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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-11
Didn't Understand 1t.

The sculptor Macdonald is credited
with the following anecdote of Edwin
Forrest, Illustrative of the danger at
tending the casting of statues in bronze,
and the GOODNESS of the ex-Bowery boy
and eminent tragedian. When Clark
Mills had completed his preparations
for the casting of his equestrian statue
which stands in Lafayette square, OPP
posite the presidents house in Washing
ton, he invited number of his friends
to be present, and among them Forrest.
In those days the casting of colossal
bronze statues was not so well under
stood Ii this country as it is now, and
Mills preparations were somewhat
cruGe. Forrest was standing near by,
looking on with folded arms, a silent but
deeply interested observer. When the
fiery metal was poured into the mold
there was crash like young earth
quake, and metal, clay, dirt, and what
not went steaming through the air, while
Mills and his friends put themselves off
as fast as their legs would let them
everybody but Forrest; he remained as
immovable as a rock, though covered
with dirt and debris; and when Mills
FASTENED back, expecting to find the old
hero a mutilated wreck. Forrest coolly
created him with, mills, what in the
- Is the matter here? ?"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-11
FASHIONABLE FANCIES.

AIEhEO SILKS are WOTn again.
BoNNETs are again made to match
suits.
STEEL appears on the straps Of the low
shoes.
VELVET is sparing used on summer
costumes.
OVERsKIRTs are not worn, the drapery
being fastened to the skirt.
BONNET strings should be tied in enor-
nous bows under the chin.
SPANISH lace is used for trimming
parasols instead of fringe.
BRoCADED goods retain their favor,
and many are in small designs.
BREAKFAST capes are made gorgeous
by being trimmed with steel and gold
lace.
LACEs are now dyed to match exactly
IN color the material they are employed
upon.
GOODS with dots, which have been
neglected since last summer, are again
to be seen.
The laced shoe is trying hard to re-
gain favor, but buttons are not SO easily
deposed.
"MoUNTAIN bunting is used for trav-
cling costumes. It is stiff and why and
comes in gray and brown.
BUCKLES will be very fashionable,
worn with sashes, and they match the
buttons worn on the dress.
WIDE collars edged with lace three
inches deep will be the fashionable col
lar for morning wear with summer
dresses.
POCKETS for handkerchiefs have caught
the moving fever which devastates New
York in May, and have migrated to the
outside of the newest fans.
WATERED silks are in demand. Light
ones are made up into evening dresses,
and they are com bined with cashmere
for walking dresses.
OLIVE green is the favorite color for
the embroideries and satin bows of white
muslin gowns, and next 10 olive green
the tints most used are blue and pink in
many shades.
STAMPED or cisete velvet is richly Or
namented by filing the incised pattern
with natrral-hued silks, gold thread and
beads. This work makes elegant
cushions and borders for drapery.
A QUEER Syrian necklace just intro
duced, and made up of small blue glass
bands strung together, looks as though
it might have been designed by sur
geon with large practice in amputa-
tons.
The tunic jacket in foulard surah,
with standing frill, jabot and flowing
sleeves of lace, will be much worn in the
morning at watering places over round
skirt made entirely of plain silk and lace
plaitings.
NULL neckties are bordered all around
with blue or pink hens an inch wide.
Sometimes tucks of the same width are
run across the ends of the tie and colored
muslin to match the hem is passed inside
the tucks.
Two effective combinations among the
shaded fabrics visible are capucine"
and "coral red" which are good ex-
amples of the latitude allowed in tints.
The former name covers almost any
shade of brown, and the latter name may
be applied to anything from blood red to
flesh color.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-11
The "Boss" System Among Esquimaux
OOuS,
Lieut.. Schwatka, in Scribner's Magazine.]

'[Lieut. Schwatka, in Scribner's Magazine.]
There is always one bully in every
team, who gets all the choice bits that
are stolen by the others, and generally
manages to keep fat, no matter how short
they are of provisions He waits for the
others to make the raid, and then stands
on the outside to take it away from
them. These DULLES are in several
grades. There is the chief, of whom all
are afraid, and then there is the next in
rank, of whom all are afraid but the
chief; a third, of whom all are afraid but
two, and SO on down. Sometimes the
food is cut into small pieces and thrown
out upon the ice for all to help them
selves, and then there is q roug and
tumble fight, and snarling and growing,
as if whole cage of hyenas had broken
loose. But here the DULLES have no adj
vantage; indeed, the advantage is with
small, lively fellows that slip in and get
the meat while the big ones are fighting.
When dog manages to steal piece of
meat he has lively time of it, for soon
every other dog in the camp is after him
and he has to eat it on the run, if at all,
headed off at every turn by one of the
DULLES, and whining and choking at the
same time. 1t certainly is one of the
most comical exhibitions ever witnessed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-11
United States has greater possibilities.

United States has greater possibilities.
and none is grown at the present time
with less care for the increase of it's
value. The average yield is not far from
40 bushels per acre, while the best pos
slble crop, with the best seed, under
proper culture, is not far from 200
bushels. With the hills 81 feet apart,
giving 1855 hills to the acre. and four
ears to each hill-the ears averaging 100
to bllshel of shelled corn-we should
have about 140 bushels per acre.
GRATING is an operation that had bet
ter be done too late than too early. The
best time is when the buds on the stock
are swelling, and if necessary may be
continued until the trees are in full
bloom. At this season the bark slips
readily, and much care will be required
when saving off limb, not to make a
bad wound by peeling down. This can
be prevented in great part by cutting
through the bark with strong knife all
round the limb where the saw is to 90.
Buds should be left upon the stock un-
til the union of the graft is insured,
which will be known by the buds of the
graft starting into growth. After this
rub off the buds upon the stock.
HE short season that is just opening
for spring seeding should be improved
at once by seeding down more of our til
liable land to grass. The growing ten
dency toward more live stock, more beef,
butter, wool and cheese should encour-
ge every farmer to prepare to raise
more grass and less small grain. Let
the horses, cattle, sheep and swine help
to do the harvesting. They can do it
cheaper than reapers, mowers, hired
men and other expensive assistants.
Sow more clover seed, and let it enrich
the soil that is thin and exhausted by
continual cultivation of wheat, oats,
barley and corn. Glover will not only
enrich the soil but it will check the en-
crOachment of pestiferOus weeds.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-11

The late Gen. Joseph Lane, of Ore
gon, writing, just before his death, to a
friend in his old home in Indiana, said:
"When you recall the date of my birth,
December IA, 1901, and my marriage in
June 20, 1920, and the taking my seat in
the legislature, in December, 1922, you
will naturally see married very young
and commenced political life very early.
That is true, but l was man for all
that. I am as near the grave as it
is possible to be and still live. I am
standing Oh the shore of the dark river.
calmly waiting for the vessel to bear me
to the other SHE. / can not hope to
write you again even by the hand of an
other, so I bid you an affectionate, a
long, last farewell"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-11
MARTHA PHILLIPS.

She was dead. An old woman with
silvery hair, brushed smoothly away from
her wrinkled forehead, and snowy cap
tied under her chin; a sad, quiet face; a
patient mouth, with lines that told of
sorrow borne with gentle frmness; and
two withered, tired hands crossed. That
was all.
Who, looking at the sleeping form,
would think of love and romance, of a
heart only just healed Of wound re-
ceived long, long years ago.
Fifty years she had lived under that
roof, a farmers wife. If you look on
that little plate on her coffin lid you will
see Gagged seventy" there, and she was
only twenty when John Phillips brought
her home a bride.
A half century she had kept her care
full watch over her dairy and larder, had
made butter and cheese and looked after
the innumerable duties that fall to the
share Of farmers wife. And John had
never gone with buttonless shirts and
undarned socks; had not come home to
an untidy house and scolding wife
But underneath her quiet exterior
there was story that John never
dreamed Of She did not marry for love.
When size was nineteen, rosy, happy
girl, q stranger came on a visit to
their village, and that summer was. the
brightest she ever knew. Paul Gard
ner was the strangers name; he was
an artist, and fell in love with the
simple village girl and won her heart;
and when he went away In the autumn
they were betrothed.
81 will come again In the spring." he
N
tie, dear"
She promised to love and wait for him
till the end of time, if need be, and with
a kiss Oh her quivering lips he went
away.
Springtime came. and true to his word
Paul returned; he stayed only a day or
two this time.
ST am going away in few weeks to
study" he said.
They renewed their vows and parted
with tears and loving words; he put a
tiny ring upon her finger, and cut little
curly tress from her brown hair, and
telling her always to be true he went
away.
The months went by, and Matte was
trying to make the time seem short by
studying to improve herself so that she
might be worthy of her lover when he
should come back to make her his wife.
One day she glanced over newspaper,
her eyes were attracted by his name, and
with white lips and dilated eyes she read
of his marriage to another.
married Taken another bride in
stead of coming back to marry me! Oh.
Paul Paul / loved and trusted you
for this p
She covered her face with her hands
and wept bitterly. An hour afterwards
as she sat there in the twilight, she
heard step on the gravel walk, and
looking up saw John Phillips coming UP
the steps. He had been to see her often
before, but had never spoken of love,
and had received no encouragement to
do SO. He was plain, Woodworking
farmer, with no romance about him, but
matter of fact to the core. His wife
would get few caresses or tender words
He would be kind enough-give her
plenty to eat and wear.
Now he seemed to have come for the
express purpose of asking her to be his
wife; for he took a chair beside her. and
after eusual greeting, reserving scarce
ly moment to take breath in, began in
his business like way. There was no
confession of love, no pleading, no hand
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-11
WEDNESDAY, MAY II, 1881.
THE PLANTING OF THE APPLE-TREE.
BY WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.

Come, let us plant the appIe-tree,
Cleave the tough greensward with the spade;
Wide let its hollow bed be made;
There gently lay the roots, and there
Sift the dark mold with kindly care,
And press it DER them tendery;
AS round the sleeping infants feet
We softly fold the cradle-sheet,
So plant we the apple-tree.
What plant we in this apple, tree?
Buds, which the breath of summer days
Shall lengthen into leafy sprays;
Boughs, where the thrush, with crimson breast,
Shall haunt and sing and hide her nest;
We plant upon the sunny lea
A shadow for the nOontide hour,
shelter from the summer shower,
When we plant the apple tree.
What plant we in this apple-tree?
Sweets for q hundred howery springs
To load the May winds restless wings,
When. from the orchard-row, he pours
It's fragrance through the open doors;
A world of blossoms for the bee,
Flowers for the sick girls silent room,
For the glad infant sprigs of bloom,
We plant with the apple-tree.
What plant we in this apple-tree?
Fruits that shall swell in sunny June,
And redden in the August noon,
And drop, when gentle airs come by,
That fan the blue September sky;
ND1o Cl1lQreQ come. WITH cries OIL gee,
And seek them where the fragrant grass
Betrays their bed to those who pass,
At tue foot of the apple-tree.
And when, above this apple-tree,
The winter stars are glittering bright,
And winds 60 bowling through the night,
Girls whose young eyes o'erfow with mirth
Shall peel its fruit by cottage hearth,
And guests in prouder homes shall see,
Heaped with the grape of Cintra's vine,
And golden orange of the lime,
The fruit of the apple-tree.
The fruitage of this apple-tree,
Winds and our flag and stripe and star
Shall bear to coasts that lie affair,
Where men shall wonder at the view,
AND ask in what fair groves they grew;
And soiourners beyond the sea
Shall think of childhood's careless day,
And long, long hours of summer play,
In the shade of the apple-tree.
Each year shall give this apple-tree
broader flush of roseate bloom,
deeper maize of verdurous gloom,
And loosen. when the trost-clouds lower,
The crisp brown leaves in thicker shower.
The years shall come and pass, but we
Snail hear no longer, where we lie,
The summer songs, the autumn's sigh,
In the bough Of the apple-tree.
And time shall waste this apple-tree.
Oh, when its aged branches throw
Thin shadows on the ground below,
Shall fraud and force and iron will
Cypress the weak and helpless still?
What shall the tasks of mercy be,
Amid the tolls, the strifes, and tears
Of those who live when length of years
Is wasting this little apple-tree?
'EWho planted this old apple-tree? 2"
The children of that distant day
Thus to some aged man shall say;
And, gazing on its messy stem,
The gray-haired man shall answer them:
"a poet of the land was he,
Born in the rude but good old times;
IT'S said he made some quaint old rhymes
On planting the apple-tree."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-11
MY CREED.
BY LONGFELLow.

My work is finished; am strong
In faith, and hope and charity:
For have written the things / see,
The things that have been and shall be.
Conscious of right, nor fearing wrong:
Because am in love with Love,
And the sole thing I hate is Hate;
For Hate is death; and Love is life,
A peace, a splendor from above;
And Hate never-ending strife,
smoke, blackness from the abyss
Where unclean serpents coil and hiss
Love is the Holy Ghost within;
Hate, the unpardonable sin!
VINO breaches otherwise than this,
Betrayed his Master with kiss.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-11

in mems clothes ON the railroad near
Phenicia, Ulster county, New York.
They work in company with the men,
and are to all appearances as able bodied.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-11

AN old farmer says that where hawk
kills one quail a crow will kill twenty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-03-19

The 81. James Gazette gives the following
sketch Of the Two leaders OF the Boers:-' Jou-
bert Is quick minded, intelligent man. He
lives On one OF the many kip Il. 2, Stony
rivers, close to the Free State corder In th9
Wakkerstroom district, and TO the west OF
" akke1Stro0m some thirty miles. JoUbert Is
about fifty five years OF age, five feet eight
Inches high, dark. and wears rather a long
beard He rides well, Is an active man and is
the brain Of the whole Boer community. For
many years ne and his neighoorS paid no taxes,
as both the Free State and the Tran5vaal
claimed the district. Mr. Keate, who was
Transvaai Beers. Joubert In conversation In
August alleged that the people were driving him
Oh, but in this he was not quite accurate
his orations being, in fact, the cause
OF much Of the excitement. Joubert
represents the better educated Beers;
Paul Kruger represents the Doppers, or semi
educated, sen,i-c!ViliIed Beers. He is a man Of
sixty years OF age, middle height, thick set, but
very active; his beard short clipped He came
marksman In the wars against Mopoch and Ma
how, two border Chiefs, IN 1864 g. II Joubert Is
taken to represent the brains, Onkle Paul, as
the DOpperS call Kruger, may be said to repre-.
sent the muscular forces OF the people. He Is
energetic, impulsiVe and restless. He is not
supposed to be particularly Intelligent. He
speaks well for An audience or his cOuntrymen,
all his dction and Illustration being taken from
the Old Testament. He lives about ten miles
July he met certain man In shop In Rusten-
burg, and his first remark was "0jszre taats
StGdt gOede'-"Our affairs go we'll" When he
had gone on young Boer, pointing to a com
pany Of the 2lSt, said, lin few months wen
shoot those WretcheS out OF our country"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-03-19
ManiCures

In these days OF specialists" new depart
ment is opened up by the care OF the fingers
and nails. A New YORK establishment devotes
itself TO this speciality, and Is crowded by
patrons The entire course" OF care-taking
and manipulation Is twelve dollars, rather ex-
dollar and a-half lesson, to get their finger
ends in order, SO that they can thenceforth
take proper care OF them. The acolyte nrst sits
with niger tips II bowl OF warm water to
soften the flesh. They are finally dried. ana
the soft flesh pushed far back the nails then
cut and clipped In pointed shape This is
rather q painful operation. The fresh edges
are filed, and the patient turned over to a
polisher, who powders, polishes then rubs with
a towel, and repeats this process. The object
Is to show the white half-mo0n at the root OF
the nail, where the blood settles. This can be
carried to an excess when the flesh lies In little
humps behind the nail. But the subject Is q
laudabie one, very few people taxing Sufficient
care Of their dngey-upa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-03-19
Love and Religion.
from he WIrt Cots,sty Mentor1


Not far from Writ county is the home of two
young ladies', sisters, aged respectively IS and
20 years. They were each receiving the ad-
dresses OF lovers, who wore brothers, and both
couples were engaged to be married. It was
their intention TO celebrate double wedding
about the holidays, but now matters have
changed. a few days ago the four were sitting
together in the girls home, when the elder
lady expressed desire 20 attend protracted
meeting then being held In village near by.
She asked her lover to accompany ner, but he
refused point blank, giving as his reason that
he was not Christian. The young LADY in
sisted, but still he refused. Finally she turned
to his brother, who, 1t seems, was Christian.
and asked him to accompany her. Te the sur
prise OF all, he at once consented, and they
went to the meeting. The two who remained
at home were very indignant, the one at the
conduct OF her lover, the other at the way his
sweetheart had acted. The more they dis.
cussed it the more angry they became. They
discovered that they-the ones at home
were both SINNERS" while the two who had
gone were Christians. They talked on, discoy-
eriDg little by little simuarilIes OF taste and
habits and finally resolved each to break with
the old love and form q new alliance. N0
sooner resolved than the compact was ratified
by kiss. when by chance the others entered
The gentleman at once told his brother Whai
they had resolved to do. To his great sur
prise no sorrow was shown, no anger was
manifested, and his wonder was increase
when he was informed that the other counie
while on their walk home. had resolved to M
the same thing. The counting, therefore. nov
goes on as usual.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-03-19
The Hand Organs.

An enterprlsing reporter recently visited the
only hand organ mandatory in America He
discovered some Interesting facts. The efficacy
OF each instrument as q means OF intitcting tor
ture Is shown by the fact that there are only
one hundred and fifty in regular service In New
York alone. Most OF these are ground By Italians,
few by Germans, and one 1tinerant Is a Grip
pied soldier, who receives monthly pension Of
seventy dollars, and grtnds only occasionally to
relieve the monotony OF hts existence. Every
spring the organiStS come TO this establishment
and purchase cylinder of new tunes. Or at
least one or two new tunes at tour dollars
each. To q grinder IN the western states "rhe
Sweet By. and By" is Indispensable. and in New
York City st. Patricks Day In the Morning"
commands the largest audience. Among other
organs at the mandatory Is one which repre-.
sents Napoleon dying. At the foot Of his bed
stands Marshal SoulJ holding out platter for
pennies, which when obtained he filings into a
box. French officers in gorgeous costume move
their heads and arms In admirable time. The
melodies accompanying this lugubri0us scene
are the opening chorus from "Pinafore" and
"BranniGan'S Band"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-03-19
Sources a& Guinine.

The Importance OF an adequate supply Of
this valuable e-0utnlne-alwayS On
hand. Independent OF interruption from wars
revolution, and shOrt-sighted legislation in
South America, cannot be over estimated
Many an English magistrate and English
soldier has owned his life to Quinine. In Ben
gal IL is familiar TO the natives as qutnyan, and
we have rarely found the smallest objection
made to IL on the score OF caste when dispensed
by English hands. a plentiful supply OF the
unadulterated article might be the means OF
checking, In some measure. the ravages OF the
eplcemlc now known as the Burdwan fever.
TO EDgilshmen sent TO punish Looshais or Ma
gas On the Eastern frontier and TO sport5men
Or explorers as prophy Tactic, quinine is as es-
senuai part Of their equipment as q water
proof coverlet or a single poled tent. Whether
qulntne VIII ever be manufactured on such an
extensive and profitable scale as 20 take the
place or opium IN China may fairly De doubted.
But the very last report from India shows
that the plantations OF government are thriV-
ing; that o large distribution of plants to the
public is still going on; that the crop raised
In the Neilgherries alone was $4,000 pounds,
some of which was exported 70 England, and
that, after due provision for establishments
collection, buildings, roads, and repairs, there
was clear net profit on tae TRANSACTION OF
some e32, 000.-7he Saturday Reuteto.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-03-19
PAtrOling 7SaYnegat.

Wild, wild the storm, and the SEA high running,
Steady the roar of the gale with incessaut under
tone IIIttering,
Shouts OF demoniac laughter ftfully piercing and
pealiu1,
Waves, air midnight. their sayagest trinity lash
ing,
Out il the shadows there, milk-white combs ca
reeriDg,
On beechy siush and sand, spirit of snow fierce
slauNng,
Where through the murk, the easterly death wind
breastihg,
Through cutting swirl and spray watclfuI and
firm advancing,
tThat IN the distance, is that wreck: is the red
: signal 6aring?)
Slush and sand OF the beach, tireless till daylight
vending,
Steadily slowly. through hoarse roar never remit
ting,
Along the midnight shore. by those milk white
combs careering,
group of dim. wierd forms, struggling, the night
- confronting,
That savage trinity wariiy Watching
wat Whitman, an d firfi HarDeTs'