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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-02-13
Modified L0W-Neck Dresses---A Return
to an Old FashiOn----A Frenci, WO-
mans Observations.
New York Evening Posi-

We have to chronicle very marked
return to the regular old-fashioned low
neck, which bids tair to hold it's place
after giving way SO long to high necks
Or square necks for dress occasions.
They may be modified by fchus of tulle
when too trying, but few words said
by clever French woman may help to
solve the doubt often felt by woman
as to whether she shall follow the die
| tates Of fashion, or choose for herself
what is most becoming and desirable.
This French woman has much to say
about the clinging style of dress now
worn, and the disadvantage Of every
ones following the same strict fashion.
She would have every woman study
her own style, and then follow out some
particular idea which shall always have
in view her own advantage or disad-
vantageS, SO as to show them off or to
hide them, as the case may be; and
she adds that the art of wearing low
neck dress is understood by very few
women, as tact alone will set woman
tight in that respect, irrespective of her
dressmaker, the fashion, and her own
innermost wishes. She gives one o:
wv W NC hCpo III III ~ 'llCoC
who have no rules set down. High
shoulders, she says: and slightly round
ing back, together with flat chest exact
waist cut lower in front than at the
back, while this rule may be reversed
little for an opposite build. Thin and
high shoulders should never be seen
otherwise than covered by square
neck; while well rounded shoulders are
never so beautiful framed as in the oval
of low-neck waist. In wearing orna-
ments around the throat, the full and
well-shaped throat is best left entirely
uncovered, while thin neck will re-
quire rows of pearls or stones in set
tings, or pendant necklace; and a
long slender throat is much enhanced
by velvet, or a ribbon with single
clasp, or jewel in front. In the mat
ter Of sleeves, also, if the arm is short
and fat the sleeve should be replaced by
slight frill of lace; if it is long and
thin a short full sleeve, made like apuff,
or a long sleeve is best; but if the arm
is well proportional it needs no adorn-
ment and it is best uncovered, as moth
ing is more rare, and, when found, more
beautiful, than perfectly rounded arm.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-02-13
4 CRAZY WOMAN'S FREAK.
Trying to Make a Little C0l0red Girl
White by Using a Scrubblng Brush
and Strong Lye on the Child's Naked
Battle Creek, Mich. Special.

Battle Creek, Mich. Special.
An insane woman of this city, named
Mrs Elihu Warmer, was recently seized
with curious freak: and subjected q
young colored girl to cruel and almost
brutal treatment. the facts of which
have just been made public. The girl
belongs to a somewhat notorious family
Of negroes in destitute circumstances.
and one day while out begging called at
! the house of the insane woman, who
was at home alone, for something to
eat. The woman was cooking at the
time and said she had nothing then to
give the little girl, but promised to bake
her pie if she would wait awhile. Not
knowing whom she was talking with,
this was an inducement for her to re-
main. The lunatic did not fancy the
girls color, and told her that she had a
process for making black folks white {;
also kindly offering to give her the ben
eft of the same if she would call again
The next morning, being anxious to
undergo such a marvellous TRANSFORMED
ton, and believing all That was said to
her, the innocent negro put in an APP
pearance. She was asked to take off
all of her clothing, and, after being
placed upon the floor, face downward,
the lunatic took scrubbing- brush and
covered her naked body with strong I've
from head to foot, which produced ter
rible pain, but resulted effectually in
eating off the black skin and making a
slight alteration in the poor darlley s
color. Her screams and cries of dis
tress aroused tho neiohbOrS who soon
came to her assistance and took charge
of the lunatic. The unfortunate vic
tim has been in suffering condition
since her inhuman treatmen but is now
slowly recovering.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-02-13
The Earliest Suggestion of the Loco.
motive.

AS early as 1859, DR.. Robinson, who
was at the time a graduate Of the Uni
versity of Glasgow, and an applicant
for an assistant professorship there, and
who had made the acquaintance of the
instrUment-maker, James Watt, when
visiting the workshop, called the tten-
ton of the latter, who was probably than
more ignorant of the principles of the
steam-engine than was the young stu
dent, to the possibility of constructing
a carriage to be driven by steamer
CINE, thus, perhaps, setting in opera
ton that train of thoughtful expert
ment which finally earned for Watt his
splendid fame.
Watt, at a very early period, pro-
posed 10 apply his engine to locomo-
ton, and contemplated using either a
non-condensingi engine or an air-sur-
face condenser. He actually included
the locomotive engine in his patent of
1854, and his assistant, Murdoch in the
same year, made working-model loco
motive which was capable Of running
at a rapid rate.
This model, now deposited in the
patent museum at South Kensington,
London, had flue-boiler and "grass-
hopper engine. It's steam-cylinder was
three-quarters of an inch in diane
ter, and had two inches stroke of pis-
ton. The driving wheels were nine and
a half inches in diameter. It is re-
ported to have run six to eight miles
an hour, It's little driving wheels making
from two hundred to two hundred and
seventy-fve revolutions per minute
Popular Science Monthly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-02-13
A GIGANTIC whale was captured

A GIGANTIC whale was captured i
February last in the Gulf of laramie
Italy, and Professor Capellini, an expel
who has been at work upon the subjec
ever since, has just published a repo.
in which he declares that it is ola specie
hitherto unknown to silence This III
looked-for discovery Of a new variet
of huge marine animals is regarded {
a strong argument III favor ofthe exis
ence of the monsters popularity calk
"sea serpents," and the opinion
gaining ground in Italy that the MOI
ster recently seen by the royal yacl
Osborne was some creature usual
living at the bottom of the sea, b,
disturbed by violent submarine volcani
outbreakes.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-02-13

THE peach crop on the Delaware
ninsula last year is estimated to h;
amounted to 3,S92,00O baskets of fri
of which 2,124, 1O2 were shipped
market by rail The water transpol
ton lines carried away 948,5l bask
to market. and enough fruit was cam
and dried (319, 675) baskets to make
total amount utilized and marke,
3,392.OOO baskets. 1t is estimated ii
100000 more were lost from the tire
by the storm in September. The He
E,eni1ag, of Wilmington, estimates th
the quantity of fruit utilized has nett
the raisers at least fifty cents per bs
ket, thus giving to the peninsula 81 20
600 for It's years surplus. This
thought to have been the largest amou
ever realized for crop between Il
two bays.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-02-13
A Boy.

One of the best things in the world
be is boy,
Boys have always been so plenty til
they are not half appreciated.
A boy is willing to do any amount
work if it is called play.
The feeling of a boy toward pumpkl
pie has never been. properly &C
sidered.
A boy furnishes half the entertai
tainment and takes two-thirds of t
scolding of the family circle.
It is impossible to say at what age
boy becomes conscious that his trous
legs are too short, and is anxious abe
the part Of his hair.
In fact, boy is a hard subject to
9 moral from.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-02-13
Clearing Hives of Moths.

It is very likely that the meth worm
is, as has been SO often stated, the worst
enemy the honey bee has-if we except
ignorant bee-keepers; but if such is the
case, we can consider ourselves very
fortunate, for the moth is almost no
enemy at all, to one who is well posted
and up with the times. When you
hear person complaining that the
moth worm kills his bees you can set
him down at once as knowing very little
about bees; and if a hive IS offered you
that has an attachment or trap to catch
or kill moths, you can set the vender
down as a vagabond and swindler.
When colony gets weakened 50
much that it cannot cover and protect
it's combs, robbers and moth-worms help
themselves as a natural consequence,
bit either rarely do any harm if there
are plenty of bees, and q clean tight
hive. If hive is so made that there
are crevices which will admit worm,
and not allow bee to go after him, it
may make some trouble in almost any
colony; and [ cannot remember that |
ever saw q patented moth proof hive
that was not much worse in this respect
than a plain simple box hive. A plain
simple box is in fact all we want for a
hive; but as we must have the combs
removable, we must have frames to
hold them; and if these frames are
made so that bees can get all around
and about them, we have done all we
can to make moth proof hive.
Of course colonies will at times get
weakened; and with the best of care,
with the common bees especially worms
will sometimes be found in the combs.
Now if you have a hive | shall recon-
mend, you can very quickly take out
the combs, and with the point of your
knife remove every web and worm,
scrape off the debris, and assist the bees
very much. If there is an accumula-
ton of filth on the bottom board, lift
out all the combs, and brush it all off,
and be sure you crush all the worms in
this filth for they will crawl right back
into the hive, if carelessly thrown on
the ground. -Eachange.
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-02-13

them soon went into it, the old male re-
manning near the entrance on guard.
The group is especially interesting to
naturalists from the fact that these are
the first ever brought to Europe.-Lon-
don Times.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-02-13
Shakespeare and the Bible.

Read the following curious parallels
between Shakespeare and the Bible, it
will be found interesting:
Bible-"But though | be rude IN
speech. - Cor. XII 6.
Otbello-"Rude am / in speech"
Bible-"COnsume thine eyes and to
griexe thine heart Samuel ii. 50.
Masbeth-" Show his eyes and grieve
his heart"
Bible-"Thou hast brought me into
the dust of death. Psalms
Macbeth-"Lighted fools the way to
dusty DEATH
Bible-"Look not upon me, because
am black, because the sun hath
looked upon me, "-Solomon'sSong, i. 6,
Merchant of Fenice-"M Mistake me
not for my complexion; the shadowy
livery of the burning sum-"
Bible-:I smote him; | caught him
by the beard, and smote him, and slew
him. Samuel xvii. 50. SIS
Othello-'I took him by the throat.
the uncircumcized dog, and smote
him"
Bible-''Opened Job his mouth and
cursed his day; let it not be joined
unto the days Of the year, let it not
come unto the number of the months. y
Job iii. l. g.
Macbeth-"May this aceursed hour,
stand, aye, accursed in the calendar. "
Bible-''What is man that thou art
mindful of him? For thou hast made
him litele lower than the angels, thou
hast crowned him with glory and honor.
Thou madest him to have dominion
over the works Of thy hands. Psalms
viii. f. 5. 6. nag
Hamlet -"What piece of work is
man! How noble in reason, how
infinite in faculties In form and
moving how express and admir-
able. In action, how like an angel!
In apprehension, how like God! The
beauty of the world, the paragon of
animals 49,. tI
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-02-13

the state detectives who took to the
road and lived with them as Migrants
for month, by orders from headouar-
tiers. These spies took particular pains
to find out whether the tramps they met
were such from choice or necessity, and
of all with whom they conversed they
found but two who did not scout the
idea of work upon any terms; and of the
real willingness of these two to work
they express oubts.-Sprinaield Union.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-02-13

CoNsoLATIos.-I,a eb7iate. g." Now, look
here, what / shay is what's the use O.
riches? 'Spose mans Roth--you
know-a Rothschild's bank, Ell? Well,
what's the good of it? He can't get
more drunk than he can now, can he?"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-02-13
LET BYGONES BE BTGONES.

Let bygones be bygones; if bygoneS were clouGed
BY aught that occasioned pang OF regret,
Oh. let them in darkest oblivion be Shrouded; &
'Tis wise end tbs kind to forgive and forget
lei bygones DC bygones. aud good be extracted
From i'll over which it is tellv to fret:
-he wisest of mortals have tooishly acted
The kindest are those who forgive and forget.
Let bygones be bygones Oh, cherish no longer
The thought that the sun of affection mas set:
Eclinsed for moment, its rays VIII be stronger,
ff YOU, like Christian forgive aud forget.
Let bygones be bygones; your heart Will be lighter
8 When kindness of yours with reception has met;
FThe flame of YOUR love will be purer and brighter
q. If Godlike, YOU strive to forgive and forget.
LET bvcones be bygones OH purge ont the leaycn
H. OF malice and try an example to set
ITO Others who craving the mercy OF heaven,
Are sadly too slow to forgive and forget
let bygones be bygones: remember how deeply
= To heavens forbearance we all are in debt
They value GODS infinite goodness too cheaply
To heed not the prompt : Forgive and forget
chambers Journal
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-02-13

THE prevailing manners of an age
depend, more than we are aware of, or
are willing to allow, on the conduct of
the women; this is one of the principal
things on which the great machine of
human society turns. Those who al
low the influence which female graces
have in contributing to polish the
manners Of men would do well to re-
fleet how great an influence female
morals must have on their conduct
Blair
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-02-13
Business MaXimS.

The sleeping fox catches no poultry.
Caution is the father Of security.
Great bargains have ruined many.
5 Be silent when a fool talks. r. .u
Give foolish talker rope enough,
and he will hang himself.
Never speak boastingly of your bust
hess. ~
1t is hard for the hungry man to wait
when he smells the roast meat.
An hour Of triumph comes at last to
those who watch and wait
Word by word Websters big diction-
airy was made.
Speak we'll of your friends-of your
enemies say nothing.
Never take back q discharged ser
want
Ii you post your servants upon your
affairs they will one day rend you.
No man can be successful who neglects
his business,
Do not waste time in useless regrets
over losses.
systematic your business, and keep
an eye on little expenses. Small leaks
sink great ships.
Do your business promptly, and bore
not a business man with long visits.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-02-13
What he Lost.

The fun Of helping people before you
know what ais them is commonly all
on their side. In this case it would
seem to have been scattered round
A great clown Of a countryman step
ped aboard of Broadway, New York,
car, recently, with his pockets stuffed
with chestnuts, which he Immediately
began to MUNICH upon taking his seat.
His enormous size and awkward bear
ing at once made him the 'observed OF
all observers" but it was not until he
had changed his place about twenty
times, and looked all over the floor OF
the car, that the interest in him became
general. He had paid his fare, and the
passengers thought that in so doing he
might have lost some of his money
They were good-natured, as New York
ers generally are to strangers; they
turned up the mating, and ransacked
the car from end to end, but not,even q
penny could they find. Finally it oc
CURED to one Of the passengers to ask
the countryman what he had lost.
RAISING his tall form to its natura
height, and looking at his interlocutol
with stare of wonderment that would
produce promonitory symptom of de-
lirium in a man who mad been indulg
ing heavily over night, he CALCULATED, in
a tone of voice that rather indicated 8
hear-break:
l lost chestnut =
The interest in the search suddenly
subsidized.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-02-13

Mr.. VIM, AsToR, of New York, will
marry Philadelphia lady in the spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-02-18
The Business Outlook.

So many reported indications of a business
revival have proved fallaciOuS that the public
do not now build much faith upon them. Ac-
cording, however to the New York CORE
spondent of the Philadelphia Ledger, who has
acquired some reputation as a cOOl-headed
observer, there is growing hOpefunesS i'm New
York business circles based on reasons which
he sets forth. For one thing the apprehended
evil effects of the silver bill have been, to a
certain extent, discounted" Its passage
VIII at least end the suspense so haraSSing to
business men. Then, again, the accounts from
the west show an improved feeling. The
farmers are sending their produce forward
freely, as shown by the enormous traffic of the
leading railroads. The results of this are
easier collections and a prompter settlement
OF eastern Indebtedness. Next, it is believed
that the end has about been reached of the
business embarraSsmsntS," which have Oc-
cupied the bankrupt courts since the COM
mencement of the year. Money is abundant
and capitalists are eager to lend wherever or
whenever they can find a safe investment
The low prices of building materials and the
cheapnesS of labor will, i'm the opinion of real
estate men, be likely to give fresh start to
building enterprises in the spring; and, in
TACT, many heavy contracts have already been
signed. Foreclosure sales are about at an
end. and the real estate market is thus re-
lleyed from one OF its most serious discourage
mentS. As regards the question of war or
peace in Europe, the sunny view is taken that
either result will inure to the benefit of this
country. If it is war, there will be a great
market for our breadstuffS, and if it is peace,
there will be better market Tor our cotton.
So mote it be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-02-18
War or No.

The news from Europe Is somewhat more
pacific, and il is evident for instance, that the
war fever in England is by no means so fierce
as 1t was last week. The Gladstone anti-war
party is making new effort to recover its
ground, and apparently the government is by
no means inclined to precipitate a contest sim
gle handed with Russia, For enc thing. Eng
land is not all prepared for war. Her navy, to
be sure, is formidable aud thoroughly equip
ped, but in modern warfare the best iron cladS
do not count for much. The powerful navy Of
Turkey, from which so much was expected on
the outbreak of this war. has been mainly en-
plOyed in keeping out of the way of Russian
tOrpedOeS. The British navy would, of course
give a splendid account of itself in dealing
with foe on its own element. but it could not
effect much against nOn-naval power like
Russia. On the other hand, Russia has a
large army of hardened veterans, to whom
England has nothing equivalent to oppose.
England has immense wealth and resources
with which to hire soldiers and equip them,
but to construct an army in this way requires
time. IL current reports are true, the present
military force of England is almost an army of
straw. The London World describes it as
follows:
The persistence in asking for the supple
mentary vote is not so much because Lord
BeacOGSfield wills ii so, as by reason of repre-
sensations from the Marshal COmmanding-in-
Chief, who is under the apprehension that, il
something is not done, in a few months there
will not be full grown man in the home ser
vice Ofthe British army. That this apprehension
is not wholly grOundlesS will be admitted by
any one who witnessed the embarkatiOn of the
twenty fourth the other day at Southampton.
1t IS not on my own responsibility that ven
ture on the comment, but on the testimony of
experienced and discerning members of the
Army Medical Department, that more mis-
cradle, limp, half grown, stumbling batch of
raw boys never left England inside her males
tvs uniform, even in the worst crisis of the
Crimean war. Ii is the fashion to say that the
war feeling has some strength throughout the
country. Ii might be supposed to flourish at
AlderShOt in its keeneSt intensity, but this is
not so. At AldershOt the idea of England
going TO war eXciteS nothing but cOntemptuOuS
riSicule. walk round the camp accounts for
this curious state of things: one easily dis
covers why British officers are not eager for
the fray. One regiment whose total strength
Is about 100, has 400 recruits, and of these it is
believed that about half have frauduently
enlisted. L have seen return of the ages and
length of service of the men composing the
battalion of the nineteenth. sent out last sum-
mer TO strengthen the Malta garrison. Four
hundred men had under one years service,
and about the same number We're under twenty
years of age"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-02-18

Our Canadian neighbors, who don't have
many Indian wars, seem somehow to have got
pretty clear idea of the method of managing
Indian affairs on this side of the line Colonel
Mcleod, OF the Dominian service, reports to
the Goyernor-General that the rumOrs about
Sitting Bulls invasion of the United States are
doubtless propagated by persons who are in
tereSted in the establishment of a military
post in the nelghborhOod of Fort Benton.
Doubtless the colonel has guessed correctly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-02-18

The District Commissioners, in a commu-
nieatiOn to the chairman of the Senate Dis
trict committee. which We print elsewhere,
suggest an important amendment to Senate
bin 600 in relation to certificates of assessment
for special improvements in this District,
which will afford relief, if passed, to those
owners of property who were assessed for the
whole cost of street Improvements i'm front of
their property, because such Improvements
had been commenced by the old municipal
government, although finished by the Board
of Public Works, under the law of Congress
assessing One-third of the cost of such i'm
p rOvements on the property.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-02-18

Gold has advanced TO 1925 to-day on ac'
count of the passage of the silver bill by the
Senate. This is not very alarming advance,
and it would appear that Wall street either
counts yet upon its ultimate defeat, or thinks
that in the shape it passed the Senate it is not
likely to send the country to universal smash.
The indications at the Capitol this morning
are that the bill will pass the House without
amendment, after short time allowed for
discussion. The silver men, it is thought, will
prefer to take the bill as it is, rather than run
the risk of long delay by amending it in the
House and sending it back to the Senate. 1t Is
probable that the business men of the country
would prefer To have it passed of hand, as long
as its passage now is sure. They want the
suspense ended and the question settled. in
order that they can make their business cal
cuiatlOnS on some ascertained basis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-02-18
WIN. e. BURFORD,
w Real Estate Broker, No. 7O8 e street,
PROPERTY FOR RENT.

PROPERTY FOR RENT.
NO. 144S ST., IL rs. all mod. imps.. (new) $50
NO 475 Missouri ave.. IL rs all mod. imps, newJ AZ
NO. ITOl ST.. rs, gas and water. ....... Is
offer for ~, 800, on easy terms, two thoroughly
modern HOUSES, situated northwest and renting
each for S25 per month.
also offer great bargains in large business prop
erty, with slight incumbrance. To sell or trade
purchasers wanted for bargains in property, i'm
plOved or unimproved, in all sections of The city.
-, OnO and 81 500 to loan Immediately. feb15-tr