Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-12-24

of them all; she takes home 100 of her
photographs, and when gentleman calls
the maid happens to be looking at one of
them. What is that, Susan" says the
caller. "a photograph of Missis," says
Susan. CANT it just too lovely3"
i" Rather" replies the caller, and then he
gives Susan dollar for it.
MRS. JANE GRAY SwIssHELM has
ascertained from Buckle, good author
ity, that for every twenty girls there are
twenty-one boys; and, consequently, she
infers that every woman ought to have
husband, and every twenty families
ought to have good common. stock
old bachelor uncle who will buy drums
for the boys, dolls for the girls, and take
the young ladies to the opera.
A WOMAN in the hospital in Florence
has strange history. She entered the
Italian army in order to save her brother,
a married man, from military service.
She served with distinction during the
for bravery in the field. When these
facts were made known to King Hum
bert he presented her with the cross of
his order and gave directions for Der
discharge on an annual pension of 800
francs.
To tell the truth, we are surprised that
the women folks show the amount of
common sense that they do. Young
man, supposing you were told, say 20
times day, how bright your eyes are,
what magnificent tresses are yours, how
enchanting your society is, how incest,
sweetest, best you are; how long, think
you, before you would develop into the
assiest kind Of a jackass-always provided
You were not one at the start.-Boston
Trans -ript.
4 KENTUCKY widow recently planned
8 second marriage without taking the
pains to inform her son, q lad of twelve
years. While the ceremony was in pro-
gress the urchin escaped from the
nursery, and approaching the gentleman
who was rapidly being converted into
his stepfather, gave him violent blow
under his ribs with fire shovel. The
widow ordered the temporary elimina.
ton of the child from the domestic prob
lem, and the minister was enabled to
catch up the broken thread of the SER
vice and to tie the knot.
WHAT will not women endure to pre-
serve their beauty7 One of the most
astonishing instances of surgical patience
and human endurance, as exempliied in
the Pennsylvania hospital in the case of
a young girl whose lover shot her in the
face, is related by Forney's Progress
She was only sixteen and very beautiful,
but the Jealous bastard had by his act
apparently rendered her hideous for life,
the whole skin of the face being pitted
with shot and powder. One of the ply
sicians at the hospital, who looks upon
surgery as restorative art, after ex-
tracing the shot picked out each sepa-
rate grain of powder with needle.
The writer saw the patient after she had
recovered, and her skin was as smooth as
an infants.
GA CODE of Good Society" has just
been published in Paris, and those of our
readers intending to visit that city will
be interested to know in advance how to
behave. In paying visits a gentleman
should not wear heavy boots nor joke
with young girl about marriage, for
the pleasantly might not be only coarse,
put 1AAllOt dls n AnOJ may OACi W ohhA .
with lady footstool or hassock on
which her feet are resting, but never
with gentleman, "even if he should be
old and an invalid" "More guests
should not be invited to dinner party
than can be accommodated. When
carving and helping yourself to any dish.
you should not pick out the tid-bits."
If lady is is a great hurry and it rains,
she may accept gentleman's offer of the
shelter of his umbrella, but she should
not speak to him, and on taking leave of
him should thank him In a cold and
polished manner, "saying nothing that
may reveal her rank or name" If her
business is not urgent she should stand
in doorway until the rain has ceased.
"A lady should never make signals ffom
window to male acquaintance-a bow
is all that is necessary