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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-22
A Proposed international Football Match.

SAA> AOAOAieO
We hear that the Canadian Football
Association has received challenge
from Harvard University to play
match at Cambridge, Mass, in the
month of May. We would have wish
ed for nothing better. 1t will go far to
rouse up the football players in the
Dominion, and will help to spread and
familiarize this most manly and
healthy game. Montreal London and
Toronto have unanimous resolved to
accept the challenge, but Hamilton is
of the opinion that the match should
not be played till fall There is little
doubt, however, that the club will re-
consider its decision when it finds what
a decided stand its sister clubs have
taken in the matter. This is, at any
rate, certainly to be hoped, for Ham
ilton could send some representatives
to the match who would be of the
most valuable assistance The only
difficulty seems to be the time neces-
sary for going and coming to and from
a place so far away as Cambridge, but
surely employers will not grudge two
Or three days for the purpose of an
international game. Without doubt
Harvard will play under a great ad-
vantage, as the home team is invaria-
bly, the strongest, and besides they can
always practice together, which is the
great secret in football, but still there is
plenty of time for the Canada team to
practice yet, and such genial weather
as this should be taken advantage of.
We cannot see why the match should
not be a firSt-clasS one, nor WHY It
should be, as some would-be critics
imagine, foregone conclusion that
Harvard will gain an easy victory.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-22
A New Capitalist.
From the Detroit Free Press


> He didn't look as if his pockets held
nifty cents, but rich man has a right
to dress as he chooses. He loafed nm
dr1swold street until he saw the right
sort OF face, and then he asked:
Can you show me bankY'
ess, s1r-three doors below. or inst
across the street, or right back there .
Thanks. I'd like to put some money
IN some bank but I'm little afraid If
banks. lalways did peter a note of hand
to bank" wv - '1''''@
asked: ~ ''' ''''o
"You have some money n 1ord
have your
"a trife," was the answer. "Do
you know of any body who'd like to
take some and give me note for wear
at seven per cent. / think of going to
Mexico for awhile"
"Let's see?" unused the citizen. ct
don't know but I'd take some myself"
Lem me git a drink and then Wen
talk" said the stranger.
:, 4es--certainly -come on" replied
the citizen, and the two went into
q basement. Drinks were ordered bv
the citizen, one after another until his
shln1plasters felt lonely. He said be
could make good use of few thousand
dollars for a year, and some of his
friends might also take few thousand
more. The stranger put down gin.
whisky, lager and brandy until his legs
gave out. The citizen laid him on a
bench . u and tried to sober him, but the
fellow went dead asleep while they were
trying to force vinegar down his throat.
The bar-keeper said he was an old loaf
er, and policeman, was sent for to.
take him to the station. When thew
got hlm down there and searched him
they found four cents, brass backed
como and door-key in his pockets,
ana the citizen who wanted to borrow
few thousand dollars went softly
around the corner to see if the mail had
come in.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-22
Female Suffragists.

Lord Houghton presided at a.
Woman's suffrage meeting at York,
England, recent y, and in his remarks
favorlng a petition for parliam entarv
suffrage to female householders. he
said: "The whole of America might
at that moment have been a part of the
English possessions but for the unso1nd
attempt of the Government to try to
force upon them taxation without rep
resentation. That was, however, exactly
the position of the women of England.
lie did not pretend to say that the issue
would be the same He did not pre-
tend to say that if Parliament refused
TO grant the women Of England that for
which they asked they would 60 off
into separate community. They did
not contemplate anything so dreadful.
But they thought that they suffered an
injustice In that, possessing and occu-
pylng property, as many Of them did,
they had no share or part in the renre-
sentatlon OF the country. He had
been recently in considerable earnest
ness and with such imprudence as he
was afraid it would throw back the cues
ton for considerable period. There
was a difficulty in the matter there
from the enormous increase which it
would give to the constituency; but in
England that difficulty did not exist,
and the increase would be exactly in
proportion to the amount of property
which the women possessed. In no
case would woman vote as woman,
but simply as the holder of certain
property-as having an interest in that
property, and, so far, a stake in the
country; and the Legislature could
gratlfy its sense of justice without any
considerable revolution such as MIGHT
shock the ideas Or altar the destination
Of the English people,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-22
A Mountain of Salt.

A mass of90,000,000 tons of pure, solid,
compact rock salt, located on an island
1S5 feet high, which rises from miser-
able sea marsh on the route from Bras
hear to New Iberia, up the river Teche,
in Louisiana, is one of he wonders Of
the world. How this island, containing
over 800 acres Of excellent land, ever
came into existence in such locality
is a matter of conjecture. Vegetation is
prolific, and the scenery is beautiful
and varied. Here is an immense bed
of pure rock SALT whose extent is as
yet only estimated, and scientific men
are puzzled tosknow what .produced-it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-22
About Your Pulse.

Every person should know how to
ascertain the state of the pulse in
health; then, by comparing it with what
it is when he is ailing, he may have
some idea of the urgency of his case.
Parents should know the healthy pulse
of each child, since now and then a
person is born with peculiarly slow or
fast pulse, and the very case in hand
pulse is 40; child of seven about so,
and from twenty to sixty years 1t is 70
beats minute, declining to 20 at four
score. A healthful grown person beats
70 times in minute, declining to 60 at
four-score. At 60, if the pulse always
exceeds 20, there is decrease; the ma
chine working itself out, there is a
fever or Inflammation somewhere, and
the body is feeding on itself, as in con-
sumption, when the pulse is quick.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-22
WITH A GHOST.

The situation is this: An unimagin-
ative man of thirty, whose days are
spent in business; bright, sunshiny
country; neighbors all around one; and
new cemetery hundred yards dis
tant.
To this house and to this man ghost
came, and in this wise:
1t was in August. ] was sitting, after
dinner, trying to get sentimental over
my approaching marriage, and pictur-
ing to myself Eleanor in the easy chair
opposite me. The light was fading, but
as my eyes followed the lines nechani-
cally, and my thoughts were elsewhere,
that mattered little. Outside the house
there was stiffness extraordinary-n
stirring of the leaves; no breath in the
air, no voices from my own kitchen;
no sounds from the houses on either
side, which were locked up, their ten
ants being at the seaside; not even the
bark of a dog Or the distant roll of
carriage to show that there was another
living person IN the world beside my
self Then a curious feeling came over
me: Isuddenly realized that life may
go on in invisible, intangible forms, [
looked around me with shudder; I
expected something. The room be-
came, without warning, distinctly
darker; the air grew chill. I felt cold
dews stand upon my forehead. Re
member that up to this moment there
was no reason at all-none whatever
for alarm. Yet became unaccount-
ably afraid. [ turned to the window
for relief, and there-there I saT it for
the first time.
1t was standing outside the window,
dark shadow, clearly outlined against
the sky; colorless, and yet its draperies
were like white grave clothes; shape
less, and yet, somehow, human in ap-
pearance. And it had a face. Deep
sunken and lustrous eyes, bright with
phosphoric splendor, showed me hol-
low cheeks; lips that trembled as : if
with passion, and a frowning forehead,
When | turned he raised his hand and
shook it at me beneath its linen folds,
and then, with that singular movement
remarked by all who have conversed
and are familiar with ghosts-a move
ment in which the shape neither glides
nor walks, but changes place the spec
ter stood within the room facing me.
/ am ashamed to say that I was
frightened.
49," he said, with an angry glance,
"I have found you at last"
| made no reply. What was there to
say?
81 have found you at last, have T.?
Now I have you, what shall [ do to
your"
I could only look hopelessly. He
pushed one arm outside the cerements
which covered ia long, lean arm,
marked with a tattoo representing
ship under full sail, surmounted by
skull and cross bones. He shook his
fist excitedly in my face. I noticed
that the air was not stirred by his move
ments. 1t was odd, too, that I recover
ed my courage as soon as he began to
threaten.
His gestures became more threaten
ing. He repeated twenty times run
ming the question with which he first
accosted me: CHOW have found Won.
what shall [ do with your"
"Come," | cried at last, this is fool
ing. What do you mean by coming to
my house like mailman? Leave off
asking what you will Go with me. If
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-22
WEDNESDAY, MARCH %, 1876.
THE MARRIAGE KNOT.
BY R. II. STODDARD.

D1 H. O1ODDAhU.
I know bright and beauteous May
Who knows I love her we'll;
But if she loves, or will some day,
I cannot make her tell.
She sings the songs write for her,
Of tender hearts betrayed;
But not the one that prefer,
About country maid.
The hour when l its burdens bear
Will never be forgot.
80 stay not long! but come, my dear
And knit our marriage knotP'
1t is about a country maid
see her in my mind
She is not of her love afraid,
And cannot be unkind,
She knits and sings with many sigh,
And as her needles glide.
She wishes, and she wonders why
He is not at her side.
"He promised he would meet me here
Upon this very spot;
o stay not long but come, my dear
And knit our marriage knott
Ny lady will not sing the song,
"Why not ?" I say. And she,
Tossing her head. at is too long"
And l, "too short, may be-"
She has her willful little ways;
But presist, and then,
1T is not maidenly," she says;
For maids to sigh for men,"
"But men must sigh for maids, fear;
I know it is my lot,
Until you whisper, Come, my dear,
And knit our marriage knot p"
Why is my little one so coy
Why does she use me so?
I'm not fond and foolish boy,
To lightly come and go:
A man who loves, know my heart,
And will know hers ere long:
For, certes, will not depart
Until she sings my song!
She learned it all, as you shall hear,
No word has she forgot;
Begin, my dearest. Come, my dear,
And knit our marriage knott
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-22

"Good heavensW 1 cried, almost
beside myself with rage. "What have
I done to you, devil or lunatic, that you
should persecute me in this way?"
"He asks me what he has done
Think of Madagascar, villain of the
deepest dye. Think of San Fran, pi-
rate and crimp. Think of Liverpool
docks and Polly. Joe Kirby-Joe Kir-
by, you were always as brazen a liar as
ever stepped, but I did not think you
would brazen it out to me-"
A thought struck me.
"You call me Joe Kirby. I am not
Joe Kirby at all. I never heard of Joe
Kirby"
He laughed.
If you are not Joe Kirby" he said,
81 will eat my hat i mean, of
course
"Come, this is trifing. I say that
you mistake me for some one else.
What is it makes you think me Joe
Kirby?"
| because you are.
Nonsense. How long since you
saw Joe Kirby?"
"Ten years."
"What was he like when you left
him ?"
"Much the same as you-sanctimo-
NOUS look, reddish hair, stumpy figure,
fat cheeks just like yourself"
"Had this devil Of Joe Kirby any
marks?"
"Tattoo marks like mine, on the
right arm. | did him-I mean Joe.
He did me-"
drew up my shirt and showed him
my arms, white and free from. any tat
too mark at all.
! He was stupehed.
"Well-I'm-no-Im dashed. And
you amt Joe Kirby at all? Lord !!
Lord what fool you must have taken
me for"
"I did"
"And me to 60 and let out all the Sc
crets. Mate, you hold your tongue
about that Yokohama business"
''II never thought much of ghosts" |
said. CHOW I shall think still less of
them,
"Go on" he said; ego on; let me
have it,"
"Why couldn't you ask before you
came laundering into house with your
Internal white sheet? Why couldn't
you put your question before you be-
GAM"
"Why, indeed" he echoed. "Look
here, mate, Pm very sorry for this little
mistake-I am, indeed. And fright
ening the young lady, and all. What
shall I do now to make things square
again."
"Do what can you do but go right
away?"
| He began to disappear seemed to
breathe more freely. Then the shape,
which almost disappeared, started into
sight again with a suddeness which
brought back the horror which first
seized me.
Zone word, sir" he said. Pm
afraid haven't come well out of this
affair. Now spose-I only say s'pose
Il can put you ON to good thing. It
may be a wreck lying in four Or five
fathom Turks Island way; it may be
buried treasure; it may be only a pot
Of money; it may be coins, or it may
be statues; but if I should hear of it,
and was to come and tell you, it might
go some way to getting into your good
opinion again.
"No," I replied {" want nothing
except the assurance that I shall never
see you again
He sighed.
"Well, sir, I feel that I can't go
against your wishes. I promise. No
malice, Ell? When we meet again,
which meet we may, there will be no
malice, I hope"
Then he disappeared finally, and I
have seen no more Of him.
I have often wondered who Mr.. Jo-
seph Kirby is, where he lives, what he
has done, and how he managed to Of
fend my ghost. Perhaps, if he reads
this, he will throw some light on that
| Yokohama business. And I should
like to get at the bottom of the affair
with Polly and the Liverpool docks.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-22
The Vest Pockets.

A young man from one of the subur-
ban districts was in one of our tailor
shops getting measured for vest, the
other afternoon.
married or unmarried?" queried
the merchant, after taking down the
number.
UNMARRIED said the young man,
with blush.
"Inside pockets on the left hand
side, them" observed the tailor, as if to
himself making a memorandum to
that effect.
After moments pause, the young
man from the suburbs inquired:
"What difference does my being
married or unmarried make with the
inside pocket Of the vest p
"Ah, my dear sir" observed the
tailor with bland smile, "all the diff
ference possible as you must see. Be
ing unmarried you want the pocket on
the left side, so as to bring the young
lady's picture next to your heart"
"But don't the married man also
want his wife's picture next to his
hearth queried the anxious youth.
POSSIBLY there is an instance of that
kind" said the tailor, arching his eye.
brows, but [ never heard of it.-Doaa-
barry News.
Drawbacks of the Shah.
The Shah of Persia has hitherto
been uulucky in applying European
civilization to his country. He was
compelled to cancel Baron Reuters fa-
nous concession, which would have
given that enterprising Londoner al
most unlimited control over the Persian
finances and resources; he has not
been able to utilize the large quantities
of postage stamps ordered during the
visit to Paris, simply because there are
no postoffices in Persia, and we now
learn that mint, with all the necessary
machinery for coming money, and an
elegant English carriage, intended for
the ladies of the harem, which had
been shipped to Bushire, and were
thence to be transported by caravan to
Teheran, were at last accounts stuck
fast in a mountain pass about hun
dred miles from Bushire.
WHEN are eyes not eyes? When the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-22

BLACK silks are now made without
!" dressing" or stiffening, and those
which are scftest are most preferred.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-22

WHEN are eyes not eyes? When the
wind makes them water.
, 1876-10-28
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, 1876-10-28

WAR AND THE GRAIN MARKErS.-The
formal notice by Russia of her inten-
hon 10 move troops into Roumania,
amounts to a declaration oe war
against Turkey. The effect of this
announcement was instantaneous upon
the prices Of stocks in the great tinan
elal centres. Of course Russian and
Turkish securities were most seriously
affected. Gold advanced in New
York. The grain markets of New
York and London were not, so far as
reports have been received, notably
excited. War between Russia and
Turkey must influence the price OF
wheat and other produce, the extent
OF which will be Increased by the
propects OF other powers becoming in.
volved and the probable duration of
the struggle. Ii the contest should
be confined to Russia and Turkey. the
vast superiority of the former power
would warran: the expectation of a
speedy ending,
, 1876-10-28

i Know NormNG.-There is 80 earthly
doubt bu, that Governor Hayes Is member
OF the American Alli4nce. an organization
that prohibits foreigners from holding Office
or exercising the isht Of suffsrsge, lie ac-
cepted their nomination and thanked them
for making him member of their society,
endorsing It's objects and aims aud styling it
a patriotic, noble and estimable brotherhood
Hayes was Chaplin Of know nothing lodge
in 1854 aui w4s one OF the men who sneaked
about at midnight and met in barns and
stables, Advocating the disfrauchisem-nt of
foreisu-born ciiiz rs. His letter, accepting
the membership Of the American ai.ilure, has
been printed il fye s;nle form, bni Hayes
now tries to deny is authorship and puts it
n he shoulders Of his private secretary, one
LIE, who he says wrote l. without his knowl-
edge or consent. This, however, Is rather
thin. and looks very shabby On the part C:
Mr. Hayes. There ia no possible doubt bat
that the chlrge OF his being opposed 10 FOR
eigners is true, and these p ogle should see
that he is held responsible for it. M nan
who would prescribe one portion OF his frI-
iow-cifiz-ns on account If their birih Is
fl 10 bs the President of \ free p,ople, or the
chief magistrate o! = Republic whose cardinal
principle is liberty aud equality 20 AL men,
no matter Of what nativity.
, 1876-10-28
Proclamation by the Governor.

7 ELISHA P. FERRY, Governor Of the Territory
IL Of Washington do hereby declare that q & NJ
RAJ ELECTION viii be held il saii Territory, OF
TUESDAY, the seventh ID Of November, A D.
which the following NAMED officers viii be elected
Delegate 10 repr sent said Territory IN the Forty
Fifth Congress Of The UDIei States.
\ Prosecuting Attorney Tor the First Judicial Dis
trict-
A Prosecuting Attorney for the Second Judicial
District.
\ Prosecuting Attorney for the Third Judicial
District.
Members OF both branches Of the Legislative As
senbly.
And all County and Precinct officers provided for
by tie laws Of salt Territory.
The electors vii also AZ lection vote - For -
or Against " calling Convention 70 fOrIa State
Constitution.
In testimony whereof, have hereunto
set my hand sEG caused the Great seal Of
tie Territory % b affixed
I. 81 Done az Olympia, Ills ninth day Of Sep
tember A ID. one thousand eight hundreI
aud seventy-six, aud OF the Independence
Of the United States The one hundfedth.
By the GoverDOr: ELISHA P FERRY.
HENRY c. STRIVE.
Secretary Of the Territory. ilj~
, 1876-10-28

VALUABLE DIscovEaY-The public
have been slow TO believe the report
that a discovery has been made by
which Illuminating gas of superior
quality can be manufactured tout OF
anything that will burn" Seeing is be
lieving, however and the reporter of
the Los Angeles Republican has wit
aessed such tests OF the invention as
10 convince him that it is 4 verify be-
yond contradiction. The new process
has been introduced into the United
States Hotel, of that city, the light Of
which, the Republican declars, has
i" q purity and intensity of color that
cannot be surpassed" The machinery
for generating this gas is located in
the yard OF the hotel, and the Repu6.
ticdp describes it in this wise
The gas is conducted straight to
the purifier and thence To the retort or
gasome'er without any of the elabor-
ate series of cOndenSerS usual in
ordinary coal gas works. Of course
a system Of condenSe7s would improve
the quality Of the gas, but it rs briIli-
ant without them. By throwing on
a few shOyes-full of manure, or refuse
from wiRe vats, the retort Is changed
-Four such charges furnish enough gas
TO light the whole United States
Hotel. and all The stores and offices
therein, for two nights.
, 1876-10-28

GENERAL GARFIELD, who has been
again returned to the lower House of
Congress from the Western Reserve
district Of Ohio, will, by his expert
ence and general ability as a debaier.
probably succeed to the leadership of
the republicans in the House, vacated
by the election of Mr.. Blaine TO the
Senate. His leadership will not, how
ever. be distinguished by the boldaess
II debate which marked that of Mr..
Biaine-though in these times of
promised reform it may be in his pow
er to bring forward some reform
measures, in which there is so great a
heid Ior ability and force 10 disrin-
guisb leader,