Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-05-05
SPINNING WHEEL.

Mamma-"Now, Bobby, give nurse a
kiss and say goodnight"
Bobby-"No. If l kiss her, she'll box
my ears, like she did papa's last night
New York World.
The greatest fortress in the world is
Gibraltar The height of the rock is over
400 feet, and this stupendous preciplce
is pierced by miles of galleries III the solid
stone, port holes for cannon being placed
at frequent intervals The rock is per-
fectly impregnable to the shot of an
enemy, and, by means of the great cleVa-
ton, a plunging fire can be directed from
an enormous height upon a hostile fleet:
From the water batteries to distance OF
two-thirds up the rock one tier after an
other of cannon is presented TO the
enemy. A garrison of from 5000 to TO-
600 is maintained, with provisions and
ammunitions for a six months siege. In
1779 the celebrated siege lasted three
years. The fortress was successfully de-
Tended by 1000 British and attacked by
an army of over 10000 men, with 1000
pieces of artillery, Al sail of the line, 10
great floating batteries, and great num-
bers of smauer boats. For months ever
5000 shells a day were thrown into the
tower.
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Hobson-FI sent a half dollar TO that
concern which advertised an appliance
for keeping gas bills down, and got it this
morning"
Dobson-"What did they send you?:"
Hobson-"A paper weight. New
York Commercial Advertiser.
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A nervous young minister, in visiting a
remote village had this unpleasant ex-
perience. The old lady at whose house he
stayed, in showing him to his room, said:
''It amt anybody I'd put in this room.
This room is full of sacred associations to
me-" she went on My first husband
died in that bed with his head on these
pillows, and poor Mr.. jerks died sitting
in that corner. My son Dy my frs hus-
band fell dead of heart disease right
where you stand. He was a doctor, and
there's two whole skeletons in that closet,
there belonged to him, and half a dozen
skulls in that long drawer. If you are up
early and want something to amuSe your
self with before breakfast just open that
cupboard there, and you will find lot
of dead mems bones. My poor boy
thought q lot of them. Well, good night,
and pleasant dreams. Kobe Herald.
An amusing conversation was held
through the telephone, few days since,
between Il correspondent VI Tue view
York World and the Rev. DR.. Newman
Smyth of New Haven. The reporter
wanted fifty word interview on Hell"
for the Sunday edition of his paper. He
wanted it bright and terse, and he got it.
Hell, in my opinion" said DR.. Smyth,
sis the place where the Sunday edition of
that paper should be published and circu-
lated"
''There is but one genuinely live town
in the West" says A. w. Lyman of
Helena, Mont, "and that is Butte. The
Anaconda copper mines, that vast con-
Germ which makes profit of from So
100000 to 5000, 900 year, explains the
status there. 1t is employing more men
and has a bigger payroll than ever be-
fore, and its employees get the highest
rate of wages paid anywhere. Life is
never stagnant in the big copper camp.
The street cars run all night and like
wise the saloons, and if a man wants a
shave at 2:30 q. m. he will find several
barber shops open"
Apropos of gambling at Cairo, Pat
Sheedy, the famous gambler declares that
1.-The Russians are the most desperate
gamblers that come to Cairo, the Greeks
the shrewdest. The Russians bet the
biggest money, although some of the
wealthy Turks are as daring. The
game is like marbles against billiards as
compared with the gambling of Euro
peans. l saw old Casteliane, the father
of Count Castellane, who married Anna
Gould, play baccarat until he had a roll
of money amounting to $4,000 This
money he put in his trousers pocket and
started to go out. He had just reached
the door, when three men who knew
him came in. They were broke, but
anxious to play. | saw Castellane hand
them $500 apiece, and then start to
deal the cards for them himself. The
old gentleman actually put the balance
of his money against that which he had
loaned his friends. They were three to
one. Castellane broke one of the three,
but the other two broke him, and, after
passing back $4,000 to him, they went
out richer together by some $44, 900.
Where in all of this country would you
find a man in whose veins the gambling
blood flowed as swiftly as that?'
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Mamma. don't you think hens ought
to despise EASTER?
"Why, little daughterT'
Because they lay all the eggs, and the
rabbits get all the credit. Chicago
Record.
The telling details of woman's toilet
| are the petticoats, shoes and gloves which
| Sne wears. Inc proper observance OF
the laws governing them is an infallible
| indication of Womans station in life
and of her social training. A woman
minus the finer instincts of the lady, if
her source of supply is limited, although
her social demands may not be, invaria-
| bly, economies in these details. This is
not the case with the innately-refined
woman-a lady born and bred. She first
of all provides herself with well-fitting
shoes, dainty underskirts, and what is
left in her treasury after providing her
self with these fundamentals goes for
the remaining necessaries in her ward
robe Devices and thoughts are mis-
applied, and the goal Of what Vogue calls
''Iadyism' is defeated when one is obliged