Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-08-25
SPINNING WHEEL.

SPINNINU W HEEL.
A Difficult Problem.-''What kapes We
shtill so long. Dolan?" inquired Mr.. Raj
ferty. Dim. argun- wid meselt
vince meself that it's Nv harder to push
wheelbarrow on the level than to push
me bicickle up hill, an Oh can't do it,,
Washington Star.
A very curious lawsuit has just been
commenced at Paris between the Ameri-
can-bOrn Princess of Monaco. the only
girl born on this side of the Atlantic who
has attained sovereign rank in the old
world. and the city of Paris. The prin-
cess, however, figures in the proceedings
not as Princess of Monaco but as widow
of the late Duke of Richelieu and as
guardian of her son, the present duke,
who is still a minor. The point ia dis
pute is the cost of maintenance III repair
of the chapel of the SorbOnne university,
in which the remains of the great car
dinal to whom the SOrbonne really owes
its existence, were inferred. The cardi-
nal spent fortune on the SorbOnne and
merely stipulated that either the city or
the state should maintain in proper re-
pair the chapel in which his body was
inferred. Neither the city nor the state
Is prepared to do SO any longer. Hence
the trouble.
Advantages.-"Do you not think the
student of social problems was asking
that tle lack of fortuitous advantages
rather than Unborn wickedness is response
bic for most of these men being here?"
The warden of the prison inclined his
head. Beyond a doubt" he answered.
earnestly. There is hardly a thief in my
charge who with wealth and position and
culture might not have been a kleptomani-
ac.-Detroit Journal
Alfred H Lewis, in the New York
Journal, relates the following story OF
senator whom he met on Capitol hill i'll
Washington: My statesman wore SOM
Der mien. and seemed morOse-a bit down
on MS luck, as it were.
'.Howdy, SENATOR [ suggested. Ny
air was bright and cheerful.
''Howdy," replied the senator His
tone doomed on my ear like some minute
gun of Gloom.
What is the matter?" [ asked. ''You
appear disturbed about SON ething.'
"Oh, nothings the matter much, re-
piled my senator. half rousing himself TO
explanation. 'Ive just come from my
house. that's all. I'll tell you how it is
up to my house, he went on, with the
air of one who needed sympathy. ''You
see. up there my wifes first and my boy
is second and I'm third. Just as you laet
me | was thinking hOw-lucky it was we
didn't have a dog, or I'd be fourth. 1t
was this natural eXultation over the Jag
less condition of my family that you no
ticed as it fitted athwart my face.
Ahead of Her Age.-'tWhen the girl of
the period rides a wheel she looks like
Il question mark, and when she walks she
looks like an exclamation point" re-
marked the observer of men and things.
Detroit Journal.
A Variation. = First Theosophist =
There will be an interesting debate at
the next meeting Of the society" Second
TheOsophist-"On what subject! First
Theosophist- life worth living more
than once ?''-Puck.
-:O:-
Bill Nye and a friend once visited a
man of sport who had a badger that he
was prepared to back for large sums on
the statement that no dog of anybody's
could take the beast out of a barrel that
lay lengthwise on the floor, with one
head knocked out and in which the
badger was ensconsed. Nye's companion
had wondered why Nye had been coax
ing an "onary" looking cur to follow
them. Nye made a bet that he had
dog that would take the badger out of
the barrel. The money was put VI"
and Nye caught that dog by the ''nape
Of the neck and seat of the breeches,''
so to speak, and threw him into the bar
rel, tail foremost. The badger nabbed
the dog by one ham and the dog went
right away from there like q blue
streak, the badger hanging straight out
behind. Nye won.
All Figured Out-"Yes," said the
young man with the square chin; Il am
- l.
get richer than am here, and II L die, i
won't die any deader than / would if
stayed at home indianapolis Journal.
1t was a lmitless game. The scores of
hardy KlOndIke miners who looked on
held their breath. 1t was a jackpot and
a sweet one Round and round went the
bets, until, frightened at the very mag
nitude of the wager, orr by one the play
ers threw down their Yards and stayed
out.
At last only two were left. They
raised each other with a recklessness
that seemed mere bravadO. Watches
and guns were added to the glittering
pile of gold Burro Mike held his cards
close, and Slit-eared Sam. his opponent,
wavered Seeing his hesitation, Burro
Mike, with a cry of triumph, hurled
upon the table a -four sack filled with
gold dust. There" he shouted, SIS $751;
600 Can you cover it,"
Slit-eared Sam rose and plunged
through the doorway. Before his Oppo-
nent had gathered in the money, however,
he reappeared, bearing upon his shoulder
an entire side of beef, which he threw
uDOn the table amid a storm of cheers.
One look was enough for Burro Mike.
He fell dead OF the floor.
He could not stand such high steaks.-
New York Press.