.
! "A STURDY countryman named John
Dunning lived with his family in a hut
int he wilderness in Madison county,
New York. One day early last week
he saw bear passing his house and set
in pursuit with ariAe and hunting krife
and with his dog. Night came On and
he did not return. The following day
passed and yet he did not return. His
wife, becoming alarmed at his absence,
went to a neighboring settlement and
enlisted the assistance of 8 couple of
men, who plunged into the wilderness
to discover the missing man. After a
most fatiguing search, lasting several
hours, they came upon the mangled
remains of Dunning and his dog, while
near him lay three dead panth ers.
Two of them bore marks Of having been
shot, while the mother met her death
fighting Dunning, who had plunged his
hunting knife into her body.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-12-13

You CANNOT HIDE IT! ssThat Catarrh
spoils your voice." DIR. ]. n. McLean's
Wonderful Catarrh Snuff soothes and heals
all irritation in the nose, head or throat, a
sure cure. Trial box 500 by mail. DR.. J.
a. McLean, 314 Chestnut, ST. Louis.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-12-13

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER Is, 1876
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-12-13
Lord BeacOnSfeld.

In his last published letter from Lon
don, Mr.. Jennings draws a half-length
portrait of Disraeli as he is, an old man
on the shady side of seventy. The
premier's manner is now hard and
cold, even when the ideas he utters are
Of uncommon animation. In his
speech at the lord mayors dinner, the
famous tory leader talked Gin heavy
and labored fashion," showing that the
effort was a severe one. But the exact
condition of his powers is not known
because even his associates do not pre-.
tend to understand the man, however
intimate they may be with the politi-
clan. In his latter capacity he is in all
mems eyes, but in pers onal sense, he
is pronounced "the most inscrutaple
of human beings" It is not true, says
Mr.. Jennings. that Lord Beaconsfeld's
life is embittered by pecuniary troub-
les. An old lady in Wales, who had
never seen him, willed him a large for
tune, he inherited a " comfortable pat
.rimony" from his father, his wife left
him money and he lives like a hermit.
If, under these circumstances he frets
over the want which may overtake him
in his old age, it can only be from the
insanity that in certain instances causes
a miser to cut short his existence while
in the possion of 'sbarrels of money!
But there is no evidence that Disraei
has become fit candidate for strait
jacket any more than that his circum-
stances are Strengthened.
:. A FRIEND to, ,vagrant cats offers the
following humane recipe for thinning
out the feline population: "First, have
set out scraps of food in your yard, and
by watching, you will soon see the cat
stealthily creep in, snatch morsel and
run. Each day, if not disturbed, it will
get more familiar, and in the course of
two or three weeks it will venture into
the house and allowitself to be handled.
1t can then be placed in a box large
enough to turn round in and not feel
sti6ed. Then, for grown cat. put two
tablespoonful of the best chloroform
on a handful Of cotton batting. Put in
the cat first, shutting the lid of the
trunk, then open the lid wide open to
slip in the cnloroformed cotton, and
Immediately close it" @ .
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-08-10
Pure Seed.


The importance of pure seed to
wheat growers cannot be too forcibly
impressed upon their minds. Pure
seed means many more cents on the
bushel in the price they receive for
their crop, and no effort should be left
untried TO secure this essential to sue
cessful wheat culture. Many fields we
have seen this year that are full of
promise so far as regards an enormous
yield, are virtually damned by the rye
that presents itself in such quantities.
Several of our exchanges are comment
ing upon this fact in different parts of
the State, and our farmers should heed
the advice. Cut the rye out of your
wheat al least, II il is all you can do
now, but next fall sow none that is
not absolutely pure article, free from
all spurious grain. This can be effect
ed easilY-there win be good seed in
the marketable no other.-Ec.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-08-10
Crop Prospects in Ohio.

The following is taken from the
Ohio Farmer of July Sth:
During recent trip through North
ern and Central Ohio, we observed
very few good fields of wheat. Most
of it is thin on the ground, and
"pachy," but has headed well and will
produce, generally, a fine grain. Corn
is backward, showing late planting.
1t stands well, however, aud a favor
able season will produce large crop.
Some fields in Wyandotte county were
as fine as could be desired. The sol
in this county is said to excel for
corn, and indeed for most other crops.
Grass promises an abundant crop in
most localities. Fruit, except apples,
is comparatively scarce, and IN many
apple orchards we noticed plenty of
trees with little or no fruit on them.
Stark county reports an excellent
wheat crop"