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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-03-14
Etiquette for Widows.

1t is contrary to custom to invite
guests to the marriage of widow. If
widower marries q young girl, the
etiquette is the same as that Of first
marriage. A.widow must marry in the
morning early, without show, and has
only her witnesses and those of her in
tended. Her dress must be plain, Of
quiet color; black, however, is not ad-
INVISIBLE. On leaving church the bride
invites to breakfast the witnesses who
have formed the party, but no other
guests are invited to this repast. On
the fifteenth day after the marriage
cards are sent bearing the new address
of the married pair. A widow never
makes wedding calls after remarrying.
Those who receive the cards do the
visiting. There is a month allowed for
the return of cards and the visits.
When q single lady marries after hav-
ing passed the usual age for marriage,
the ceremony should besimple and I'M
obtrusive.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-03-14
Tow Land.

Wood carving is the chief occupa.
ton of many a mountain village both
in Tyrol and in Switzerland; but in NO
place has it been carried to create,
perfection or been entered into more
thoroughly by the inhabitants than at
st. Ulrich. One branch of it indeed,
the manufacture of wooden toys, par.
ticularly dolls, may be considered al.
most specially Of the district; for the
little town of St. Ulrich is the great
storehouse from which the chief TOW
traders of Europe, we might almost
say of the world, draw those rich and
inexhaustible supplies which brighten
SO many nurseries and gladden. the
hearts of so many little ones. The
art is said to have been introduced
into the valley about the beginning of
the last century, since which time it
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-03-14
New York Fashions.
HnnIHrG CE

Importations of spring silks will be
smaller than they have been for years.
The largest buyers have been exceed
ingly cautious in their purchases, on
account of the advance in the price of
raw silk, and because of the depressed
condition of the country. European
manufacturers are also com planning of
the hard times, and have not at
tempted to produce many novelties,
hence we have the discouraging mes
sage that there will be very few new de-
signs, and these will be marked at
higher prices than silks have been
selling the last three years.
CHECKS AND STRIPES.
Very small checks and very fine hair
hair stripes will be chosen for summer
silks. The first choice in these will be
designs that mingle the two shades
80 closely together that at short dis
lance they appear to be all one color.
Two shades of seal brown, two of dark
blue, and the contrasts of black with
white and gray, form the bulk of these
importations. These silks will be used
for princesse dresses to be worn in the
house, and for simple suits for morn
ing and afternoon in the street. The
trimming will be velvet or gros grain of
q solid color, laid in bias bands or in
pleatings, and edged with fringe, show
ing the two shades of the silk woven
with wide and intricate headings.
Grenadines are more largely import
ed in dark colors than they have been
for many seasons. Until last summer
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-03-14
Court Plaster.

From Harper'S Bazaar.
Nothing has ever quite equaled the
absurdity of patches. It is true that
nothing could better set off the color of
q lovely cheek Or the ivory of a snowy
brow than these same patches, and in
their day, wherever there was lovely
cheek or all ivory forehead to set off
the patch was used, and sometime
where there was not. Was there a
beautiful line of the eyelid, beautiful
curve of the nostril, the patch was ap-
piled just near enough to draw the on
lockers eye; was there sweet corner
to the mouth, the patch pointed it out;
q nesting dimple near, q patch lay
just beside it, It was a curious fashion
Perhaps some high and mighty dame
with an eruptive skin or an unsightly
mole Or mark first brought it into use,
but there were none of the splendid
beauties of the reigns of the Charlesses
in England, and of Louis XIV. and
XIV. In France, who did not know how
to use it to advantage in gliding refined
gold. Nor was it by any means orig
inal with these beauties; they had Dor
rowed it from the use of the dandies of
q yet earlier reign, the tops of Queen
Elizabeth's day, who honored it equally
with their love-locks. 1t was consider
ed then a necessary part of the &C
coutrements of q lover, and not for a
hundred years later do we hear of its
use by the opposite party. Nor was
this patch little thing calculated to es-
cape observation. a bit of black taffe-
ia, gummed, or of gold beater's
skin and suitably prepared, it
was singularly fantastic and prom
inent. Sometimes it was square,
sometimes O. lozenge; again it would be
a star; crescent marking the blue
vein on the temple, or the soft shad-
ows beneath the eye; and a very fa-
vorite and striking patch indeed was a
tiny coach and four, whip driver, cour-
Ter and position, over the eyebrow.
One would hardly imagine that the
charm or beauty could be enhanced by
such al obvious absurdity. But what
everybody does ceases to be absurd;
and as people in that day were not at
all acquainted with the Feejians and
their neighbors, it could not, of course,
have occurred to them that fine lady's
face presented but counterpart to the
full-dress tattoo of a Polynesian-so
near, In such respect, at least, was the
greatest height of civilization reached
200 years ago to the lowest depth of
barbarism now, Belle and beaux of
that day, with their minuet dancing
and their frequently fine culture, were
not, in the matter of this part of their
toilet, superior to the forecastle hand,
whose breast and arms are TO-DAY
pricled all over with hearts and darts,
and hiack-eyed Susans, in SO far as
their decorations we're movable, and
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-03-14

the forecastle hands are fixed. The
patch, however, was allowed no more
quiet existence than in our own day
the steel-spring hoop has enjoyed. The
wits of the day spent their epigrams
upon it; the satirists loaded it with
sneers; the exhorters inveighed against
black-spotted faces, and abhorred the
patch as one of the devices of the scar
let lady; and there were so many rep.
resentatives of the scarlet lady at the
courts who INDUCED in it that the re-
proach was hardly to be wondered at.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-03-14
kito Flying in Japan.


Of all the sports at which the bows
in Japan amuse themselves, kite-hyina
seems to afford the most fun and the
most enjoyment. Japanese kites are
not plain cohn-shaped bits of tissue
paper, such as American boys fly.
They are made Of tough paper stretched
on light frames of bamboo, and of all
shapes,-sauare, oblong, or oval. They
are also made to initiate animals.
have often seen in my walks in Japan
a whole paper menagerie in the air.
There were crying babies, boys with
arms spread out, horses, fishes, bats,
hawks, crows, monkeys, snakes,
dragons, besides ships, carts and houses.
Across and behind the top of the kite,
thin strip of wnale-bone is stretched,
which huns, buzzes, or sings high in
air like hurdy-gurdy or q swarm of
beetles. When the boys of whole
city are out in kite time, there is more
music in the air than is delightful.
The hawks and crows, and other birds,
give these real cOunterfeits of them
selves wide berth. In nay walks,
often was deceived when looking up,
unable to tell at first whether the NOV
ing black spot in the air was paper, or
a real, living creature, with beak, claws,
and feathers.
The Japanese boys understand we'll
how to send messengers to the top
of the kite, and how to entangle each
others kites. When they wish to, they
can cut their rivals string and send the
proud prize futtering to the ground.
TO do this, they take about ten feet of
the string near the end, dip it in glue
and then into bits of powdered glass,
making multitude of tiny blades as
sharp as a razor, and looking, when
magnifed, like the top of wall in
which broken bottles have been set to
keep off climbers. When two parties
of boys agree to have paper war near
the clouds, they raise their kites and
then attempt to cross the strings. The
most skillful boy saws off, with his
glass saw, the cord of his ntagonist.
The usual size of kite in Japan is
two feet square, but often four feet; and
[ have seen many that were six feet
high. Of course, such kite needs
very heavy cord, which is carried in
basket or on a big stick. They require
a man, or very strong boy, to raise
them; and woe betide the small urchin
who attempts to hold one in g. stiff
breeze The humming monster in the
air will drag him off his feet, pull him
over the street, or into the ditch, be-
fore he knows it. Tie such kite to a
dogs tail, and no Japanese canine
could even turn round to bite the
string. If the government allowed it,
boys and young men would make kites
as large as an elephant. st. Nicholas
for March.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-03-14
Lovers Wooings,

Probably there is no instance" said
Sir Arthur Helps, in which any two
lovers have made love exactly in the
same way as any two other lovers,
since the world began" True! Barkis
insinuated. Vivian charmed Merlin.
Alexander made bonfire for That's.
Bassanio soft soldered Portia with a
leaden casket. The garrulous female
in the Arabian Nights told her husband
stories. In the Polynesian Islands they
win their hearts by beating their heads
with q shillalah. Harry the Eighth,
and Blue-beard were off with the heads
of the old lovers before they were on
with the new. Newton poked down
the tobacco in his pipe with his sweet
hearts fnger-a warm token of affec-
ton. Boutwell, was inclined to Mary,
and locked her up in his castle. Cor.
belts wife caught him by the grace
with which she used her tub-she
was never known to use it after the
wedding. Sam Romily, the famous
lawyer, killed himself because his wife
died, while a good many others kill
themselves because they will not die.
NlCuol1o VI ISuSSIa Waubeu W pop DIT
dinner-table but didn't like to be
caught at it, imbedded ring in lump
of bread, and handed it to her. Charlie
magne's secretary was caught by a
snowstorm "sparking" the emperor
daugher at midnight, and she carried
him home on the back, so that his foot
steps shouldn't be traced. The emperor
heard of it, and saddled him on her for
the balance of her life.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-03-14
The NeStOr of Russia.

It is told that on New Years day,
when all the important personages at
st. Petersburg went to pay their
respects to the Imperial family, Gort-
schakof was taken up in the elevator
to the Emperor's rooms. AS he came
out of the elevator he met host of
other dignitaries who had come up by
the stairs. "Lucky dogs you are" he
said, "to be SO young and strong"
But Prince" said one of the courti-
ers, "you look as fresh as q young
man." cold and feeble" answered
Gortschakoff. zone would almost i'm
agine Nestor before him when looking
at you," said second courtier. "Ah,
but a Nestor whom every one expects
to have the force Of Achilles |" added
the old Prime Minister bitterly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-03-14
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.
Poor Katy Delay.
nv NADIA VIZ IONIC

With cheeks like pink roses abloom in May,
And eyes like the stars, SO sparkling were they
With breath like sweet clover, or new mowr
hay,
Ali pretty and sweet was Katy Delay.
And good and wise we should find her this day
Had it not been for a very bad way
She had, whenever her mother would say,
"Come, Katy, and learn" Of crying "i'Il sta,
Just five minutes more!" or Dear mother. pray
Wait till to-morrow,-I want so to playl"
Now she is old and wrinkled and gray,
And knows no more than they do at Cathay-
Foolish and old, and never ray
OfcOm fort for her who once was so CAV.
And all because she would have her own wav
Somehow or other, tits always to-day;
She never has found, I'll venture to saw
Any tomorrow. Poor Katy Delay!
ST. Nicholas
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-03-14
WEDNESDAY,, MARCH IA, 1877.
WOMAN'S COLUMN.

Loves Voyage.
BY c. P. CRANCH.
As once sat upon the shore,
There came to me fairy boat
A bark never saw before,
Whose coming had failed to note,
So wrapped was in books whose rules learned
by rote.
The stern was fashioned like heart,
The curving sides like Cupids bow,
And from the mast straight as q dart,
And winged above and barbed below,
A pennon like an airy stream of blood did flow.
Upon the PROV, on either side,
Was carved snowy Paphian dove
Between, reflected in the tide,
An arching swans neck rose above
To deck, o'efspread with broidered tapestries of
Love.
Against the mast the idle sail
Flapped like lace-edged valentine;
1t seemed canvas all too frail,
Should winds arouse the sleeping brine.
"Behold,"I said ga toy for sport in weather
fine"
And so stepped in idle mood,
Aboard the bark-When suddenly
breeze sprang up, and while stood
Uncertain thinking was free
To make retreat the vessel bore me out to sea-
Silent and swift away from land
1t cut the waves No pilot steered,
No voice of captain gave command;
Yet to and fro it tackled and veered.
ALI day it flew. Ateve q distant land appeared.
An island In the restless seas,
With rosy cliffs, aud gold and green
Of dappled fields, and tropic trees
With trailing vines and flowers between
Across the purple waves through amber skies
was seen.
And music floating from afar
heard, of voice and instrument
As the sun sank, and star by star
Throbbed in the living armament;
And all kind Fates seemed pledged to cheer
me as / went.
Till in deep and shadowy bay
The little argosy, self-furled,
Self-anchored in the silence lay,
And landed me upon world
BY other stars and moons endiamonded, i'm
pearled.
A region to my students hooks
Unknown, where first learned to see
That love is never conned from books,
Nor passion taught by fantasy,
But in the living, loving heart alone can lie.
For on that shore maiden stood,
Who smiled with coy and bashful glance;
And when pressed her hand and woOed,
Turned not her truthful eyes askance,
And proved my voyage was no idle sport of
chance.
All, from this island if veer
Into the seas of worldly strife,
Give me the boat that brought me here,
Where now the tried and faithful wife
Year after year renews the lovers lease of life!
-HdrpeT's Magazine.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-03-14

impOrtations were almost entirely con-
fined to black; but last year the cobred
grenadines came into favor, and will be
very generally worn next season in
dark blue, brown, myrtle green, and
gray. The open square-mesh grena-
dimes known as Mexicane patterns will
no longer be the most fashionable
choice. In their place are armures.
The demask figures must be very small
to be stylish, and are best liked in leaf
and arabesque patterns. Many are
shown with open lace-like meshes out
lining palm leaves or arabesques
There are also various striped grena
dimes, some with wide satin stripes al
ternating with damask stripes, and
others with many hair stripes of velvet
forming broad stripe between brocad-
ed stripes.
Novelties are shown in the light
gauzes for evening dresses. Among
these are plush stripes half an inch
wide, with armure stripes between
These are cream, tilleul, pale blue and
canary color. Very rich brocaded de.
signs between velvet stripes are shown
in these light-colored gauzes. Lilac
mauve, lavender, and other kindred
hues are revived, and the clear sea.
foam green without the yellow of TIL
| leul is also shown. The Persian and
India gauzes are of gay rich colors, and
will be liked when toned down by solid
colored gros grains, and there are many
elaborate designs call Renaissance bro.
cades. These gauzes and grenadines
will serve as scarf draperies over prin.
cesse dresses that are partly of silk and
partly of the thin material.
SPRING MILLINERY.
The milliners are also anticipating
very few novelties this season. Chip
bonnets of ecru shades will continue in
vogue, but a great number of fancy
straws will also be imported. There
will be bonnets partly of chip and part
ly of lace straws with brims of one and
crowns of the other. The capote shape,
it is predicted, will prevail. The fronts
of all bonnets will be close against the
face, but there will be some variations
in the crowns. Trimmings will be ted
closely around the crown, and folbw
its outlines, instead of being massed in
bows and loops. A great many flowers
viii be used, especially in wreaths and
half gallands. Tilleul green appears
in foliage of every plant. Wreaths Of
rose leaves of shaded green will be
used for spring hats for young ladies.
Silk crowns will match the costume n
color, and the front will be of satin
finished straw or fancy braids. White
lace will be used in combination with
silks and gauzes for midsummer bon
nets. Many shades of yellow deeper
than those worn last summer promise
to be popular. -Hnper's Basar.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-03-14
A Sermon to Girls on Cooking
Prom fhA C,1rIoxr O,I1z1


Cooking classes have been popular
among fashionable young ladies Of
late years. But there is no cooking
class which quite equals in it's oppor-
tunity for excellent information that
which you find at home. Presuming
that am talking to girl that has Just
left school, [ advise you to make use
of your leisure in taking lessons of
your mother. There is an absolutely
splendid feeling of independence in
knowing how to make perfectly light,
sweet, substantial bread. Then trv
your hand at biscuits, mullins, corn
bread, toast, and all the different forms
into which breadstuffs may be blended.
Toast seems simple thing enough,
but it is frequently so i'll made that it
does not deserve the name. Cruel, a
necessity Of the sick room, is often q
hopeless mystery to women, who
haven't the vaguest idea of how it Is
evolved from the raw material. After
mastering the bread question, try
meats and vegetables. Any bright
girl who can comprehend an equation
or formulate q syllogism can overcome
the difficulties which beset her when
learning to cook. Lucent syrups,
golden cake, delicately drowned bread,
quiveripg jellies, melting creams, and
the whole set of material things glori-
fed, because made for loves sake, and
for the good of ones dear one, are fit
expressions for any woman. The
charm of this accomplishment lies in
the fact that it i'm parts to its owner
gratifying sense of power; it bestows
on her, too, the power of blessing and
resting those she loves best. Wherever
the cook goes, she takes her welcome
along. One may tire Of the sweetest
singing, of the loveliest poetry, of the
finest painting, and the most witty con-
versation, but of good cooking, never.
Yet I will be sorry to have you con-
tented to be only cook, only do
nestle machine. That is not my in
tention. Be artist, poet, inventor, and
well-bred woman; be the most and best
that you can, and add, as matter of
course, ability to keep house, and to
do all that good housekeeping includes.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-03-14
What Becomes of the Sheep-Sk1ns.

Few persons have any idea of the in
dustrial value of sheep-skin. The
manufactures for which sheep-skins
furnish the raw material are both
numerous and important. In the city
of New York alone, the sale of manu-
featured sheep-skins amount to more
than $5,0OO,000 yearly. Asingle manu-
facturer turns out $4,000 dressed skins
weekly. Most of the skins are imported,
as American skins are too small and
light to be split. The best skins comes
from Calcutta, which is a curious fact,
when we consider that q hot country
is unsuitable for sheep. These large
skins are split into two portions, the
wool side being called "skivers and
the flesh side "fesher." The whole
skins are called "roans." The "roans
are tanned to initiate morocco, and are
used as a substitute for the real article,
which is prepared from goat-skins A
large quantity of sheep-skin is used by
boot and shoe makers for toppings, lin
ings and trimmings. Leather from
" skivers" is used largely for binding
books, instead of morocco, and that
from feshers" is used for binding &C.
count books, beings stronger than
" skivers." Trunk makers, saddle,
pocket book makers, matters, gloves,
makers of musical instruments, and
furniture makers use q large quantity
of sleeps leather. ,'Chamois skins
are made almost entirely from "flesh-
ers" as is also most of the buck-skin
that is used for various purposes.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-03-14

THOUGH everybody else suffered, the
brewers about New York had an unu-
sually prosperous year last year; 158
firms have some $1O,00O,00O invested
in the business, and nearly $751; 900
barrels of beer and ale were made and
sold, from which the government re-
ceived a revenue of about $2,835, 600.
Their prosperity is due to the large de-
cline in the price of hops, last May,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-03-14

LONDON, last year dispensed $50, 0O0,-
600 in charity.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-04-19
SHERIFF. SALE.
urIah Thomas VS.. George Shepherd Ct Al.

UIIaII AIUllIl0 7D UVOI50 JIIOP PII0IU O1 lII'
BY virtue of an order to sell, issued from the
court of common pleas of Stark county, Ohio and
to me directed, will offer for sale at public out
cry, at the door Of the court house in the city Of
Canton nm
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-04-19
CLOTHING.
READ WHAT
Samuel Alexander
Has to Say!

Another opportunity
to get rid of Your Sur
plus Money, and I am
not particular whether
it is gold, Silver or
Greenbacks, / am after
itall the same, for Ihave
effected arrangements
whereby I can use an
Immense Amount of
Good, Legal Money, and
will offer good induce
ments to all in the
shape of Good, Reliable,
First-class Goods, for
less Cash than any
house in the county. /
have made prepara-
tiOns for a large spring
trade, and / don't pro-
pose to be disappOint-
ed. / have studied your
wants carefully, and
made it a point to Sc
lect just such goods as
I know you need, and
at such prices that you
can't refuse to buy, I
respectfully ask you
not to spend one cent Of
your money until you
see my goods and know
the prices I am selling
them for. All are in
vited, ,forwe have goods
enough to go around
two or three times, Be
sure and see me early.
SAML ALEXANDER,
Star Clothing House,
cassidy Block.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-04-19
SHERIFF SALE.

Levi L. Lambom vs. cornelia Green ct al
By virtue of an order TO sell issued from the
court OF common pleas Of Stark county, Ohio, and
to me directed win offer for sale at public out
cry at the door OF the court house. In the city Of
Canton. on
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-04-19

her face and mouth to prevent sufIoca'
ton. Her face at the fourth floor win
dow was recognized by some Of the hor-
rifled by-standers. The moments were
hours to those in peril, and Miss McClel-
Ian was heard distinctly to cry out, with
sickening despair, II cannot wait, | am
dying" Before the ladders could be adj
jIsted she sprang out and fell with an
awful thud upon the roof forty feet be-
low. A score of brave fellows on the
roof rushed to her assistance, and she
was picked up q senseless mass. Her
face was terribly crushed, and her injur-
les internally cinnot be estimated. The
house is kept strictly quiet, the shutters
drawn close, and a notice on the front
door reads thus "By order of the doc
tor, under no circumstances can any one
be admitted"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-04-19
Salurdav. Me 12h dav Of Man 1877,

the following described real estate situate in said
county, to.wit Lot number four [4l in Simon
Johnson's addition 10 Alliance, Ohio.
Appraised at 81, 900 %. or
Sale 70 commence az one O'Clock p. m, Terms
Spf1Q-e, PRAUCH, Sheriff.