Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-31

In an editorial on the death OF PduE
Gustaye DOre, the famous painter and de-
signer, the Syracuse (N. Y. Journal says:
Ills designs for Dantes poems were re-
iected by Hachette. the Paris publisher.
The artists determined to have them pub
iished at his own expense, and borrowed
81, 600 francs at an exhOrbtant rate of
interests to have the plates made; and on
the publication of the work, success was
assured, and the public favor gained for
all his illustrated works. The Dan de-
sigus number 1856, and the series is truly
ceptiOn. In 1868 he produced bis Don
Quixote," which had 80 drawings, and
was great success He produced forty
four works for Chateaubriand's "Atala,"
fOity eight large compositions and 250
heads of pages for FaFontaine's, 800 IL
Illustrations for Il book on Spain, and 80
for one on London. He made forty de-
signs for Coeridge's "Ancient Mariner"
and thirty-six for Tennysons "Idyls of
the King" In 1866, appeared the Holy
Bible with 258 illustrations This Sc
ries Of illustrated works is probably, tax
en- together, the most remarkable ever
produced.
BRANDY IN NCE-PIE.-The very
temperate temperance folks who nave
been denying themselves the toethsome
mince pie because so much of 'all that's
nice goes to the sugar and spice, have,
as science points out, 10 ground for their
fears. A writer in the Philadelphia Farm
Journal having said, Keep brandies out
Of laSt 10
drunkards,' the Orange County Farmer
says in reply: This advice is
we'll intended but unscientifc Alcohol
volatilizes at 173 degrees, so that it leaves
the mince-pie in the process of baking,
where the temperature is always as high
as 212 degrees. If boys never acquire
an appetite for brandy until they get it
from mince- pies into which brandy las
been put they are entirely safe. The al
cohol all goes, the flavor only remains"
The total eclipse of the sun on the 9th
of May next will last six minutes, and
no longer one will probably occur with.
in the next hundred years, 1t will be
partially visible in many places, but few
will see it in its entirely, as its path lies
almost entirely through the ocean, touch
ing land nowhere but at little island in
the South Pacific called Carolina Island,
which is out of the track of any estab-
lished commerce or travel. The French
Government has determined to send an
expedition to that island, and it is prOba-
bly, grand international gathering of as.
tronomers will meet there to take part in
this scientific quest.
A Miss Buchanan, once rallying a
brave soldier on his courage, said: 'now
Captain Johnson, do you really mean to
tell me you can walk up to the cannon's
mouth without tear?" 'Yes,' was the
prompt reply, cor a Buchanan's either,'
and he did it. 1t may be safely assumed
that the lady, to whom the gallant Cap
tain thus paid his respects, hadn't the ca
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