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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-08-24
HPERHAPS."

Note.-"It may be observed, said a
prominent politician, that Mr.. Bryan
prefaces all his political utterances with
his now famous perhaps.
The shades of night were falling fast
AS through the western country passed
A man who bore, through party ice,
A banner with the strange device:
Perhaps"
His brow was sad his hair, beneath
A somewhat damaged laurel wreath
Was mussed; but like clarion rung
The accents of that tireless tongue:
Perhaps"
In great Ohio's broad eXpanse
He saw them try to choke his chance'
They turned his picture to the wall;
He smiled and murmured: That no gail
Perhaps"
''Try not to rum" the rebels yell;
imperialism has gone to -,
And capital has come to stay.
He answered, in the same old way:
Perhaps"
ooh, stay" a remnant said, "and rest
Your weary head upon this breast.
A tear stood in his blackened eye,
AS soft he answered with sigh:
Perhaps"
Where is your hard times avalanche!
Say, won't you ever learn thing!
The rebels hear him murmuring:
Perhaps"
~
Around, above, below, he sees
The icy portents of a freeze;
He feels the foe upon his track,
But just the same he answers back:
Perhaps"
From east and west, from south and north,
Come anxious rebels trooping forth.
"We'n down the Matchless Leader cry
The hungry hordes. He makes reply:
Perhaps"
We'll smite him on the thigh and hip,
We want a change of leadership;
Chicago. platforms are n. g.,
Well have a new one" And says he:
Perhaps"
A traveller, by little mound,
Half buried in the snow was found,
Still grasping, midst the snow and ice,
a banner with the strange device:
Perhaps"
There in the twilight cold and gray,
They stood about him as he lay.
Thank Cod the rebels cry; hes dead"
Then, turning in the snow, he said:
Perhaps"
William j. Hampton. in N. Y. Herald.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-08-24
Amusing Anecdote of Little Girl
who Had an Encounter with
Whittier,

A lady who, during her little girl
house with the poet Whittier, tells an
amusing anecdote at the expense of
her childish self. She was of dainty
palate and vehement tongue, and one
day at dinner had declined to touch
the CHEF dish served, declaring it was
kind of meat she "hated," says
Youths Companion.
That afternoon she was curled up
in corner of the parlor sofa studying
her grammar lesson, when Mr.. Whit
tier came in and paused to speak to
her. He inquired kindly what brought
such an anxious quicker to her fore
head, and she replied that she was
parsing -parsing poetry.
cts a great deal worse to parse
than anything else" she added, quite
forgetting in her vexation to whom
she spoke. Il don't see why people
ever write it! They say things wrong
end to, and hind side before, and every
which way, and they might just as well
say right out plain and not bother any
body! l hate poets!"
ooh, no, no, no! Not hate!'' pro-
tested the poet of the New England
home with a deprecating voice and a
humorous CLEAN in his eye. 81 dare
say they're troublesome, but thee
needn't hate them. Thee shouldn't
hate anything except wickedness.
Abby-not even pork and poets!"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-08-24
NOTES ON ALFALFA.
1t Requires Large Quantities of Lime
which Should Re Applied the
Previous Fail.

Lime is a very necessary element in
the soil, at least in states where the
plant may be considered out of its nat
ural region. The lime should be APP
piled the fall previous to the seeding
and should be we'll narrowed into the
soil. If commercial fertilizers are to
be used they should be applied just
previous to the seeding, unless we ex-
cept Stag, which should be put on some
months before. The manure should
be applied after the cutting, prefer
ably late in the fall. The trouble with
alfalfa is to get n good start and a
good deal of nursing is required for
the first year. For this reason the
surface soil should be carefully pre-
pared, so that the roots may penetrate
the earth as rapidly as possible After
it is started, care must be taken not to
NOV it too close or pasture it too soon
or too close. 1t will not recover so
rapidly as does grass, and some times
not at all. This is especially true dur
ing the first year. 1t takes a number
of years for the roots to get good de-
velopment. They should therefore
have a soil with good depth between
the surface and the water table
Though alfalfa is a water-loving plant
it cannot grow with its roots saturat-
ed. 1t is not by any means an aquatic
plant, even TO its roots. This is one
reason why it fails on some soils-the
water table being too near the surface
of the ground. Weeds must be kept
oat the first year, as they have bet
ter fighting chance at first than the
alfalfa.-Farmers Review.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-08-24
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.

Admirers of the late William Ham
ilton Gibson and his pen and pencil in
terpretations Of nature will be glad
to learn that a biography of him is to
appear soon.
Austin Dobson, after SIS years of
continuous service as principal of the
harbor and fisheries department of
the British board of trade, has retired
from public service to devote himself
wholly to literary pursuits. He has
the regular pension of an employee of
the civil service, and a special pension
secured for him by Mr.. Balfour.
Sir Edwin Arnold, in writing to a
friend in this country of his recent
epic poem, said that, though he was
now quite blind and broken in health,
be did not by any means intend, even
IL life was spared, that this work
should be his last. He would, he said,
work on as long as he was able to do
work that satisfied him.
The most remarkable book in the
world, sc far as its appearance is con-
cerned, is neither written nor print
. 49, IL - LII ullS lpGIldl library OIL
Paris, and the letters are cut out of
tissue paper with a pair of scissors.
A sheet of blue tissue, in which the
letters are cut, is placed between two
pages of white, and so the matter is
read.
John Morley, talking with a friend
about his literary work at Hawarden,
said that his labor had been greatly
lessened by Mr.. Gladstone's personal
habits of order and regularity.
Through the last go years of his career
ne not only preserved every important
letter or document that reached him,
but neatly Endorsed it with his own
hand and slowed it away in order of
date. Among the papers docketed and
stored at Hawarden in order of date
Mr.. Morley found notes of a speech
delivered by Mr.. Gladstone at the Ok
ford union just 70 years ago.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-08-24
AMONG THE POULTRY.

Save the meat scraps for your fowls.
Soft soap is good remedy for scaly
legs in fowls.
Ground bone can be fed alone or in
the soft food.
Proper food and a variety of it make
strong, healthy chickens.
Ii is a good rule to scald out the
drinking vessels once week.
Tobacco stems covered with straw
in the nests will prevent insect breed.
ing.
If you want to keep eggs for any
length of time turn them over every
few days.
Clean earth is one of the best alb
sorbents that can be used in the poul-
try-house.
Whitewashing the nests, inside and
out, is a good means of keeping them
free from vermin.
Mark your chickens each year SO
you can know their age and kill or sell
them after the third year.
Save the eggshells, put them on or
in the stove until they are brown and
brittle, then break up fine and mix
with the soft food.
To prevent loss of feathers. which is
due to overlooking with heating mate
rial, such as corn and buckwheat,
change the food to something lighter.
National Rural.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-08-24
TIPS ON FALL STYLES.

Hopsacliing, it is said, in deep cream
Or a dark natural fax tint, will be "the
newest thing for fall"
Renaissance will be quite passe as a
fall trimming lace. Guipure, cluny and
point d'arabe will be much preferred.
Majestic coats apd gowns of the
Louis XIV. era of velvet, trimmed with
Venetian point, will form many eIab-
crate autumn toilettes.
For the fall, tailor-made Elton
bIouses and Louis XIV. coats are all
exhibited among the advance models.
Only the season itself will prove the
favorite, but indications point to the
continuance of the Elton for popular
wear.
A greater tendency to combine col
ors will be a new autumn feature. EN-
erald green, in particular, is to have
strong vogue as a contrast trimming.
This new notion, it is predicted, will
be strongly in evidence on both hats
and combinations.
Top coats promise to be long, about
AZ inches, with half-fitted backs, and
with Or without a yoke. The former
will be smarter, but for women who
have to wear coat several winters
will look more passe when it's vogue
is over.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-08-24

ton wall, should be of a nature to let
the water down quickly to the tile.
Otherwise q great deal will find its
way through the stones of the wall
and enter the cellar, especially during
a heavy rain, when the ground is
soaked with moisture. There is al
ways a space outside to be filled after
laying a foundation wall. Let this be
filed with gravel or small stones, and
the water viii fall down at once to
the tile drain. Take special care in the
laying Of this drain, for when once
down it is a very great job to take any
part of it up again.-N. Y. Tribune.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-08-24
THINGS OF LONG AGO.

When all the dreams OF our lie nave van
ished
When love is b anishec
2 And hope has ued,
We turn away from TIC oAeoAN -. oA W.
To walk with sorrow
Among the dead;
We look once more on the loving faces
And sunny places
We used to know,
And lose for time our hurt and sadness
Within the gladness
OF long ago.
The days are long, and the days are dreary;
Our hearts are weary
And in distress,
AS through the blur of our tear-wet lashes
We see the ashes
OF happiness.
From brooding over our lives left lonely
We seek the only
Escape we know
BY going back to the sweet affections
And recollections
OF long ago.
Our dreams of love and our golden visions.
The fond ambitions
Of other years,
BY stern DEGREES of the real, broken,
Have left their token
OF unshed tears.
Without remorse are the fates that sever
Those hopes we never
Again Sndll hHoW.
But although lost, they renew their glory
Within the story
OF long ago.
When love proves false and we seem for
saken,
Our spirit shaken
With sorrow sore,
There is one solace time can't deny us,
Which fingers by US
For evermore.
foo oft
The sweet caresses
We used to know;
Our hearts yet revel amid the pleasures
And cherished treasures
OF long ago.
Denver News.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-08-24

1t seemed that a rumor had reached
Der of tools had been Struggled into
the guard-house by the prisoners,
and by the aid of these they hoped
to cut their way out. Despite the
fact that it was growing dark, a
search of the prison room and cells
was ordered while the prisoners
stood in line in front awaiting the
usual evening inspection There was
nc, one to tell just who started it
or how, but, all on sudden, while
many of the guard were aiding in
the search inside, the whole array
| of prisoners, regular and volunteer,
old and young, except those few in
irons, made a sudden and simultane-
Gus dash for liberty, scattering in
every direction. Some had already
been recaptured, but at least 25 were
still at large, and, the post adjutant,
telephoning for Ray, briefly added
that there was every evidence that
his quarters had been robbed.
All this Stuyvesant heard with an
abs orbing interest, wondering wheth-
er it might not be possible to make
it plea or pretext on which to
present himself to Mrs. Ray, and then
ask to be presented to her daughter.
A second time he assembled the stairs
and, sauntering by, peered in at the
parlor door. Yes, there sat the
charming matron looking so winsome
and kind as she smiled upon her
| circle of visitors, but, alas, they were
four in number and all officers of
rank in the regular service, and
Stuyvesant's. shyness again over
came him.
Moreover, his brief glance into the
brightly lighted apartment, all dec
GRATED as it was with flags and flow
ers, revealed Miss Ray seated near
the window with two young cavalry
men in devoted attendance-all three
apparently so absorbed in their chat
that he, lonely and wistful, escaped
observation entirely until, just as he
passed from view, her lovely dark
eyes were for an instant quickly
raised, and though he knew it not,
she saw him, and saw too that he
was wandering aimlessly about, but,
quick as woman'S intuition, her eyes
returned to the face of the eager
young trooper by her side, for
Stuyvesant turned for one more long
ing glance before descending, defeat
ed, to the office floor.
1t was his last opportunity and fate
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-08-24
THE ODD AND CURIOUS.
Out of 20 blind people II are men,

Out of 20 blind people II are men,
nine women.
The sultan of Morocco has lately
spent $4,000 on a camera.
Fat pork, baked in honey, was a
favorite confection among the ladies
il the days of Horace.
The record amount of powder used
in fashlight photography was 20
pounds in the taking of 1900 men at
work in Chicago factory.
A company has been incorporated
at Columbus, o., to manufacture ma
chimes which are designed to take the
place of newsbays. They will be
placed on corners haunted by
'newsies" and the customer drops a
penny in the slot and gets paper.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-08-24
KEEPING CELLARS DRY.
Tile Drain Surrounding Base of the
Foundation wall the Most
Effective Method.

Whether the cellar be under the
farmhouse CT under the barn, it
should be as dry as possible for the
health of those dwelling above. A tile
drain surrounding the base of the
foundation wall, as shown in the cut,
is one Of the best means of carrying
off water from a surrounding wet soil.
But there is one feature IN connection
with such drain that the writer has
found important. The filling over the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-08-24
WABASHA HEARS GOOD NEWS

Wabasha, Mimi, August 10TH
George Huber of this town suffere
from Kidney Trouble and Back-Ache.
He was very bad. Dodd's Kidney Pills,
new remedy, has cured him com
pletely. He is now quite well and able
to wo2k. He says Dodd's Kidney Pills
are worth their weight in gold.
News comes to hand almost every
day of wonderful cures by Dodd's
Kidney Pills, which, although but re-
Gently introduced in this country, has
already made many warm friends by
its splendid results in the most serious
cases of BrigEGs Disease, Diabetes,
Dropsy, Rheumatism and Back-Ache.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-08-24
SERIES OF DARK NESTS.
How to Make u BOX That Occupies
But Little Space and Is Safe III
Every Respect.

Many plaas for row of dark nests
call for contriyance wide enough to
give a dark walk along the row of
dark nests, This makes cumber-
some pieca Of henhouse furniture.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-08-24
A ROW OF DARK NESTS.

with entrance at one end and nests
in order. Each hen will go to the
furthest unoccupied nest in her eff
fort to hide her nest away, so the
nests will be occupied in regular or
der. If hen has to pass over an
other in coming out no harm will be
done.
The advantage in such a plan is
the ease with which such box can
be made and the smaller space it oc-
cupies.-N. Y. Tribune.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-08-24
MADE STRONG AND WELL.
A Prominent Lady Raised From Sick Bed by
Pe-ru-na---EntireIy Cured in Two Weeks.

Mrs. William Henderson, Bordulac,
N. c., writes:
81 was troubled with very serious fe-
male weakness; had spells of flowing
that exhausted me so that [ feared I
would lose my mind. / suffered untold
agony with my back, the pain extend
ing down my left leg. My pain was SO
severe that 1 would have welcomed
death at any moment-so no one need
wonder that / recommend Peruna SO
highly, for it cured.me entirely of that.
Not a sign of pain has returned, and
that will soon be two years nQW!:.
81 am glad that there is way can
speak, trusting that many sufferer
will read my testimonial, and not only
read but believe. Mrs. VIM. Hender-
son.
FOR WOMEN ONLY.
Free Treatment During Hot Weather
by DR.. Hartman.
BY the assistance of an experienced
staff of physicians, DR.. Hartman pro-
poses to direct the treatment of sew
eral thousand women, who, for one
reason or another, are ailing.
Each patient sends name, symptoms,
and short description of previous
anu dIt 6nlcIGu IIllnC uOC-
tors books as regular patients.
The treatment is directed from time
to time as may be found necessary by
the doctor, without charge. Every let
ter and name is held strictly confiden-
tial, and in no case will any one be pub
ished except by the express wish OF
the patient herself.
These cases are treated with the
same care and fidelity as the private
patients of a regular family physician.
During the past year a large number
of cases have been cured. Every item
of the treatment is directed for which
no charge whatever is made.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio, for free treatment.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-08-24
Iowa's Republicans.

Iowa follows Ohio in denouncing
the southern attempt to disfranchise
the negro. In the republican state
convention at Des Moines the follow
ing was adopted:
1--WE are earnestly opposed to all legisla-
ton designed to accomplish the disfran-
chisement of citizens upon lines of race,
color or station of life and condemn the
measures adopted by the democratic party
in certain states TO accomplish that end
To this genuine Americanism the
Iowa republicans added Endorsement
of the protective tariff and of the
gold standard. On this invulnera BILE
platform was placed as the candidate
for governor A. B. Cummins, a prom
inent lawyer of Des Moines, who has
been an Iowa legislator and who was
for four years a member of the re-
publican national committee. Repub-
Gcanism is not taking the back
back track" Iowa republicans are
witnesses to the truth of that dec
laration.-Troy Times.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-08-24


Mrs. e. A. Crozier, Senior Vice Presi-
dent of the James Morgan Post, w. R.
c., the largest corps in Minnesota,
writes from "The Landour," 9th and
Nicollet, Minneapolis, Mimi, as fol-
lows:
"Please accept hearty thanks on
behalf of Peruna, that wonderful med
icine which raised me from sick bed
and made a strong and well woman of
me i'm two weeks. I suffered with
bearing-doWn pains, backache and con-
fnuaI headache, and found no relief
until tried Peruna. 1t cured me COM
pIefeLy, and I feel as young and well
as when Is. / wish every woman
knew the merits of the medicine, and
no home would be without ii. Mrs.
E. A. Crozier.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-08-24

OCoin Harvey charges the defeat
of the democratic party last year to
Chairman Jones' mismanagement
Coin Harvey shouldn't tell tales out
Of ire financial sc Aeol.-Chicago Trib-
une.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-08-24

seemed utterly against him, for when
on the following evening his general
went to call upon Mrs. Ray and took
his handsome and hopeful aide, ''The
ladies are out" said the bell-boy
They were dining at the adjutant
generals.
In desperation, Stuyvesant went
over to florists on Post street,
bought box of roses, and sent them
with his card to Miss Ray, express
ing deep regret that he had been de-
MED the opportunity to thank her in
person for her kindness to him the
night of the fire. He wanted to say
that he owed his eyes to her, but felt
that she knew better and would be
more offended than pleased.
He was to sail on the morrow, and
he had not even seen her brother
again.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-08-24
PORK AND POETS.

ITO Be Continued
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-24
THE HoFFMANNs IN BERLIN.
Honolulu Phys1ciang Meets q CeIe-
brated French Specialist.

Dr. and Mrs. Walter Hoffman, are
now in Berlin and domiciled at 81 Lin
oen Strasse, where they will remain
until about September 1, when they
will commence their return journey to
Honolulu. They expect to be home
again about September so. DR. Hoff-
mann has spent his time in Berlin in
attending the Augon-Klink Eye Hospi-
tai In Paris he met the celebrated
F'ournier, one of the worlds greatest
experts on skin diseases, and leprosy
was the subject of. discussion. In Lon
don DIR. Hoffman, attended a banquet
of physicians. where he met Sir Thorn
as Smith, King Edwards physician,
who made it possible for him to obtain
entree to London's celebrated hospitals
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-24

the fields, they think 1t will come through
men who viii make the experiment. and
having found how to do the work would
send for their friends. No radical move
is possible for the reason that there could
be no teaching of the business in a day
or month, and to attempt to deprive
the plantation at once of the services
OF its entire force of Orientals would
mean destruction of the interests and
at the same time, white men will not
work in the fields with the Japanese and
Chinese.
White men can do any work about a.
plantation, as well as any other man,
and in some instances better as In the
mills, but they will not do it.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-24

in front Of the hotel entrance. The lee
ture given was in itself an interesting
one, Mr.. Erwin's impromptu wit enliv-
ening it throughout He conducted his
hearers through California on an imagin-
airy trip, the beautiful and artistically
colored views of the Golden Gate, San
Francisco Bay and different scenes in
San Francisco and its parks leading off
the trip, and the beauties of Los Angeles,
Pasadena, Catalina Island, Redlands,
and other southern cities followed, a
splendid series of Yosemite and National
Park views being the climax. Every
view was a beautiful vision, and
to larger percentage of the crowd
each reflection upon the screen brought
up fond memories of the Golden State.
AT the concluson of the lecture many
gathered around Mr.. Erwin and person
ally congratulated him and thanked him
for the pleasure afforded them by his
splendid entertainment.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-24
Pearl Harbor Inspection.

Captain j. F. Merry, U. S. N, COM
mandant of the Hawaiian Naval Sta
ton. and Civil Engineer U. S. c. White,
o. S. N, leave at o'clock this morn
ing in an army wagon or ambulance for
Pearl Harbor. whence they will embark
on the station launch to make a tour
Of the lochs. The launch will leave Ho-
nolulu harbor early this morning in CIR
der to meet the officers at Pearl Har-
Dor. The officers will determine upon
the location of sites for various parts
of the new naval station and docks.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-24
Mr.. Davies VIII SNEAK.

T. Give Davies, the speaker tomor-
row at the o'clock meeting at the Y.
NJ. c. A hall, is well known in bust
ness circles. in connection with one OF
our largest mercantile houses. In r.
ligious circles he is connected with ST.
Andrews Cathedral and as president CT
the Y. NJ c. A is in touch with young
men of all denominations Mr.. Davies
has a message for the young men of
Honolulu.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-24
SCENES IN THE
GOLDEN STATE
Fine Stereopticon Lecture on
the Hotel Grounds
Last Evening.

The lecture on California, illustrated
with Illuminated stereopticon views, CIV
en- by Mr.. j. w. Erwin, Superintendent
of Free Delivery at the Hawaiian hotel
was d rare treat.
The hotel lanais and steps and the
grounds were thronged with people, and
cheers and applause expressed the appre-
citation of the crowds as the magnificent
views of California's most beautiful seen
cry were displayed upon the large screen