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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-07
Women Of the East.
From the Hartford Post.

Hebrew women, for instance, were
simply merchandise, bought, as Rachel
and Joseph, and handled to suit the
safety and pleasure of their owners, as
Rebecca and Sarah in Egypt and Gerar.
Yet Alfalfa, daughter of Omri, sat on
the throne six years; and Alexandria,
a Hebrew woman, reigned over them.
Semiramis, woman In Assyrian
slavery, became a queen and made her
name great by the building of Babylon
in single year. s. .... r......t
Though the Turks had power of life
and death over their wives, and if they
rebelled under the terrible tortures and
punishments Of their lot, the very in
expensive power of divorce by simply
answering when they asked permission
to go out, &C.," without adding, "But
come back again." yet in 1880, the
greatest actual power in Turkey was
Sultana Valydeh.
Persian women of the lower classes
are servile slaves, supporting masters
of unlimited power, who do absolutely
noting themselves, and the upper
classes rarely leave the harem from the
cradle to the grave. Yet Cassandana,
wife of Cyrus, ruled Cyrus and Persia
as she would" and ruled so well that at
her death the nation mourned twenty
days. ''Mourned for woman!"
The worst effect of Mohammedan-
ism has been its degrading of women,
but the wife of "The Prophet" Kadi-
JAN, was the first to embrace his relig-
ion, and as he afterwards said, "the
greatest, best and most powerful of all
who accepted it."
Brahnlin women never see the face of
man, except those of their husbands,
nor any walls but those of their own
harem, and while their husbands are
away are hardly allowed the neces-
saries of life. Yet the world is indebt-
ed to Mherul Nisa for the first of it's
beautiful cashmere shawIs, and the ex-
istence of that exquisite perfume altar
properly spelled atyr--of roses. Her
name was stamped upon the coin of
India, and the title given her of Moor
Jehan, Light of she world" ~
All the cotton and silk used in Birma
is the work Of her women, and those
exquisite fabrics and delicate designs
displayed at the Centennial might well
have been placed in woman's pavil-
ION, for they were all the work of gen
tlewomen of Burmah, for which they
probably received blows that they had
not worked faster, and for their endur-
ance and perseverance, cheered by the
proverb, " Woman has many lives, and
bears much killing"
Siamese women fight beside their
husbands, and often in front of them.
who at home are beaten like beasts to
all manner of drudgeries. They, how
ever, have the uncommon privilege of
refusing an offered husband if they
choose, and take their revenge in ad-
vance by refusing any one who comes
without number of human skulls he
has taken in battle.
Chinese women, are, erhaps, of all
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-07
It was strange courtship, where the

It was strange courtship, where the
woman wooed, where the man wor-
shipped. Little by little, Martin Bruce
acknowledged to his own heart that the
loss of his eyes was light compared with
the loss he anticipated-the loss of
Trixy's voice and Trixy's touch. The
summer was coming, and the doctor
was urging Martin Bruce to try the eff
feet of some famous German baths,
when Trixy received letters from New
York that necessitated her return to
look after some OF her Aunt's property.
The prospect of separation nerved her
as no other prospect could have done,
and she sought the bench where she
had met Martin Bruce, daily, with a
resolution that made her cheek burn.
"Martin," she said gently, "but few
women dare to take their life's happi-
ness into their own waiting,
hoping till another comes to put it be-
fore them. A maiden may not WOO,
they say, and so they wait till their
hearts grow sick for fear they may be
thought unmaidenly.
Here she paused, watching the pallor,
the breatless eagerness Of the face lifted
toward her. 3D. s. stoiverg L9uus
"Trixy," her lover said, "you de-
ceive yourfelf. You think gratitude
forces you to-. 49,
A soft hand cl 7sed his lips.
"Do you love me, Martin ?" '.'.."
"With my whole hearth 1.s
"As I love yon r. ,.s su. g..
"Trixy, dare not take you at your
word !" -...t
"But you will I have loved You for
six years, Martin. I will not lose you
again - a# t1.+ 4. .".'
And she kept her word. Those who
speak with pity of "poor Mrs. Bruce,
whose husband is totally blind" know
nothing Of the deep, abiding love that
makes Trixv's life of devotion and self
sacrifice life of pure happiness,
Swallowed only By sorrow for her hus-
bands affiiction. Hsf rat
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-07
A Model Factory. Village.
From the st. Louis Times,

John G. Richardson, the great manu-
facturer of linens, seems to have sue
cessfully solved the problem of giving
employment to a community of 1000
persons, while at the same time greatly
beneftting them by surrounding them
with every incentive to temperance
and moral restraint. Mr.. Richardson
is the owner of 5000 acres of land at
Bessbrook, Ireland, on which are quar-
ries of blue granite and farms that are
successfully worked, and in the midst
of which is the village of Bessbrook,
with the great mill, offices and ware
houses of the Bessbrook Spinning Co.
The village is laid out with streets that
are lined with little cottages for work
men, with larger houses for the mill
officials; and there also is a beautiful
villa occupied by the owner of the vast
estate. Every cottage has door-yard
decorated with beautiful flowers, and
the property includes public square
to add to its attractiveness. There are
shops of different kinds for the sale Of
articles required to meet the wants of
the village; but the sale of beer and
ardent spirits is forbidden, and there is
not q police officer, a police judge, or a
police station in the village, nor a pawn
shop. ...e 10.
The different denominations. of
which there are five (including the
Catholics), all live together in harmony
and four churches stand in close prox-
unity upon hill that looks out upon a.
beautiful landscape with its green fields
and undulating surface as far as the
distant Newry Mountains. The streets
of the village are kept scrupulously
clean, and the whole aspect of the
place is one of extreme neatness. Mr..
Richardson is a prominent member Of
the Society of Friends, and is now on a
visit to America.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-07
WOMAN'S COLUMN.
On Doing Without.

Oh. Tom, I've just seen such a love of a bonnet!
Pale blue, and tea-roses, half-blown, and such
lace! 4 .
I'm sure that some poet would write sweet
sOnnct A ESl
About it, when over-well, somebody's face
The cost? Thirty dollars. You know its i'm
The fashion, you see, dear, has but just come
I out,
tried it on, Tom, and, oh! was transported.
Can't have It? Now, Tom, why? Can't 1 do
without?
Let's see; there's the gas bill, the milk, and the
Jack wants his new shoes, and the butchers
And the dress-maker- There see you wish to
How much it all makes. Well of course forty
s - two.
Have bonnets up stairs I? Yes. Worn out No
But Therel can't have it; to argues no
Well, Tom, then that table, all gliding and what
We saw at the auction Don't scowl SO, you
The table is lovely, I'm sure that we need it;
The. parlor, you know, dear, is really quite
Twenty dollars: tbs nothing; you never will
r-i miss it. .r.4 r. 800"
Why, Thomas, I'm shocked Was that meant
q for a swear?
Very well, Sir there's surely no use of your
scolding. -
The gas bill, Ihate it; the butcher still more.
You're always reminding me- HarkI did the
J q bell ring? E. .....
bundle for you Just been left at the door.
What's in it? Ne matter. I'll see for myself,
then.
The shoes that you got on your way from the
cars?
Oh Tom, what storyl There, now, 1t is open.
AS live, you extravagant wretch, it's cigars!
+" Mr.. Smith, for tobacco to So-and-so debtor"
Five hundred cigars. Fifty dollars, no doubt.
Now, then, Sir-the gas bill, the m1lk-you had
better
Preach poor. Now that bonnet I shan't do
without.
+.. -HnrDer's Nn01sine
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-07

the most secluded in the upper classes.
The bride is not even seen by the bride
groom till, in q close palanquin, she is
brought, to his door, where, in full
dress, with the key of the palanquin,
that has been sent him In advance, he
awaits her. He has the one alterna-
tive of refusing her, if she displeases
him, at the cost of double the amount
paid for her.
She is his slave complete, except that
he cannot sell her until be has gained a
divorce, and is subject to such notices
as" first dressed. and last undressed all
the year round" and the like, and. in
some parts of China, to a divorce that
consists in simply breaking "chop-
sticks before witnesses. Many writer's,
however, ascribe the first spinning to
the wife of the Emperor Yao, aud the
discovery of the use of the silk-worm
was the work of the wife of Hoang I'll.
Silk-worms, until lately, were cared for
entirely by women, called Tsam- Now.
In Liberia, where the marriage GER
emory consists of the brides taking off
the bride-groom's shoes as sign of
subsection, and being laid at his feet
with the expression, "Wolf, take thv
lamb" the physicians and sorcerers
feared and obeyed by men are chiefly
women.
In Java, before Mohammeandism
found the island, women were consid-
cred equal with men, and in Celebes,
where there is an elective government,
the throne was oftener held by women
than men. 49,,
Notwithstanding the general degrada-
ton of the sex, energetic, powerful
women have made their power felt in
Egypt. The wife of Mohammed Ali
was made judge by the people, who
rarely appealed to the Pasha, and
when they did received the reply: "By
my two eyes if she require it, it must
be done, though it be through fire,
water, and stOne."
Dido, sister Of Pygmalion, King of
Tyre, was founder of Carthage. Mr.
Park, the great American traveller,
pays this tribute to the women of Afri-
Ca: " In all my travels, never addressed
language of politeness to q dark
skinned woman without receiving po-
lite reply; and, if hungry, thirsty, wet,
or sick, never failed to receive assist
ance from them" ~ r-r
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-07

The cash system is steadily growing
IN favor with nearly every class OF
trades-people, and it isn't half so hard
to refuse people credit as it used to be,
while they don't dare get mad about it
nowadays either. Formerly, if lady
was told she could not have goods unless
she paid for them, she would flush up,
leave the store and not enter it again
for six months at least. Now she is
pretty sure to get over her anger In
twenty-for hours, at the most, and
come back, take the goods, and pay for
them, too.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-07
Ashes.

From the Cincinnati Commercial.
Within the piteous room, by the vel
low light of dip candle, the face
seemed to force it's misery upon obser-
walton, involuntarily yet irresistibly.
There were shadows about the eyes and
long lines about the mouth, which be.
trayed a topper of hope, life frozen
into apathy by long protracted disap-
pointment. She looked at the visitor
with sort of CHASTITY tremor, like one
so accustomed to an atmosphere of
Indebtedness that the pressure of a
cheerful being becomes an actual in
Fiction by contrast.
"How's the old man?" quoth the
overseer, pleasantly.
She shrugged her bony shoulders
YEARLY, and replied in husky voice,
bitter as winter wind, that he had
gone to the Poor-house. The husband
of eighty years had left her in ft of
weak anger; they could not get along
together" he was too fretful and
childish"
Him." sympathetically calculated
the overseer; "no other relatives iv-
ing, eh?'
The old woman smiled weird smile,
and taking the candle approaching an
old chest of drawers, SO rickety that it
had been propped against the miserable
bed to prevent its falling upon the floor.
After q hurried search in the bottom
drawers she brought out faded enve.
lope, and handed it to the visitors. 1t
had been dated from a mining village
in the far w lest, in years gone by. The
papers had a greasy look and dull hue
of age; the writing had turned pale. It
told of happy marriage and prospects
of wealth, fair success in the race for
fortune and promises of assistance from
q strong son.
"That was the last" she muttered,
e, 1849." r.
How many times that letter had been
fondly read and re-read until its paper
had become too old to crepitate when
the withered hand crushed it in miser-
able despair, only perhaps to remorse
fully stroke it smooth again and press
out the obscuring creases. Years came
and went YEARLY; want came and pass
ed not away; winter after winter, each
seemingly sharper than the last, whiten-
ed the street without, and shrieked in
ghostly fashion at the keyhole; the lit
tie mining village in the far West had
grown to a great city; but the silence
remained forever unbroken, and trust
in the hand that had written the faded
yellow words. "Dear mother" slowly
died out, as the red life of an ember
dies out in the gray ash. And when
the door closed with dry groan behind
the departing feet Of the Overseer, we
felt strangely certain that the old lett r
would be once more read that night by
a throbbing candle fame, ere returned
to its dusty resting-place in the dusty
room.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-07
Dueling i'm the Air.

The atmosphere is 80 full of dueling
that the way it was done by two
Frenchmen, NM. de Courcy and Re-
monin, near Paris, a few years ago, is of
interest now. The quarrel was about
the famous do11seese Henriette and as
there was some difficulty during the
preliminary negotiations about select
ing a spot for the encounter somebody
suggested that the fight should come
of-in air! A piquant suggestion of
this kind was sure to take with French
men, and it was at once adopted. Ma
dir furnished two balloons of about
10000 cubic feet each-that is, of
capacity for carrying each three per-
sons. When all was ready the aeros-
tats were conveyed to secluded spot
near the capital, where they were ex-
peditiously inflated by q secret chemi-
cal process. M. de Courcy, with his
second and a physician, entered one
car; M. Remonin, Gen. Nobel and a.
surgeon occupied the other, and prep
arations were made for the start.
When all was IN readiness the word
Let go" was given, and instantly the
two aerostats shot into the air. M. de
Courcy's balloon was made of blHe and
white spindles of silk: that of
M. Remonln was white silk,
painted with diagonal stripes of
purple and green. At the height of
1000 feet, while the balloons were yet
very near together, the seconds ex-
changed rapid signals, and agreed that
the conditions we're favorable for
the contest. Ready pa pause
/" Fire "-nobody hit. Reload and
repeat-quick p Bang When the
smoke cleared away M. Remonin
looked over the side Of the Car and saw
his opponents balloon rushing down
with frightful rapidity. His shot mad
pierced the gas-bag, and the violent
out-rush of gas had torn open the whole
side Of the fabric and q general smash
of the occupants Of the car seemed III
evitable. However, the, bag, suddenly
loosening itself from below, gathered
upward III the netting like q parachute,
the terrific descent OF the machine was
arrested, and M. de Courcy and mis-
friends reached the earth with no fur
Their damage than soucing in a small
brock. They landed within kilome-
tire of the place of ascension. M. Re-
monin and his friends, however, were
waited in the direction of Tours, and
freshening of the wind made their
otte,Tage somewhat more difficult and
perllous. However, they managed at
length to anchor, and got out of the car
with nothing worse than few bruises.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-07
Children Never Live Long.
From Good Words,

When they are not carried away in
little collins and laid forever in the
silent grave, they become transformed
so rapidly that we lose them in another
way. The athletic young soldier or
collegian, the graceful herolne of the
ballroom, may make proud the parent
al heart, but can they quite console it
for the eternal loss of the little beings
who plagued and enlivened the early
years of marriage? A father may
sometimes feel a legitimate and rea-
sonable melancholy as he contemplates
the most promising of little daughters,
full of vivacity and health. How long
will the dear child remain to him F! She
will be altered in six months; in six
years she will be succeeded by a totally
different creature-a creature new In
flesh and blood and bone, thinking otn-
er thoughts and speaking other Ian
guage. There is sadness even in that
change which is increase and progress
sion, for the glory of MONDAY has de-
stroyed the sweet delicacy of the dewy
Aurora, and the wealth of summer has
obliterated the freshness of spring.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-07

EsaUIMAUx JOE has gone to Washing
ton to meet Captain Howgate, who is
interested in the scheme of reaching
the North Pole by the colonization plan
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-07

Mr.. ROBERT I. LINCOLN, the son Of
President Lincoln, has a claim for ST.
600 against the Washington Oaronsale,
which recently suspended publication.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-07
WEDNESDAY,, FEBRUARY 7, 1877.
VALENTINE.
BY II. II. D.

BY n. II. %.
I'm not in love, my love, oh, no!
IT'S thou, as can prove;
Fer thou art folded closely in
And sheltered with my love-.
1t hovers DER thee all the time,
1t follows all thy ways;
1t folds thee, sweet, where'er thou art
And compasses thy days.
I'm not in love, my love, oh, no!
But thou art held there, tight.
Send me the poor outsider) dear,
One little ray of light. ss.,,.s-...- p
Bid me approach, and enter in, et
So, beth our lives may shine,
That may also be in love
Like thee, my Valentine.
-Scribner
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-07

than year [ shall have to find home
in charity asylum9 You will come
sometimes and read to me there, per-
haps ?" *as
"Never I will never come to a
charity asylum to see you. You break
my heart when you talk so y .......
swell, little one, then we will hope
for better days ~
Trlxy's lip quivered at the attempt to
speak in the old, CHEEKY tones that had
comforted all her childhood's miseries.
Her eyes were dim with tears as she
spoke again, hoping to carry some
brightness to the darkened life.
Poor blind Martin Bruce, who had
lifted her from the darkest misery ana
suffering TO place her where she could
improve-who had put her where her
aunt had discovered and adopted her
her benefactor and only friend-a help
less, blind pauper!
Was it wonderful that the woman s
heart thrilled with pain and love, and
that the gratitude of years suddenly
confronted her in new form-the love
of her woman's heart She realized
suddenly, forcibly, that if Martin Bruce
passed out OF her life again he left there
void never to be filed. Pity and
gratitude seemed only feeble names
when love sprung up strong and true,
and Irixy recognized its power.
But all maidenly recricence held her
silent for many days, every one of which
found her in the square beside Martin
Bruce, winning answering love by her
tender care for his helplessness, her
sparkling conversation, her womanly
sweetness. ,ag
, 1877-10-09
Gn0IiShe Yots Stattntf.

Ginem ioebeu in Yonbou enlightenment amt.
liten Uusneiie aufolge murben i'm Sabre
1876 im 8Dniareid @roBbritannien uuo ST
lamb LOIS. 955. 200 Briefe 81 auf benz &opf
Der 0epolferung), go. 1886, 700 Yoffarten,
29S, 100, 300 5treifbanbieubEnsen (barunter
l25, O65, 800 3eitun9en) unb 6,095,11G elm.
geihriebene Sriefe bird ote Voft bef0rosrt.
Nls unbefteQbar tpurben 5,897,724 Vriefe
an bic Abienber aurtidselieiert. auf 33.100
berielben feblte iesl,he Nbrefe uno inter-
lesteren befanten ii9 1872 Sttt, bic @elb
ober @eltsperth entbtelten, uno 3mar auiam'
men beiuabe 800 8. in Baar uno Noten nnb
unsefdbr 5000 =. in Inpeiiun9en auf Stht.
Gin Br,ef trus ein aufaaenb bidss Stegel,
wel9es sufd1i9 uerlebt nuroe unb Cobb
miin8en i'm Betrage Don l 8. 10 g. bedts.
Sn elmer inter Stretfbano 9~eioncten 3eituns
fanben iih uter Sooereig IS, in elmer anberer
elm solbenes Mebaaion Dor. 8on anoeren
@e9ennanben, Die unerlaubter Wsiie in Sci.
tuneen u~erionbt rpurben, fihrt Der Ser.ht
folgenbe on: Era9en, Seetang, Sarrsntrau'
ter, Blumen, @igorreu, Eobad, barbfdube,
Muffalien. Yrebtstentmirfe. Striimpfe,
Spiben uno Briefmarfen. Sn Yafeten fanoer
fd 3n perihiebenen Malen lebenbe BrDihe,
Sdlansen uuo Gtbedien Dor. Am Shlude
bes Beridts erndhnt Der @eneralpofmeifer
nod, bab bic Brieftrdser (uie0eidt Der Uni
form ,uesen) mehr oils anoere Berionsn ben
Nngriffsn b6ier 9uuhe aussefest fino. 'Sn
elmer qroben Stabt i'm nDrolihen @n9lano
wurben d. 9. mdbrsno oes abselaufenen
Sabres 20 Yroc. Der Brieftrdssr BON pun.
ben 9ebtfen.
, 1877-10-09
Sin ipertbppue8 @erf.

Sic woblbefanrten Nnseige I9enten 9.
Dt. Yetten9il IL. SO. Don bieier Stabt baben
loeben ibreu biibit arsgeitatteten vytems'
paper DIRECTORY nub Noperttiers Sanobuh"
iiir 1877 beraus9e9eben. IS 1T ohue .3metiel
Die mertbporlte ulto suuerldlii9ite 3uiammens
lteuung bieler Art, meld)e III btelem 9anbe
uerDfIentlidt nurbe uno elm Snd,, lpelheS
feinem NnSeiger ober 3eitungS Serans9eber
fehlen iolte. yfld)t tpeni9er ais 1914 3ets
tln9en ODER pertooiihe j9eitidriiten ftno be,
idrteben, nobel Der Sag unD Srt bes Gridet'
mems, Der Gbarafter, Der Serausseber uno Die
Circulation ange9eben ilno, furs Ques, mas
Elm NnSeiger gu miiien miinldt be5iislid
iraenb elmer beraus9e9ebenen 3eitung. IuBer
ber allsemeinen Viite bat oaS Bud eine Stlte
Der periobiihen Shriften nat Counties,
melde 9enieni9en bon @ertb iein muB,
nelte in einem beltimmten Shetle beS @ontis
neuts atsuseiseu piinihen uno perseihnet
tdslide uno mohentlide 3eiiunsen nit elmer
Gerbreituns BON 5000 unb barber, melde
reltgt0ie, Observation-Disclosures unb anoere
Sr9ane iinb. l3mei ooer bret tauiheno dbns
lihe 8ilpniHe bebeutenper gottoren finoet
man in benz Werte, ,peltes ms I'M @ansen
cine Hare Soee Don benz Geidthum nnb Der
Gerldiebenartisfeit bes amerifaniiden Sour.
ralismus sibt, weld)e bic SerauS9eber nnr
!3ufammenfener 81 ibrer Serfiisung baber
mubten.
(N. Yort Scottiid 9mer. Sournal.)
, 1877-10-09

5nlens In 9inblid auf bte reide Grbihaft
gang anbers Iauteten. Infer Sung9eieG
treute fth itber bic lieben 8ettern nnb Bafen
uno lisB id ibre Sulotsunaen uno @afe.
reien wohlsefalsn. Snoefen oauert mid to
auf Der @elt euis. NuH unier Sunsaeieu
tiblte fein lestes Stiinolein berannahen;
bepor CT aber ihteb, beponirte er iein eiaen.
bdubis aufseestss Seftament bel benz Wa.
citrate 'etner 8atertabt. Ats uab ieinem
Eobs bic Gr0hnuns oes Eetauents in elmer
feierliden Sisuns Der 3uftdnotsen Seb6roe
fattfiuoen iplte, batten fa bic ltsben Set=
tern uao Boisn oes Serforb.nen uoasablis
etnsefunben unb harrtsn NIT %seipaunter
Aufmerfiamteit Der @ou3iebuns .bes midti-
gen aetes. Gnbl,d. nanosm aae Hormali,
tdten iorsfdltis beobohtet muren,, offuete Der
Rihter bas Geftamsnt unb Los : yllppe !"
Das mar has ein3ige Wort, welhes eas
Eetament entbtelt unb bebeutete. baB N1es
aufeesebrt uno ytihtS mebr ba iei. Wir
iiberlaien es uniern 2eiern, iid felbf bic
langen @eidter aus5umalen, nit welten
bic lieben Settsrn uno Baien Don banuen sos
gen. $. q.