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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-11-21

s'Pilgrim's Progress translated in
ITO the Chinese language, with ilils-
atrations by native artists, is the latest
novelty in the literary world of Pc
king, and the volume bears unmistak-
able traces of its celestial origin.
christian is depicted with an ample
pigtail, the dungeon of the Giant De-
:spair is one of the large wooden cages
well known to Oriental criminals, and
the angels waiting on the other side
of the river to receive the pilgrims
are arrayed in the latest Picking fash
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-11-21
Draws Color Line,

George Scheuermann, travelling sales
man for Chicago shoe house, was re-
fused seat at table in a restaurant
owned by c. A. Sterling, in La Crosse
Filipino could not eat at the table I'M
less he paid $3.50. The regular price 10
white people was 25 cents. He also said
he had counter reserved for feeding
colored people. Scheuermann will
bring suit for damages. Scheuermann
is a Well-educated man and speaks sew
eral ian0uapes
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-11-21
BRYAN'S POOR PLEA.
Glasses All who Voted Against Him
as P1utOcrats and FIOuts
American Intelligence.

The most noticeable thing about
Mr. Bryan's statement in defeat is
that it contains not one word about
the free and unlimited coinage of sill
yer at the ratio of Is to l. Was ever
silence more significant? Is he, too,
at last convinced?
Passing to the things that he does
say, the statement has not the viru-
lence of an Altgeld and is perhaps
as philosophic as we should expect
from a person in the writer's predica-
ment. It's f1imsiest part is the para
graph in which he refers TO the pur-
chase of votes, colonization and SUI
perior facilities of the republicans for
sending absent voters to their homes.
Of this he is himself conscious, since
he admits that the imaginary re pub
1can gains from such sources are far
from explaining the landslide.
He goes on then to recognize the
potency of the prosperity argument
and of the appeal to patriotism,
"Stand by the president while the
war is on" which proves that he is
not wholly lost to the power o.
analysis, but the analytical faculty is
fatally missing when he intunes the
old song: "The contest between plrl-
tocracy and democracy cannot end
until one or the other is completely
triumphant"
1t is really amazing that man OF
Mr.. Bryan's intelligence should CLASH
fly the 100000 citizens who voted
against him as plutocrats and the
100000 citizens who voted for him
as democrats. In a country of uni
versal manhood suffrage this is equiv
alent to saying that 1.-The masses are
in the minority. a most glazing ard
absurd contradiction in terms.
Pursuing the analysis further, it is
clear that Mr.. Bryan is entirely at
fault as to the condition of the Amer
lean masses. He assumes that it is
one of poverty and distress, when as
a matter of fact it is one of general
diffusion of comfort such as was
never known in any other country or
in any other epoch. That is why the
experiment Of popular government
continues to be a success here iii
spite of the mischievous efforts Of
demagogues and fanatics to make rev.
olutionists out of the unfortunate the
vicious and the disconnected.
When savage campaign against
property is begun and destruction is
announced to be the policy of the
democratic party it follows, Of course.
that the thousands upon thousands OF
democrats who enjoy an honora bic
competence as the reward of their la
bors and economy will repudiate the
party for the time being. In this
there is no distinction of class, be-
cause the majority of our people,
whether they are republicans or dem
ocrats, belong to the class of workers
and savers. Neither is there any OBJ
liberation of political distinctions,
since the rebellious democrats con-
tinue to differ from republicans on
many questions of public policy. But
there is a common and justifiable dis
trust of the tendencies of Organism
whose import Mr.. Bryan himself fails
to realize. That was the prime rea-
son for, his defeat.-Chicago Times
Uara1d
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-11-21
A restaurant for concentrated food

A restaurant for concentrated food
is to be started in Paris by an enter
yp1ising French chef. The happy diner
will enjoy a menu of tabloids. From
the hors d'oeuvres to dessert his en-
tire meal will be presented to him
in few square inches. In this way
"a busy man will be able to eat his
dinner in a few minutes, or carry it
about with him in his pocket to swal-
low in spare moments. Even drinks
are provided in the same form, ard
a bottle of claret or whisky and soda
can thus be carried about in one .
purse.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-11-21
Died Suddenly.

Prof. W. II. ROsenstengel aged 6S,
head of the German department at
the University Of Wisconsin, died sud-
denly in Madison while attending a
faculty meeting. He was one of the
oldest members of the faculty, having
joined in 1879. For several years he
had been suffering from Bright's dis
ease He leaves a widow, four daugh-
tiers and two sons
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-11-21
AN OPEN SWITCH.
1t Causes Railway Disaster I'm Ohio
An Engineer Loses His
Life,

GAINESVILLE, o., Nov. ia passenger
train on the Wheeling & Lake Erie
railroad ran into an open switch here
Sunday afternoon, badly wrecking the
engine. The engineer, John Somers,
Of this city, jumped, but fell under
the wheels and was killed. Four
trainmen were hurt by jumping and
Mrs. Sarah Schaing, of Louisville, KY,
was thrown over a seat and badly
bruised
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-11-21

Not only New York, but Paris and
london as well, are today laughing
over the collapse Of Count Paul Err
nest Boniface de Castellane, whose
humiliation is all the more bitter in
that George Gould, whom, of all peo-
pie, the count is said to most heart
siy detest, is appointed guardian over
the remains of the fortune that was
being so gaily scattered to the four
winds of heaven
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-11-21

Electrs1 y has many advantages,
but if the theory advanced in Bonn
bay journal be correct, then we shall
not be IN such vast hurry as we
have to light and travel and cook and
wash by electricity. The installation
of electric light in certain places in
India has been noticeably succeeded
by an increase in the number of
thunderstorms; what is more, they
have been more severe
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-11-21

The largest as well as the highest
denomination of adhesive stamps ever
issued was the $1,000 revenue stamp.
A few proofs of it were printed, but
the stamp was never used. 1t was
engraved, printed in orange, green
and black and was intended to be
used on mortgages given by railroad
companies and other large corpora
tions. 1t would have paid the tax on
a 10000, 900 mortgage
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-11-21
Gifts to Yale.

New Haven, Conn, Nov. 19.-The
concluding receipts for the bicenten-
NAL fund and subscriptions not yet
paid in, the first / u years of Presi-
dent Hadley's administration, show
total gifts of all kinds to Yale univer-
sity of somewhat more than 81 100000
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-11-21
Big TELEPHONE Line.

The Fox River Valley Telephone
company was organized in Appleton
and incorporated with a capital stock
of $4,000. The company will estab-
lish exchanges at Appleton, Kaukauna,
Neenah, Menasha, Kimberley and Com
bined Locks. and their toll lines will
connect with those Of the Wolf River
company, already established through
out the Wisconsin river valley.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-11-21

The fact is not generally known
shat the queen has a private railway
station. This is at Gosport, and is
used by her majesty when embarking
for Osborne. The station consists
of long. semi-circular platform, the
end of which is connected with a pom
toon, against which the royal yacht
is usually moored. 1t is strange
fact that no other member of the
royal family ever uses this sta ton.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-11-21

A French scientist has determined
that the military and naval profess
sions most quickly wear out the brain.
Got of 100000 naval and military men
1919 are confirmed lunatics. Next come
the liberal professions, artists heading
the list, followed closely by lawyers,
and more distantly by doctors, clergy,
literary men and civil servants. The
number of those who go mad is III 10
each 100000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-11-21
Women Name Oncers

At the convention in Racine of the
Wisconsin Fedora ton of Women S
Clubs officers were elected as follows:
President Mrs. Henry M. Youma.s,
Waukesha; recording secretary, Mrs.
Thomas H. Brown, Milwaukee; correspond
ing secretary, Mrs. David White, La
Crosse; treasurer, Mrs. Frank Allis, Madi-
son; auditor, Mrs. w. H. Crosby, Racine.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-11-21

United States soldiers need put no
postage on their letters. By special
provision of the postal laws a soldier
may mail letter without postage
and it will be forwarded to its des-
tination. To insure this favor on the
part Of the department the soldier
must plainly mark soldiers Letter"
on the outside of the envelope, and
also his name and official designation
and the command to which he be-
longs. The same law applies to ma
a-jneS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-11-21

A new federation is in prospect It
is rumored that following up the for
nation of the Australian common
wealth the long-tall>edof federal i,n
OF the British West Indies is 20 be-
come an accomplished fact. The im-
perial government is credited III,
the intention of welding the whole
Of the Leeward and Windward islands
into one confederation. with Bar5a-
does as the seat of government.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-11-21

A New South Wales correspondent
says that a shepherd of Hargreayes,
near NUDGE, has tried dentistry for
sheep with great success. He had a
valuable ram which found great diff
qfculty in masticating it's food owing
ITO the loss of teeth. Artificial teeth
were inserted, and the animal has
since vigorously attacked its fodder.
This is believed to be the first exc
pertinent of the kind in the colony.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-11-21
yellow Fever Stamped out.

Santiago de Cuba, Nov. 19.-Three
hundred years OF continuous yellow
fever in Santiago eliminated in the
terrible epidemic of 1899. In Deem
Der the last case was cured, and to the
everlasting credit of the intelligence,
vigor and fearlessness of the United
States army officers and sanitary in
spectors a year has passed without a
single case.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-11-21
A Denial from Weyier.

Madrid, Nov. 19.-Gen. Weyler de-
MES the statement published in Paris
and cabled to the United States that
he had told an interviewer that if he
had remained in Cuba he would have
ousted the Americans from the island.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-11-21
Football Games.

Chicago, Nov. 19.-Scores of prin-
cipal football games played Satur-
day: Wisconsin, 80; Chicago, 5. Min
nesota, 81; Northwestern, 0. Yale
30; Princeton, 5. Michigan, 7; Notre
Dame, 0. Iowa, So, Grinnell, 2 La
fayette, II; Cornell, 0. Pennsylvania
Is; Carlisle Indians, 6.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-11-21
BY G w. NORRIS.

Henry De Windt, the explorer, has
started on his Journey through ST.
IBERIA. He viii cross the Behriny
straits and then go by the way of the
Mackenzie river to Winnipeg
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-11-21
Work ReSum ed.

Joliet, ILL.,, Nov. 19.-The billet mill
and converter of the Illinois steel works
resumed operations Sunday night after
three-weeks' shutdown. About 1000
men were put to work. The outlook is
good for long run.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-11-21
A Successful Voyage.

San Francisco. Nov. 19.-The whaling
steamer William Baylis arrived from
the north Sunday with $4,000 pounds of
bone and 400 barrels of Oil.
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Beautiful Society BADGES.

We have secured the agency for the
Whitehead & Hoag Company's hand
some and complete line of badges for
every Catholic society in the North
west, including A. o. H., c. O. F.,
Holy Name, Young Ladies' Sodality,
Rosary Society, all French, German.
Polish, Bohemian societies, and in fact
can furnish badges for any society of
any nationality. We have 4 full line
of samples of these handsome badges
at our Office. Call and see them and
be convinced that we have just what
you want Out Of town parties can Sc
cure any information desired regarding
badges by writing US. All of these
badges are of exquisite workmanship
and design and are just what every So
ciety needs for the membership.
THE IRISH STANDARD. ..
81 Fourth street S., Minneapolis. MINI.
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by Father Devlin, and the intermen,
was in lakewood cemetery. The de.
ceased leaves son and daughter tc
mourn the demise of good mother
Thomas, an engineer on the 1. & M
division of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul railroad, and Mrs. Speaks, OF
Minneapolis.
Montgomery, Minn.-Dennis Fitz-
patrick died of Bright's disease June 30
He was born in Islea, County Armagh,
ireland, in the year 1924 and emigrated
to America in 1851. He first engaged
working in carriage factory in Bos-
ton, Mass. After seven years he went
to Connecticut, remaining short ime,
when he went westward as far as Chi
cago, where he was employed in pack
ing house. He came to Minnesota about
80 years ago, and purchased farm in
the township of Kilkenny, which is still
owned by his family. In 1871 he married
Mary Ann Finn, of Cleveland. They
had born to them ten children, nine 81
whom are living-Edward, Mrs. J. Shee-
han, of Erin Town; Mary Theresa
James Peter, Joseph, Agnes, Libbie
Michael Dennis-his youngest son pre-
ceded him to the grave six years ago
The deceased was an honest kind-heart.
ed man, who had many friends and no
enemies. The funeral took place Mon
day morning, July 2, from ST. Canice's
church, where services were held by
Rev. Father McAvay, who preached a
most touching sermon on the good life
he led. The following: Messrs. ]. Muir
ply, R. Dynes, ]. Delehanty, T. Fur
long, M. Shelby and T. Purcell bore his
remains to the Catholic cemetery, fol-
lowed by sorrowful friends, who sympa-
thized with his wife and family.
Anoka, Minn.-Miss Mayme Donnel-
ly, 10 years old, died at the home of her
sister, Mrs. Chas. Mcintyre, on Friday
morning, June g. In the spring of 90
she graduated from the Anoka High
School with honors, she being class his
torian. In the fall she went to the
Winona normal and there studied with
the same untiring zeal that characterized
her work in the high school. Her health
began to fail, and when she came home
for the Christmas vacation, she decided
not to return tuberculosis developed,
and during all these months she has
been cheerful and considerate.- Her
mind was one of the brightest and its
capacity far above the average. The
funeral services we're held on Monday
morning, July 2, from St. Stephens
church. The. cortege was made up OF
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by English officials to bride or intimi-
date the prisoners. Finding their over
lures in vain the men were turned over
to the tender mercies of the warden
whose duty it was to break them by tor
ture.
I'VE sometimes had bread and water
for Our daily fare twenty-one days out
of thirty. Each little infraction, or
the whim OF a lying guard added to
the number of days we had of bread
and water. Frequently after eating the
! foul food that was given us we felt ter
rible pangs that we thought would soon
finish our earthly careers. We did not
know what the cause Of this agony was
in the beginning, but later we discov-
cred that our food was being drugged.
During cold weather sleep was a
comfort not to be dreamed of. We
spent the nights trying to arouse some
little semblance OF warmth by rubbing
our hands together and beating our
arms around our bodies. 1t was two
years before any letter from friend
outside was allowed to reach me and
nine years before l ever saw visitor"
Mr.. Kennedy described the sufferings
and deaths of several of his comrades,
told of the hopes which came with every
presidential election in the United
States, of the repeated disappointments
and the strain which at length weakened
his own mind and partially destroyed his
memory of events.
The lecturer shed clear light upon
the pseudo-friendship which England is
at present protesting for the United
States.
'1n England" he said, there is no
real friendship for this country. l had
an excellent opportunity during my
years of imprisonment to ascertain the
exact feeling OF the English in this re-
gard. The literature that was current
in prisons showed plainly English hat
red of Americans and their institutions
and at no time did l ever see in any
paper or periodical one friendly word
for the United States. England is now
reaching out her withered hand to
grasp the rugged hand of stalwart Un-
Gle Sam because she realizes that her
day OF peril and perhaps of doom has
come. l myself am still hopeful that
Irish aspirations for freedom will be re-
warded while l live and the time now
seems ripe for that splendid consumma-
ton"
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a A Brave Missionary.

Cardinal Moran, OF Sydney, New
South Wales, set forth recently some
remarkable incidents in the life OF Fa-
thcr Therry, the pioneer priest of Aus
tralia and founder OF ST. Mary's Cathe-
dral. The good priest had many diff
culties to face. AT that time, some So
years ago, Australia was treated as a
sort of Protestant reserve. Father
Flynn, priest who had landed there
before Father Therry, was imprisoned
and then shipped back in chains to
London, Governor Macquaric remark
ing, 81 don't want any Popish mission
airy to intrudc on this Protestant terri
tory" He had to tolerate Father
Therry, but sucl, was the opposition the
priest met with that sometimes it was
at the risk of his life he took the sacra-
mcnts to the sick and dying. He was
not, however, man to be daunted.
A poor Catholic sailor came to him
one day saying that his child in an Or
phan school had never been baptized
and was dying, and praying that the
sacraments might be administered be-
fore its death. Father Therry at once
asked to be allowed to see the child,
but was refused admission. He delibe-
rately scaled the walls, baptized the
child, administered the last sacraments
and then fastened away.
Some time afterwards as he was en-
tering the convict hospital to visit dy-
ing man the guard presented his bayo-
net and ordered him back. Father
Therry neither finched nor turned. He
simply asked: care you prepared to
take the death Of this poor man on your
soul? 1t is not on the part OF the gov
eminent that I come here, but in the
name of Almighty God" The guard
lowered his arms and turned aside
whilst Father Therry entered the hos
pital
On another occasion when sic!; per
son wanted him at the infrmary, Fa-
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the earliest authentic records of Euro
pean intercourse with the Western hemi-
sphere. Two eminent prominent his
torians, Cardinal Moran and Canon
O'Hanlon, have related at great length
the life and voyages OF Saint Brcndan,
but the fact OF Saint Brendan having
ever reached the continent OF America
has never been proved, although traces
have been discovered to show that Irish
men had settled in the southern part of
North America, and had introduced civ
ilization centuries before Columbus
planted the flag of Spain on that great
continent. Raiu can be quoted to show
the use OF the Irish language in Florida
as far back as the eighth century, and
Won Tschudi to show the presence of
Irish colonies along the coast reaching
from Chesapeake Bay and extending
down into the Carolinas and Florida.
The Irish origin of some North and
Central American tribcs-the similitude
between the Hiberno- Celtic and Ameri-
can-Indian dialects-the study of Rusk
on early Irish voyagings to Iceland, and
the work Of Centa, the Arabian, who
wrote in 1000 for Roger II. OF Sicily, all
refer to this. The book of the latter
was called "Amusements OF the Curious
in the Exploring of Countries" 1t was
written in Arabic. It shows the New
World, describes it, and calls it Great
Ireland '-
Intercourse, as the Icelandic annals
prove, was kept up with the American
continent as late as 1347; yet it was sur-
prising the ignorance which prevailed
in Europe respecting it in the time Of
Columbus. We read in the accounts Of
Columbus voyages that as early as 1474
he conceived the idea OF reaching India
by sailing westward. In 1477, he tells
u.s. he sailed 100 leagues beyond Thule,
probably to Iceland. Columbus could
hardly find anything more suggestive
for his wonderful rediscovery than the
following accurate statement Of an Ice
landic geographer:
"On the west of the great Sea Of
Spain, which some called Ginumgap,
and leaning somewhat towards the
north, the first land which occurs is the
good Vinland, so called by Lief, son Of
Eric the Red who visited the New
World in the year 1ooo."-New ireland.
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The Gael for July.

| The Gael for July opens with charm
ing Irish folk lore story, "The Fairy
| Well of Cara" by Patrick j. Tansey.
Stephen ]. MacKenna, who has won
for himself the reputation of being one
of the ablest OF the new school OF Irish
writer's, contributes mastery paper on
The Celtic Renaissance in which he
sketches with graphic power the debt
which Irish literature owes to DR..
George Sigerson, the we'll known Irish
poet and littcratcur, whose latest work,
"Bards OF the Gael and GALL" is a
notably learned addition to Irish ro-
nanticism.
Irish Literature" by Charles O'Far-
rel], is a keen analysis of the strength
and splendid literary qualities underly-
ing Irish poetry and romance, which he
has pictured in such mastery manner
that we hope to hear from him again OH
the other fields OF Irish literature.
THE Ancient Games of Ireland" by
p. p. Sutton, is the most comprehensive
narrative we have ever seen Of the atl,-
lctic spirit which animated powerfully
the Irish race in the oldcn time; spirit
which was quite equal if not superior,
to the more widely known Olympian
games OF the Greeks.
The Gaelic in this issue is printed
from beautiful new type, and includes a
Fcnian tale, entitled "Thc Adventures
of the Big Man" story OF the tenth CEN
fury told in the Irish OF the seventeenth
century, "The Parliament OF Women, y
which is considered by all competent
Gaelic scholars to be the finest work in
ancient or modern Irish, is continued,
and will be found valuable to the stu
dent pursuing a classical study OF the
Irish language.
The Gael is published monthly for ST.
a year, 10 cents copy, from $50 Nassau,
street, New York Subscribe for it.