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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-01-17
A GEM FOR EVERY MONTH.

JANUARY.
BY her who i'll this month is born
N gem save garnets should be worn;
They will insure her constancy,
Tue friendship and fidelity.
FEBRUARY.
The February-born will find
Sincerity and peace of mind;
Freedom from passion and from care,
If they the amethyst will wear.
MARCH.
Who in this world Of ours their eyes
In March first open shall be wise:
In days of peril firm and brave,
And wear bloOdstone to their grave.
APRIL.
She who from April dates rer years,
Diamonds should wear, lest bitter tears,
For vain repentance flow; this stone
Emblem ofinnOcence is known.
MAY.
Who first beholds the light of day
In Springs sweet howery month of May
And wears an emerald all her life;
Shall be a loved and happy wife.
JUNE.
Who comes with Summer to this earth,
And owes to June her day of birth,
With ring of agate on her hand,
Can health, wealth and long life command.
JULY.
The glowing ruby should adorn
Those who in warm July are born:
Then will they be exempt and free
From loves doubts and anxiety.
AUGUST.
Wear g sardonox. or for thee
No congenial felicity;
The August born without this stone
IT'S said must live unloved and lone.
SEPTEMBER.
A maiden born when Autumn leaves
Are rustllng in September's breeze,
sapphire on her brow should bind
Twill cure diseases Of the mind.
OCTOBER.
October's child is born for VICE.
Ard life's vicissitudes must know;
But lay an opal on her breast
And hope will lull those woes to rest
NOVEMBER.
Who first comes to this world below
With drear November fog and snow,
Should prize the topaz amber hue
Emblem of friends and lovers true.
DECEMBER.
If cold December gave you birth,
The month Of snow and ice and mirth,
Place on your hand q Turquoise blue,
Success will bless what eer you do.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-01-17

God cared for poor little boys. Does
He, Tim? l like you to tell me. And
will you come and let me be your
pardner again? Is it very far? Kiss
me, Tim. You know now I wasn't q
thief. Miss May sang something
yesterday about opening the starry
gates"
CAT the portals Jesus waits;
At the heavenly host, begin;
Open wide the starry gates,
Let the little traveller in"
sang the sweet voice over tremendous
sob.
Closer chung the thin arms, and the
cool cheek was pressed against Tins,
hot with burning tears. The little
hands that had kept their house tidy,
and prepared the simple meals, lay
limp and useless. The eyes could not
see any more, but the lips smiled and
murmured a few incoherent words,
soft, sweet, and then an awesome ST.
lence. The little waif Jerry had gone
over the river.
80, Miss May, cried Tim, "thev will
take him in-won't they? For, you
see, the poor little chap didn't have a
been kicked and cuffed about, and had
to go on crutches, an been half starved
many q time, but he wouldn't lie nor
steal for all that. He ought to be hap
ply somewheres. O, Jerry! Jerry! /
loved you SO! And you was true to
the last !"
"They will take him in" Miss May
says, with solemn tenderness. And
presently she unclasps the arms that
wound around Jerry's neck, lays the
poor hands straight, and leads Tim over
by the window. He looks at her with
dumb, questioning eyes, as if he would
fain have her fathom the mystery that
be knows SO little about. She brushes
away some tears; but O, what can she
say to comfort him? For Jerry was all
he had.
Presently Tim comes back and
kisses the cold lips and stares at the
cold beauty overspreading the wan
face.
80, Miss May" he cries, edo you
suppose l could ever earn enough to
pay for his being buried in some coun-
try place, where there'd be a few flow
ers and q tree growing over him? I'd
work all my life long, For he'd like it
so. Ican't bear to think Of having him
carried away"
"No," she says, with shiver. I" ]
will see about it, Tim" Then she gives
few orders to the women, and goes
away, leaving Tim with his "pardner."
DR.. May shook his head at his daugh-
ter at first, and said it was folly; but
two days after he had him buried in 3
pretty rural cemetery, with a white
marble slab above his head containing
two words-'ET Tins Partner" And
Elm, who takes care of the doctors
horse now, and does odd chores, pauses
occasionally, and says to Miss May,
"There never can be anybody quite
like Jerry to me, again. Over in the
other country We'll be- pardnezs for
ever
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-01-17

This clock is SO connected with the
Ere alarm in Boston, and the time is
sent to the central office, and then
sounded by the three bells that give the
fire alarm.
So while the clerks in Washington
| are watching the ball, the restless
school boy Of Minnesota is waiting to
hear the big clock upon the town house
sound It's merry peal, the signal of dis
mlssal, and the tired factory girl Of
Lowell listens eagerly for the same
sound.
But you must rem ember that only
places on the same meridian with
Washington, have, after all, exactly the
same time. The sun in passing round
the earth, which is divided into $50 de-
grees of longitude, every twenty-four
hours, must pass through one degree,
which is about sixty-nine miles every
four minutes. So, if the sun rises in
Boston at 7 o'clock, it will not rise in
New York 200 miles west, till twelve
minutes past 7, or z o'clock will not
come to them for Twelve minutes after
it has reached Boston. Neither Will 1t
be twelve o'clock till twelve minutes
later than in Boston.
Take the Pacific Railroad and travel
west, with your watch correct in Bos-
ton; when you reach Omaha you will
be an hour and half ahead of their
time, and when you arrive at San Fran
cisco your watch will be three hours
and a half fast, because old Sol is still
on his way. When you are going to
church in Boston at II o'clock, the
boys in San Francisco are just taking
their breakfast at half past 7.
So, while I tell you that all the towns
receive the click of twelve at the same
time, you must remember that in
places situated in longitude east or
west from Washington, the number Of
minutes it takes the sun to pass these
degrees must be added to or subtracted
from twelve to give them correct time.
Another thing in the room where the
clock is would interest the boys, who
are delighted with everything that per
tains to ship. This room may ..be
termed Government depot, for here
are some two hundred ship chronome-
tiers. These are simply large-sized
watches, and are furnished to every
Government sea-going vessel. Here
they are kept several months to be reg
/ ulated, and their accuracy tested by
[ this clock. The officer in charge ex-
amines them daily at q certain hour,
and carefully rates the time kept by
each.
When Government vessel is order
ed TO sea, this officer takes them with
all possible care to the vessel, protect
ing them as far as possible from all
jars OF violent jolting.
When on his cruise, the Captain also
rates daily the time hept by the chro-
servation. He marksthe time between
the moon and some star by the quad
rant, which he verifes by his nautical
almanac. One was seen, at tie Obser-
vatory' that had been, absent three
years with an eastern squadron, and
had varied during the whole tinae but
few seconds Wide A,1oke.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-01-17
Dull Boys.


Don't be discouraged. Slow growth
is often sure growth. Some minds are
like Norwegian pines. They are slow
in growth, but they are striking their
roots deep. Some of the greatest men
have been dull boys. Dryden and
Swift were dull boys. So was Gold
smith. So was Gibbon. So was Sir
Walter Scott. Napoleon at school had
SO much difficulty in learning his Latin
that the master said it would need q
gimlet to get word into his head.
Douglas Jerrold was 50 backward in his
boyhood shat at nine he was scarcely
able to read. Isaac Barrow, one Of the
greatest divines the Church of England
has ever produced, was SO that his
father more than once said that if God
took away one Of his children he hoped
it would be Isaac, as he feared he
would never be fit for anything in this
world. Yet that boy was the genius of
the family.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-01-17

A MAN in Indianapolis, Ind, who
was formerly connected with the regu-
lar army, has pair of gloves made
from the tanned hide. Of an Indian
whom he killed in desperate hand.to-
hand encounter in tho Black Hills coun-
try. The leather hes fine grain and is
soft and pliable.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-01-17
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.
King Lonesome

King Lonesome.
BY LUCY LARCOM.
"Who is the white faced old man
Outside, at the window pane,
That muttered and sighed, as away he ran
Into the sleet and rain;
Crying to some one behind,
Calling to some one before,
One whom he cannot find,
One who will come no more 2"
That old man has sisters three;
One he has never seen;
On q throne of roses afar sits she,
And the whole world owns her que en-.
But out of her riches and power,
Nothing has she to spare
Not so much as flower
For the lonesome wanderer there.
One sister beside him delayed,
And tried his thin fingers to hold;
But the storm her garments shredded and frayed
And she sank, benumbed with the cold.
And ever he prays and cries,
And over her silence grieves;
Behind him, alas! she lies
Buried in golden leaves.
One happy young face before,
Looks back, between cloud and drift
With sudden smile, and is seen no more;
And the pilgrim follows, swift
AS flash of the moo l-day light;
With wall and reproach, and shout,
He follows, through day and night,
Till again the face peeps out.
This fairest sister of all
Will laugh in the old mans face
Will challenge him onward, with a merry call,
To measure with her race,
TILL weary and lame, he falls
Amid rose-buds and springing fern.
She flies with the wind he calls,
But never will she return.
For the pale-faced pilgrim without
Is Winter the lonesome king,
Calling back to Autumn with dreary shout,
And hurrying on toward Spring.
AS Summer rules over the flowers,
Over ice and snow reigns he.
Lo! there at the pane he glOWers,
And shakes his white scepter-see!
ST NichOIns
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-01-17
A Courageous Woman.

courage That Will VanQulSn TWO
thieves and compeD them to restore
their plumber is not often found IN so
low latitude as kitchen. A servant
in the employ of 1ar. Close of Pitts
burgh achieved this signal success re-
Gently. The family had gone out for
the day, and the servant found herself
face to face with a bcr1y rascal on tie
porch. She asked him what he wanted,
and he answered thai it was none CT
her business. She then ordered hin,
away, and he retCrted that he
wouldn't 80 until he wss, ready. The
girl became frightened1 and Shipping in
the hall door, closed it in the mans
face, lockea it, and put the key in her
pocket. She had been in the house
only minate or two when. she heard
noise up STAIRS, which she Thought was
ccel falling from CRATE. She ran up
staigs and found a thief runmaging
among the bureau drawers. She did
not cry out, but crept down the stair
case very sCfsly. Remembering that in
another room. there Was~a revolver be-
longing to MIR. Close, she went in and
got It, and then walked down into the
hall 30 await the coming of the thief.
The latter having heard her, came down
with his hands and pockets full of
jeweiry, and was astonished to find
himself confronted by the brave girl,
with the cooked revo]verfin her hands.
She ordered aim to drop. his plunder.
He refused, out the girl, trembling and
crying with excitement, yet evidently
determined, told him she would tell
him three tam es, and then if he didn't
obey her, she would certainly shoot
him. The aan again hesitatsd for q
few nomenas, but before. waiting to be
told she third time, capibulated and laid
down his plander. The girl then threw
him the door key and sndered him to
90, which he did without loss Of time,
his partner outside having already
evineed the better part of valor and
run away.
An Accomplished Bird.
4 menagerie was sold at auction in
San Francisco lately. A laughing
hyena brought SIS, and aA big elephant
1900. The auctioneer INSIDE great
hit with the parrot
"Now gents, here is one Of the finest
parrots on the American continent,
swears like a Barbary coast pirate,
knows the whole first, Testament, and
can sing the tral-la-loo. like Jenny Lind
how much 'mofered- five cents
guess you don't know whaty'r buyin'
gents-ten do hear it he talks bet
tern some of your. congressman two
bits 'mofered why gents he knows
Tennyson all by heart and'l outsweal
any man in the crowd just the thiag
for the children 'nsnly-two bits bid"
Here he stopped to take breath, and
looked reproachfully upon the crowd
The accomplished bird was finally
knocked down so, q preacher who came
in just in time to hear that the parrot
could sing all Of Watts hymns. The
old gentleman started out highly elatea
with his prize; but when the disneputa
BILE bird told him to pull down bis yes
and 60 to-not to heaven-he wen
back to the auctioneer and wanted te
swap for a camel or something tina
didn't talk.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-01-17
Training CaHarieS.

A gentleman residing at Phoenix vile,
says thu Reading Eagle, Of Queensland,
Australia, has several very fine canary
birds to which he has given much at
tentioa. One of the birds be has taught
to sing Home, Sweet Home" clearly
and listinetly. His mode of instruc.
ton ID as follows: Heplaced the canary
in room where it coald not hear the
singing OF other birds, and suspended
it's cage from the ceiling, so that the
bird could see it's rejection In mirror.
Beneath the glass he placed a musical
boz that was regulated to play no other
tune but ''Home, Sweet Home"
Hearing no sounds but this, and believ-
ing the music proceeded from the bird
he saw in the mirror, the young canary
soon began to catch the notes, anG
finally accomplished what its owner
had been laboring to attain, that OF
singing the song perfectly. This is an
experiment easily tried, and one we
should be glad to know the result OF
from some Of our own bird fancaers II
they make the experiment.
COLONEL DUpREsso1R, who command
ed the regiment of cuirasslers OF the
French Guards during the celebrated
attack at Rezonville in 1870 has just
died at Nancy. The regiment, which
numbered 40 officers and 6OQ men, lost
in the attack 28 officers and 415 men.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-01-17
unolA Sans Cloak

At the, Navy Observatory in Wash
ington stands the clock which regulates
the time for the whole country. 1t is,
not. beautiful, like many lovely French
clocks, that neaselessly tick upon. the
parlor mantel; in fact, it. is large and,
tall, with plain face, and body Of dark
wood, and without Ornamentation. Ia
is auoh like the old-fashioneds clock
that stoGd In our grandmothe n's- kiteh-
ems. Il. nowhere touches either the
floor or the walls of tbs building. but
is securely fastened to. q stone pier,
which rests upon solid stone foun-
aation, SO, that it may not, be affected
by any motion of che building or
ground. Rains may descend, foods
come, winds blow and, beat upon the
house, but the clock feels it not, Cor it
is built upon = rock.
the present time it gains at the nate of
.4S Of q second per day.
In order that people all over the
country may have uniform time, Sc
important for RAILROADS., steamboats,
and other public conveyances, at three
minutes before IL each day this clock
Is connected by means Of a galvanie
battery With the wires, Of the Western
Union Telegraph, which extend into
the room containing the clock. AL
| other messages, however important,
| must give way for these three minutes
and in every town and station from
Maine to California, where there is 8
telegraph operator, as the pendulum o.
the clock ticks, each second is recorded
by the telegraph, and at the very in
slant of IL two clicks are given.
At the same instant huge black
ball which is drawn up a few moments
before descends upon the dome of the
observatory, and hundreds all over the
city stand, watch in hand, tosee it drop
to keep, rs we say, "ball time." Thus,
when this drops, click in every large
| town in the land tells the hour of IL.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-01-17
A Thrilling Scene.

Says writer: 1t was at q military
review, held at Vienna, On the occasion
of the fftieth anniversary of the estab-
lishment Of the military Order Of Maria
Theresa.
Not far from thirty Thousand cavalry
were in line. A lisie chad--a girl-of
not more that four years, standing in
the 'front.' row of spectators, either from
fright OF some other cause, rushed out
into the open field just as squadron
Of hussazs came sweeping ABOUND from
the main body. They had made the
desour fog the purpose Of saluting the
empress, whose carriage was draws up
in shat part of the parade ground.
Down came the flying squadron, chang
ing at a mod gallop-down directly up
on tie child. The mother was para
lyzed, as were others, for there could
be no rescue from the line of spectators.
The empress uttered cry of horror, for
the child's obstruction seemed inevita-
ble-and such terrible destruction; the
tramping to death by thousand ircm
hoofs !,
! Directly under the feet of the horses
was the little one-arother instant
+1QuSG Sedl' lG6> UOOIu-WLO9F' q cSes1WS1A .
hussar, who WAS in the front line, with
out stacking, his speed op-loosening- his
hold, threw himself over by the side Of
his horses neck, seized and lifted
the child and placed Its in safety
upon his saddle-bow; and this he did
without changing his pace5 or breaking,
the correct alignment of the squadron.
Ten thousand voices hailed with rap
turous applause the gallant deeeI- and
other thousands applauded when, they
knew. Two women there were who
could only sob forth their gratitude In
broken aocents-the mosher and the.
empress.
And a proud and happy moment
must it have been for the huzzar, when.
his emperor, taking from his own
breast a richly e nameled CROSS Of the.
Order of Maria Theresa, hung it. upon
the breast Of his gallant trooper.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-21
THE INDIANS.
GEN. shermnu in Danu.-

CHICAGO, Aug. 20.-General Sheridan he
lieves that Joseph's band will attempt to strike
the head waters of the Tongue river. through
Yellowstone Park.
General Sherman is in Yellowstone Park
with only five men as escort, and much alarm
is felt for his safety.
The Neg Perces in Idaho-Baunocks and
shoshones Enlisting 10 Fight Them.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 2O-Hostile Nez Perces In
dams were reported yesterday as still canned
at Hole in the Rock stage station, Idaho. Tbey
eaAe destroyed the the telegraph line in the vi.
cinity and stopped all travel over the road for
several DAYS. A large party of teamsters are
are camped and fortifyiDg themselves short
distance from North Snake river bridge. 1t is
reported that the stock of the Indians is in
poor condition and they are stopping at Stage
station to recuperate using the propretofs
barns and grain.
Fort HALL AGENCY, Idaho, Aug. 2O-Capt
Banbridpe. with a company of scouts enlisted
from the Bannocks and Shoshones, left here
yesterday for the hostile camp at Hole in the
Rock station, about ninety miles north. Ac.
counts received Yesterday state that the hosties
had possession of the station and allowed no
one to pass either way. They cold those who
made the attempt to turn back and they woul
not be molested. Telegraph lines are down.
All the young Bannocks and Shoshones at this
agency who can raise gun have left this morn
ing to fight the hostiles.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-21
News and Other Items.

A land case involving the title of the state
Of Kansas to over 236. 600 acres of land, being
the aggregate of the grant to the state under
the act of 1861, admitting Kansas into the Ur-
ion. has been decided by the Interior Depart
ment in favor of the state of Kansas.
The spportionment of Vanderbilt's 800. 600
among his employees has been completed, and
the allotmsnt is as follows: Passenger con-
ductors $40, train baggage men $40, brakemen
SO, freight conductors SIS, engineers $50. fire
men $l5 fagmen So, switchmen SO, laborers
and watchmen 81, mechanics $I4, track fore
men Sill, all otherr SO each.
Frank Leslie, of the illustrated papers, has
sued William W. Weigley, son in-law of Col.
Forney of Philadelphia, first, for a debt of
$500, and second, for libel, damages S1o-
600.
Col. Nicholas Smith, who married Ida Gree.
ley, has been classifying Mr.. Bliss of Chap
paqua. N. Y, for refusing to make wa, for
Col. Nicholas's carriage on the street, and
Mr.. Bliss resorts to the courts for reparation.
e. I. Jones, champion English swimmer. is
very anxious to swim with any man in America
any distance of from 1000 yards to six miles for
$1,000 and the championship of the world. He
Will pay any mans expenses over to England
who accepts his challenge, or he will come
over here if his challenger should prefer TO
swim in American waters.
A Paris collector is said to have acquired at
cost OF $500 the handkerchief with which
Macmillan wiped his face for the last time
when he was shot at Qaeretare, June 10th
1867.
England does not receive any dividend on
her shares in the Suez Canal until 1896, but
they are selling very near what she gave for
them. During the first six months ST 1877. 81
ships passed through the canal, belonging to
the following nationalities: England e77.
Franco 80, Italy 30, Austria 20, Holland %
Germany %, Denmark IL.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-21

fortify the chief forts with all speed, so as to
have them finished by the end of October.
Similar orders have been given respecting the
preparation of men-of-war. Still nobody in
Athens believes in an immediate outbreak of
war.
Germany's representations to the Porte in
regard to the Turkish atrocities are based on
the Geneva convention, which, according to
the German view, not only binds beligerents to
observe its provisions towards each other, but
gives neutral consgnatories the right to insist
on a faithful observance. Germany's note will
be communicated to the powers.
The Egyptian brigade near Selma detains
Gen. Zimmerman in the Dobrudscha with
larger force than was intended and shows the
effect of holder counsels at Constantinople
The province OF Salonica and the coast dis,
trict from llimpia to the boundary of Adrian
ople has been declared in state of siege by
the Porte.
Arms continue to arrive in Bulgaria ar vel
unteers literally from the four corners of the
globe, but owing to the state of affairs In Bull
garia there will be no movement made at pres
ent,
The Porte is preparing wintersscothipg for
the troops and taking other measures in aLtici
patton of winter campaign.