Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-07-18


When signals flash, love, from our eyes,
Swift eloquent, yet unsupported,
There should the wise folk recognize
The wireless telegraph perfected!
Pail Mall Gazette.
The i,lrse thief was defiant.
Il blame my early training for my I'M
happy fate!' he shouted, glaring hereby
into the stern faces Of the vigllantes. L
scorn to truckle to popular sentiment By
blaming Mark Hanna
SO the hardened wretch died, as per-
haps he deserved to die, judged by the
rugged standards that obtained III this
crude Western community.-Detroit
Journal
"Just one little kiss he. pleaded.
in nu' " "of course e 'nf he replied. How
could l look for big one from SO small
a mouth?'' And after that he got as
many as he wanted.-Philadelphi North
American.
''Have you all you want for your trip
inquired the official.
Yes" answered the captain of the
warship hesitati,n1gly; that is. all that |
ought to expect"
What is there that you would like"
well, to tell the truth, | think we
ought to have few stenographers post
ed about the ship so as to have official
and verbatim reports of any CONVERSE
Star.
Mr. C.-"My wife always says the
right thing at the right time Mr. Y
What now?' why, | read in the pa
per the other night that Krupp. the Ger
man manufacturer, had made 10000
cannon And what did she say
Great guns. onkers Statesman.
One evening at social function where
Sarasate was among the guests, young
violinist had the bad taste to play one of
Sarasate's compositions with variations
of his own creation. The latter were in
appropriate and inartistic, and Jared
upon the ears of all. The performer end
ed his work and made his way to Sara
safe. doubtless expecting a word of rec
ognition or praise. Sarasate said moth
ing, and the player finally asked: Il
hope you recognize that piece?' Ger
tainly,' Sarasate promptly replied; 1T
was a piece of impudence.'
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THE New York Tribune says that
President Loubet has brains"
That's all guesswork. But if they'd
let that frisky royalist alone who was
hammering LOBBY on the head with Il
cane he'd have found out. "-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
No one ever enjoyed a European trip
more than do the two bachelor maids
who are taking it ''alone and unaccom-
panied this summer, says the New York
Sun. One of them has left her studio.
the other her school trials. But the one
thing they cannot understand is why,
when they wear English hats and Eng
lish frocks and even the ugly English
walking boots and do as others do they
are never mistaken for anything but
Americans. 1t cannot be their voices
for they are greeted as Americans before
a word has passed their lips. Some one
is trying to explain that experience be-
came a little mixed and said: Can a
leper change his spots?'
Hoax-"See that little chap over
there? He doesn't look like celebrity,
and yet his name is in every ones
mouth Joax-"So? Who is hep Hoax
why, his names Mohler "-Philadel-
phia Record.
Gov. Rooseyelt's rigid enforcement of
the civil-service regulations in New York
political appointments brings angry re-
monStrance from the professional pOliti-
clans, says an exchange. Some time
ago. said the governor at a recent din
ner, "a man came to me and asked to be
appointed to a minor office. He was very
hot when l told him he would have to
stand the civil-service examination
Why, | have tried the pesky thing he
said, and they wouldn't pass me- The
man had such good backing that l told
him to try the examination again You
have them sized up now, sir, / said, and
came to me again about the angriest poll
tician ia New York. Do I get that
Officer he demanded. Have you passed
the examination" | asked. Passed it,
he rayed; how could | pass it when they
asked me the same old questions"
1'That hard-boiled egg gave me head
ache
You shouldn't eat hard boiled eggs
Il didn't eat it. A fellow hit me with
it behind the ear. ''-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
English literature owes much to the
ancient Greeks, and it is, therefore. only
fair that gems from the former should
now enrich the poesy OF the descendants
of Anacreon and Pindar. No compost
ton III our language is more widely
known than the verses OF uncertain au-
thorship and striking simplicity begin
ming Mary had little lamb This
lyric has been translated into modern
Greek and has been added to the musical
repertoire of several schools in the city
of the Violet Grown, and wherever the
piece is introduced it is greatly appreci-
ated by the rising Athenians. But local
tastes had to be gratifed. and these re-
Quiled modification Of the English SEN
timent. In Greece it is not customary to
make a pet of a lamb. A young goat is
the favorite, a dark-haired specimen be-
ing preferred, SO the Hellenic version be-
gins: MARY had little kid, its coat
was black as COAL
what did the lady say when you gave
her my bouquet?'' What a chumpp
she said. But 1 think very likely she
may have meant me."-Fiegende Blaet-
ter.
A correspondent of the Boston Tran
script says that when he was a very
small hoy, not more than 8 years of age,
living in Lynn, good old Father Tay
lor" God bless his memory on q very
warm Sabbath preached in the South
Street Methodist church. In the audi