Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-09-28
SPINNING WHEEL.
AFTER ALL


AFTER ALL
The apples are ripe in the orchard,
The work Of the reaper is done,
And the golden woodlands reGden
In the blood of the dying sun.
At the cottage door the grandsire
Sits, pale, in his easy-chair,
While a gentle wind of twilight
Plays with his silver hair.
A woman IS k%neeling beside him;
A fair young head is pressed,
In the first wild passion Of sorrow,
Against his aged breast.
And far from over the distance
The faltering echoes come
OF the flying blast of trumpet
And the rafting roll of the drum.
And the grandsire speaks in a whisper:
The end, no man can see;
But we gave him to his country,
And we give our prayers to Thee"
The violets star the meadows.
The rOSeDudS fringe the door,
And over the grassy orchard
The pink-White blossoms pour.
But the grandsire's chair is empty,
The cottage is dark and still:
There's a nameless grave on the battlefield,
And a new one under the hill.
And a pallid, fearless woman
BY the cold hearth sits alone;
And the old clock in the corner
Ticks on with a steady drOne.
William Winter in San Francisco Argonaut.
-:O:-
At the evening party in London some
little time back a gushing girl was intro
duced to Mark Twain. ooh, Mr.. Glenn
ons!.' she said. "Now, please, do tell me!
I've been thinking of taking up writing,
but | am so afraid of that dreadful wri-
ters' cramp one hears so much about-did
you ever nave it?" Il did, madam
land what did you take for it?n Beef
steak "Just fancy. But how. and
internally" said Mark Twain, gravely. Il
can't answer for its being a panacea, but
it cured the kind Of cramp I had all
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Dan O'Hara-"Oi war to a dog-foight
lahst noight.'' Pat Malone-"Did yez
win ?'-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Mr.. Labouchere, father of the first
Lord Taunton, was employed as a young
man in the great mercantile house of
Hope. He applied to Sir Francis Barring
for cave to pay his addresses to his
bouchere, though a rising young man, had
no fortune. But if Hope takes me into
partnership said Labouchere. "Oh, yes,
if Hope takes you into partnership" La
bOuchere then went to Hope and intimat-
ed his wish for this arrangement. Hope
Baring's daughter?' ooh. if you marry
Barring daughter SO Labouchere
married Baring's daughter and became Il
partner in Hopes.
Tourist Ito Highlander in full uniform
SANDY, are you cold with the kilt
Sandy-"Na, mon; but I'm nigh kilt wi
the cauld."-Glasgow Evening News.
Many amusing situations arise in Mex
leo on account of the graceful custom of
r~emarking, whenever any belongings are
praised or admired: 1T is yours. Senor!'
OF course, this is mere politeness, which
is not supposed to be taken advantage
of, but a visitor who CHANGED to admire
a cask of fine wine, carried it away upon
the remark Of the clerk that 'it was his"
and the unfortunate clerk had to repay
his employers.
\ lady was elated over a piece of rare
lace she had accepted on hearing the
owner, and it took the intervention Of
interpreters to obtain the restoration of
the lace and soothe the lady's wounded
feelings.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Witness" said the attorney, as related
by the Youths Companion, was it this
mans habit to talk to himself when
alOne?' Jest at this time was tie
answer, Il don't recolleck ever bein' with
him when he was alone.'
The subjoined arrangement Of letters.
seemingly chaotic perhaps, will be found
to contain the name of each and every
member of the Spanish and American
peace commissions, soon to meet in Paris.
The American commissioners are Messrs.
Day, Reid, Frye, Gray and Davis. The
Spanish commissioners, Seniors Rios, Ce-
rero, Garnica, Abarzuza and Villarrutia:
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