Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-06-10


ture of a rather prepossessing young
woman also tumbled out. At the head
of the slip of paper was the Introductory
phrase: Leap year. Below was the
following:
If to me your heart is true
Send me back my bow of blue;
If of me you some time think,
Send me back my bow of pink;
If 70 me your heart is dead,
Send me back my bow of red;
If of me you some time dream,
Send me back my bow of green;
If you're some others fellow
Send me back my bow of yellow;
If you wish me to elope,
Send back my bow of helotrope;
If you want me for your bride.
Send me back my bow of white;
If you want me to come back,
Send me my bow of black;
If there is any hope,
Send me back my bow of rope.
The neatest part of the whole affair,
and the most maddening, so Mr.. Depew
says, is that the woman incioses her
picture to tempt and then closes in a
tantalizing way:
II the writer's name you guess,
Send this bow to her address,
There is no address and no way to
lind 1t. Mr.. Depew gets many peculiar
letters, but yesterday there was run o.
them. young girl wrote and said that
she was proud, but poor. Those around
her who were intellectually and phySi-
cally her interiors were possessed of
more money, ana that it caused her
shame to be looked down upon. She
wanted $1,000 to get new clothes and
cut a dash. Then she informed Mr.. De
pew that she would willingly come to
him. She also enclosed her photograph
Another writer was a youth in Penn
sylvania. His letter ran: Dear Mr.. De
Pugh: l am told you drew up the mar
riage contract between the Duke of
\ .,.11No
please let me know if you could assist
me to win an heiress l would be willing
to pay you literally for your services |
am worth about $4,000 in cash. New
York Tribune.
Her Admirer-"Well, Reggie! How's
your sisters cold. ell - Her Little
Brother-"Oh, that's all right. But she's
got jolly big corn. m oonshine
Mistress-"Now, Sarah. l want you to
be very careful about breaking this vase.
1t cost great deal of money, and
would hate to have it careessly broken
the first thing
Sarah three days There's
your vase, ma'am, and | couldn't have
broke it more carefully if I'd tried for q
mOntE."-Detroit Free Press.
y
late those horrid robber stories and 9TH
err uncanny adventures when you are
cutting ones hairE
Hairdresser-"Because they make peo-
pies hair stand on end, and it is thus
much easier to cut.
A writer lets out a secret regarding
the way in which young women read
novels. 1t was in the car, and two girls
were talking of what they read. Oh,
[ choose a novel easily enough" one
said. Il go to the circulating library
and look at the last chapters. If l find
the rain softly and sadly dropping over
one Of two lonely graves, | don't have
it: but if the morning sun is glimmering |
over bridal robes of white satin | know |
it's all right, and take it, and start to |
buy sweets to eat while | read it,
Clips.
Mrs Fore1at- This being so poor is
terrible, isn't it?'' Mrs. Topfore-"In- |
deed. it is. If we could only afford it, | |
would have nervous prostration tomor-
row. Truth.
On the Ms plantation in Missis-
sippi lives an old before the war; darky,
too old TO do any work harder than
throwing feed to the poultry. She has
known no other home and is a chara cter
her cabin, and to their question How
are you this morning, Aunt Chris?''
never fail to receive the following re-
ply: ''Well, honey. I'm kinder oncompl
Gated De superiority of de mornin' done
taken de vivosity outen de air and left
me de consequence Oh comprehension. .
Earper's Magazine.
A convenience designed for country
houses, where no ice is TO be had, is a
large covered pail lined with charcoal
In this pail, if kept in a cool place, water
is said to remain as fresh and cool as if
just taken from the well.
It was at a state ball The English
man and the American girl were talking
over some of those present, when the
asked:
THAT is Lord B who has Just
passed you. Have you met him?''
Yes" was the answer. land I thought
be was extremely dull.
You surprise me- said he. He is
one of the most brilliant lights of our
service
Really" she replied. ''rhen it is my
turn to be surprised. His light flick
cred SO when he talked with me that |
set him down as one OF your tallow
diplomats. ''-Harper's Magazine.
The giraffe has tongue eighteen
inches long. What a mercy it is for the
gentlemen CRATES that the lady CRATES
10 not understand how to talk.-Commer-
cial Advertiser.
Bobbie- Papa, what is 'delicates-
en?'"
Mr.. Ferry-'It means delicate eating.
such as limburger, picked herring and
he like."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
In certain school some of the classes
Ire deep in the study of physiology.
They seem TO take a great interest in
t, and are disposed to be painfully ac-
.urate about their answers to questions
The other day a review was III order.
Which of you children" asked the
eacher, "can tell me in what part of {
our body your heart is situated?' A !