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Monsieur Et Madame.


He: If my money is the only thing you married me for I think we had better separate at once"
 How much would you be willing to separate from?"
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AHEAD OF THE ARMY.
Rv William O afoddard

By WH1am U. St0ddard.
 This Is a stirring story of the war with Mexico. It is a lively narrative of the experiences of an American boy who ar rtves In Mexico as the war with the United States is beginning. The boy be- comes a guide of the American army, and is thrown into contact with such youn officers as Lieutenant Grant and Captains Lee. and Mcclellan, all of them destined to become famous later in American military history. His toric fact and fiction are happily blended
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soIos AND STORIES
 FROM TENNESSEE.

By John Trotwood Moore.
 This Is a most readable collection of short stories and poems. Much of what Is said drops from the lips of colored people or is said concerning them in the
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COMPARTMENT
By Roscoe Lewis Ashley.

By Roscoe Lewis Ashley.
 A well-planned textbook for the pri- mary schools The affairs of local. State and National Governments are presented in the right perspective, the former occu- pying the foreground in this volume as they do in the actual life of most citi- gems. Pending measures of reforms, such as public control of monopolies. direct primaries, and direct legislation are dealt with without dogmatism. the pros and cons being presented 50 that the student may comprehend both sides. (McMillen Co.,, New York;.
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THE MUTINEERs.

By Eustace L. Williams.
 A school story dealing with a fractional fight between two societies. the evil re- suits in athletics. and the triumph of the mutineers or independents in a great ball game. We reget to say that the boy of both factions talk and act like rowdies. CThe Lothrop Publishing Col.
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Nell told him he must not see me any more Belle-What did he say? Nell-Not g word. He simply turned out the light.
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DisT7g'It,ti.s','esd ; t i.',s Tkin

Wasted muscles and decaying bones.
 What havocl
 Scrofula, let alone. is capable of all that and more. q
 It Is commonly marked by buriehes in the neck, inhammations In the eyes, dys-: pepsia, catarrh, and general debility.1
 It Is always radically and pernahently cured by .r Hoods C0rSGpGrili0 Which expels all humo-s, cures ell erup- tions, and builds up the whole system, whether young or old.
 Hoods Fills cure liver laI the nonzETtatlne and only cathaEtic to take TitA Aeodl AElaRe1lllR
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THE SEA AT NOON.

Who rocks the little pillows of the deep t That. curved as grace itself they kiss Tlen sink in curves, and with the noon- The stiffness that can neither laugh nor What languid revels do the sea nymphs That. in the summer, when the days
 are fair.
 The slowly to the sky cast garlands rare Of foam flowers, though the blue seems
 fixed in sleep? Always the joy of life lies in the sea Who knows 1t, loves 1t, and his fancies
 play
 With ali it's moods for joy-whether it
 wakes
 Gentle as dawn upon the bright To Be Of rosy youth; or, dashing high its spray The world with ecstacy of tumult
 Maurice Francis Egan When you have walked the weary way The weary way that leads by noon And takes you to the end of day, You know there waits for you boon; You know that on ahead Is rest, For roses drip with twilight dew
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M FRESH CUT LEAVES &|

together, and there Is a wealth of incl dent and instruction in the tale. Uo- throp Publishing Co.,, Boston,.
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A woman who Is given to mysteries generally has he rown way.
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Rooks and Periodicals.

self-reliant and independent national life.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-22
Diagnosed from Picture.

Robert Henri, the painter, told the
other day story about the Philadel-
phia physician DR.. w. w. Keen.
An artist was escorting DR.. Keen
through an exhibition Of pictures. Be-
fore the portrait of man of middle
age the physician stopped.
"Do you know this MANI" he asked
81 believe" the artist answered.
that it is Mr.. So and So.'
els he dead?"
Eyes he has been dead for some
months /"
"Wel,." said Or. Keen, 81 would
wager that he died from heart dis
ease"
The artist, struck by skill that
could find material for diagnosis in a
picture, inquired into the death of the
portraits original, and found that the
man had indeed died Of heart disease
the winter before.-N. 7. Tribune
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-22
TYPICAL LONDON EVENING.
Great Crowd at Private Establish
ments and Visitors Often
Unable to Enter.

We had yesterday a typical London
season evening. We dined at Lady
Vivian's-a large, handsome dinner
everybody rather in a hurry to get
away, as there were two big parties
Lady Derby's in st. James place and
Lady Salisbury's in Arlington street
We drove down Piccadilly with much
in spite of our white card" but final
ly did arrive at Lady Derby's. The
staircase was mass of people strug
Cling to get in, an orchestra was play
ing and about 1000 people in the
rooms that would comfortably hold
about half. says Mary King Wadding
ton, in Scribner's.
Of course. on such occasions one
doesn't talk. We spoke to our host
and hostess, were carried on by the
crowd, made the tour of the rooms and
got down again. with much waiting
and jostling. as there were two cur
rents coming and going. However
we did finally get our carriage, and
then, with many stops and very slow
ly, got to Arlington street, where ap
parently the same people were strug
Cling on the staircase. the same or
chestra playing and just as big q
crowd { I should think the whole con
sentative party), for though the house
is larger they had invited more PEG
pie, SO the result was practically the
same.
We did exactly the same thing, ex
changed few words with Lady Sails
bury, made the tour and came home
We were two hours performing these
two receptions, but I suppose it was
right to do it once However, the Eng
lish certainly enjoy the sight. and
don't mind the waiting. Lady Jer
sey, who is a grandmother, told me
this afternoon she had bored herself
to death last night. ''Why did you
go?" l said, you must know these big
parties by heart" ooh, l like the par
ties" she said, "only I didn't get tc
either" and then she explained her
evening" She had started alone in he1
carriage at ten o'clock for Lady Der
by's, was kept waiting an intermina
BILE time in Piccadilly, and when she
finally did reach Lady Derby's door
a friendly link man advised her not
to go in, as everybody was coming
away and she would never get up
stairs, so she turned back and pro
ceeded to Arlington street She had
the same crowd, the same long wait
and when she arrived at Lady Sails
bury's the party was over and no one
could possibly get in. It. was then
midnight, and she drove home. hav
Ing passed the whole evening since
ten o'clock alone in her brougham in
Piccadilly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-22
Larger Interest.

State Treasurer John j. Kempf re-
ports that the amount Of interest earned
on state money deposited in banks in
Wisconsin during the second quarter Of
this year was $S,117.S3 During the first
quarter this interest amounted to S.
252.6O, and this year it will approximate
about one-third more than last year The
reason for the increase is that the state
has more money on deposit than it had
a year ago, the increase being due in
part to the s480,000 received some
months ago from the federal government
for civil war claims.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-22
ENGLISH en- In Wash in pf0u

John and Irving Armstrong, sub
stantial business men of Lmdon and
Liverpool, respectively. have been Wis
iting Washington, which they declare
to be the most beautiful capital in the
world. The brother from London was
most astonished by "the entire abb
sence of any outward evidence of pow
erty," while the Liverpool mans at
tention was chiefly attracted by ''the
entire absence of evidence that any
great amount of work was being
done" Both agreed as to the grandeur
of the capitol building, the beauty and
simplicity of the white house and the
remarkable cleanness of the streets.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-22
The News Condensed.

The EIks have laid the corner stone of
their new clubhouse at Fond du Lac.
At Cumberland the Island City banl1
has reorganized as the Inland City state
bank
While three youths in Fond du Lac
were throwing stones at each other
George Macoy, Is years old, was killed
by stone thrown by Fred Scheibach.
The sash and door men of Oshkosh re-
port that trade conditions at present are
decidedly favorable and that the pros
poets for next seasons business are ex-
cellent
Frances c. Newell, Carrie Balm Hcyt,
Mrs. Edward Balm and George Yule have
pres ented the city Of Kenosha with
splendid hospital, equipped for use
The Polk county fair society will
s, 9, and 10.
An additional rural free delivery
service will be established at Soldiers
Grove September l, covering an area
of 50 square miles, with a population
of 1900.
The Walworth County Old Soldiers
and Sailors association will hold their
fifteen.l annual reunion at Elkhorn on
Wednesday, August 20.
The common council of RipOn has
passed an ordinance prohibiting auto
mobiles exceeding a speed of four
miles an hour at street crossings and
corners.
Mrs. Nancy French, aged ga years,
one of the two original settlers Of Ke-
nosha county, died suddenly at her
home in the town of Pleasant Prairie.
The state forestry commission has
placed former Secretary of State
Thomas /. Cunningham of Chippewa
Falls in charge of the Wisconsin for
estry exhibit at the st. Louis worlds
fair.
Rev. w. H. J. Dargent, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church of Hammond,
Ind, has accepted call to the pastorate
of the First Presbyterian church of
Salisbury.
Samuel T. Main, superintendent of the
Belle City Malleable Iron company at
Racine, arrested on the charge of violat-
Ing the child labor law. pleaded guilty
and paid fine of so and costs.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-22
LOVER OF NICE DISTINCTIONS.
Former King of Siam Went to q
Great Deal of Trouble to Perfect
His English.

The Siamese differ from otNer
Orientals in kind of youthful curl.
csity which has made them reach
out for European ideas, whereas
most eastern races have repealed the
west or been Indifferent to it. A
recent writer on Siam gives an &C
count of the learning of the King
of Siam who died in 1865 He was a
trained Oriental linguist, and cor
responded in fluent English with
many Englishmen of distinction.
From the book by Mrs. Leonowens,
English governess at the Siamese
court, the writer quotes an account
of his majesty's habits of study.
Before my arrival in Bangkok it
had been not uncommon practice
to send for missionary at midnight,
have him beguiled or abducted from
his bed, and conveyed by boat to the
palace, some miles up the river, to
inquire if it would not be more ele-
CANT to write 'murky' instead of OBJ
scure,' or 'gloomily dark rather
than mot clearly apparent And il
the wretched man should venture to
declare his honest preference for the
ordinary over the extraordinary
form of expression, he was forthwith
dismissed with irony, arrogance, or
even insult, and without a word Of
apology for the rude invasion of his
rest.
Zone night, a little after II o'clock,
as his majesty was on the point of
going to bed, like any plain citizen
Of regular habits, he fell to thinking
how most accurately to render into
English the Siamese word phi which
admits of variety of interpretations
ghost, spirit, soul, devil, evil angel.
''After pulling over it for more
than an hour and getting himself
possessed with the word as with the
devil it stands for, but to no purpose,
he ordered one of his lesser state
barges to be manned and despatched
with all speed for the British con-
sui.
''That functionary, inspired with
lively alarm by so startling a sum.
mons, dressed himself with uncere-
monious celebrity and hurried to the
palace, conjecturing on the way all
imaginable possibilities, of politics
and diplomacy, revolution or in
yasion.
''To his vexation, not less than to
his surprise, he found the king en-
deshabille engaged with Siamese-
English vocabulary, and mentally
divided between deuce and devil in
the choice of an equiva leEt.
Ellis preposterous majesty gravely
laid the case before the consul, who,
although inwardly chafing at the
situation, had no choice but to de-
eide with grace, and go back to bed
with philosophy"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-22

came out into grotesque relief, and Lee
Quoy's heavy breathing seemed to
mark the passage of years.
The tale was done. The heavy reek
of opium and tobacco had drenched
my senses in somnolence. The demon
in the shrine was chattering impotent-
ly. The Phrase-Maker stretched out
his pallid hand to the bowl of spiced
gum, and, as he rubbed his lips, we
smiled dizzily at each other. For in
his story there had been no woman,
nor mention of woman. This he did
not know, for merciful forgetfulness
was come upon him, and he thought
the threads of life lay untangled.
Fill my pipe. l will smoke" he
said.
Lee Quoy was obedient, and
watched, bordering.
A strange sound broke in upon my
ears. The Phrase Maker had walked
In his voice, terror and hatred stream
ed like phosphorescence in a tide race.
II am remembering" he cried.
looked at the demon in the shelf
AAAC OAiAAC. AC COulOI LCu ILLUS, Inc
writhing face, the indecent posture
triumphed. Lee Quoy flung a vibrant
curse at the god.
AS his voice changed in the room, the
Phrase-M Maker arose, a look of blind
haste on his countenance. His green
robe flashed down over his shrunken
limbs as he Strengthened up. His
pallid, eager face pleaded for the end.
Il have lived with the living" he
whispered, through dry lips; now
remember only. 1t has lost it's power"
And he let fall his opium pipe to break
upon the mat.
Then he slowly turned upon the god.
Putting out barred arm he uttered the
sum of his life: Love is living. To
remember is to die"
He gazed into the fiendish eyes, and
we saw his countenance fall away, so
to speak, as a face of wax before a
blazing fire. First, his mouth lost all
human sem lance, and his eyes fol-
lowed, but last. In the moment of his
final look, he swayed forward, dead
at the demons feet.
And among the blackend joss-sticks
rolled ruby jewel, dimmed by years
of caress.-San Francisco Argonaut.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-22
UP ON THE FARM.

And white and crimson clover hedge the
highway,
Ana here and there the trees meet over
head,
And rank quick-growing grasses in the
by-way
Form carpets green your little feet
shall tread;
And you shall run, your mellow curls
a-tangle,
Along the ways my bare feet used to
know;
And you shall hear the jays and catbirds
wrangle,
And learn the dear old paths used to
Your yellow curls shall lift to all the
breezes,
Bless your wee heart! and your blue
eyes shall shine
Enraptured of a life whose each phase
pleases
Your childish heart, as one time it did
mine;
And you shall stoop where buttercups
are growing
And pluck them by the armful, if you
will;
And you shall laugh to hear the cattle
And you shall hear the plaintiff whip
poorwill.
AND you snail chase the th1Stle-dOWn
ALLOWING
On lazy winds. and you'll twine in your
hair
The crimson clover blossoms, all unknow-
ing
How more you are than just surprising
fair!
And you-the naughty gander shall af-
fright you,
Until you scream and someone comes to
''Take!"
And other things will tickle and delight
you,
And other things your wee warm heart
will break
And grandma and grandpa will, bending
over,
Look deepest love on your wee tousled
crown
When you get ''s'eepy," and the smell OF
clover
Will weave about you, dear, and down,
and down.
You'll sink in Sunderland, and all about
you
Hearts shall keep guard. Step soft! soft
close the doorS
And love you till they cannot live without
AS they loved dad when he wore pima
fQres.
j. NJ. Lewis, in Houston Post.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-22
WISCONSIN, STATE NEWS.
Capitol Commission.

Six members Of the commission to Sc
lect and have charge of the plans for the
building of an addition to the state
cs2itel, as provided by az act Of the
last legislature, have been appointed by
the governor. Besides himself they are:
Justice J. B. Winslow and Justice R. G..
Marshall, members of che supreme
court; w. H. ChyLoweth, attorney,
Madison; Edwin F. Reynolds, superin-
tendent of the Allis- Chalmers plant,
Milwaukee; o. H. Ingram, manufacturer
of sash, door and blinds, Eau Claire, and
John A. Van Cleve, banker, Marinette,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-22
Bills Audited.

The state board of control has audited
sane in county asylums during the year
ending June 80, and finds that the
amount due the 80 counties maintaining
these asylums is $401 1892. Of this
amount the state pays S306, 161.17, and
counties having no asylums pay $685.
036.85. The cost of supporting the state
at large patients, who have no legal res
idence in any county of the state, was.
S44 ,90458.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-22
y John Fleming Wilson.

II HE wick in the oiI-cup was very
/ short, and the squat fame threw
a Quiyering CLEAN across the Phrase
Makers face as he rubbed his parched
lips with spiced gum. Through the
grimy, soOty lattice, SO closely wrought
that no light penetrated it, drifted the
roar of the street outside.
II am white said my host, serenely;
"and on the avenue my people are
trafficking. For ten years I have not
left this ROOM"
stupidity asked.
There was clink of a ring against
glass, and fine scorn tinged the
Phrase-Maker's voice as he spoke
over his cup. POSSIBLY you think it
a little vulgar to live in the Chinese
fashion and smoke hop I used to
,hink myself unfortunate, but I begin
to fancy that, after all, do not fare
SO i'll. 1t is much to sit calm and watch
the world go by"
The pallid hand set down the cup,
and the dark eyes were fixed in a
drowsy stare. The Phrase-Maker was
not yet awake.
But | waited: presently, knew, be
would rouse and speak to me the ac-
cumulated wisdom of many opiate
years.
The fitful ray from the oil-cup illumi-
mated room of many recesses; the
angles of the walls displayed dark
brOnzes, huge and shapeless pipes,
weapons of antique weight; above,
from the sagging ceiling, hung a tat
tered banner, darkly gorgeous, heavily
motionless; about the floor were scat
tered bowls wrought of bronze and
silver, pigmy lacquered tables, curious
~ shaped TASKS filled with liquors
all the luxurious paraphernalia Of a
devotee of the god of Oblivion.
From a shelf-like shrine leered a
strange, contorted demon in full re-
lief, before whose knotted feet burned
some joss-sticks. At the Phrase
Makers knees squatted his servant,
Lee QuOy.
All this was sleepily familiar to me.
Since had by accident found this fam
tastic recluse I had almost regularly
sought him out. From the first he had
spoken to me as to one who might
understand if sufficient pains were
taken. Once he had sent for me that
he might repeat into my ears a new
saying.
For it was thus he lived, going over
the scenes in his life; and then, after
much meditation, uttering some phrase
that held the meat of his experience.
Many stories he had already told
me, and some were as if out of my
own life. TT was in the Caribbean" he
would commence, 'and found rum
slightly fevering as a steady drink. :"
A long story would then follow, with
details circumstantiai Then he would
affix the label, the gist of his tale: can
Onion has many skins, yet heart at
the centre
Sometimes he would Lsve two
phrases for story, and he would favor
either, alternately. We would fraveIy
discuss the problem till final inebria-
ton over his Opium-pipe illumined his
fancy into Impotence of detail, and
hs would joyously adopt one phrase
irreyocably.
To-day the Phrase Maker was pond
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-22
Disqualified.

$50 you wish position as lineman?
asked the manager of the telegraph COM
pany Have you had any experience p
mo, sir, not as iineman."
''Well, you know this a work requir-
ing great endurance and considerable
strength"
81 think I'll be all right, sir. I've
been out with three polar expeditions,
and can stand any kind of strain
80, you wouldn't do at all. Why, you
never could find the pole. Chicago
Tribune.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-22
Bankers Elect Officers.

The Wisconsin Bankers association,
in session at Milwaukee, elected officers
as follows: President, J. M HoIley, of
La Crosse; vice president, w. T. B.
Banks, West Superior; secretary, John
Campbell, Milwaukee; treasurer, E. A.
Dow, Plymouth; executive committee
Frederick hasten, Milwaukee; J. w. P
Lombard, Milwaukee, and A. H. Grout,
Wausau
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-22
Killed His Daughter.

Gottlieb Schultz farmer, shot and
killed his daughter and wounded his
son-in-law, ckLeyden, near Neills-
vile. He later died in the county Jail
as a result of wounds made by Leyden
Three weeks ago Schultz is alleged to-
have made an attempt to murder his
wife as the result of dom este quarrels.
He was arrested and admitted to bail,
which he furnished himself.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-22
Insanity on the Increase.

The largest number of cases of in
sanity in many years is shown by the
report of the state board of control.
For the last fiscal year, June 80, 1903,
there were 1877 more cases in the state
than on the same date year ago, the
total insane population Of the state un
der public care being 5,372, as against
5,175 on June 80, 1902
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-22
Chicken. Consumption-proof.

In view Of the fact that chickens do
not suffer from tuberculosis, DR..
Viguier de Maillane, of France. tried
to cultivate the bacillus of consump-
ton in the serum of fowls blood, and
completely failed. He is now expert
menting with encouraging results in
the use of chicken serum as an anti
toxin for consumptlon-Scie
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-22
Not His Affair.

The Professor-But was surprised to
find the author of that Revolutionary
novel so ignorant of the events of the
year ITS.
His Friend-Oh, well, you must re-
member that his novel deals only with
the years ITS and 1777.-Brooklyn Life
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-22
Crop Outlook.

The weekly crop report of the Wash
ington weather bureau says for Wiscon-
sin: Corn improving, but still back
ward; spring wheat maturing rapidly,
good crop; oats nearly matured, badly
rusted in most sections; potatoes good,
some blight in central counties.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-22
Died of PARALYSIS.

W. c. jerks, who for 80 years has
been prominent in the lumber business
of the northwest, died in La Crosse of
stroke of paralysis, aged Sc years.
He was a descendant of Peter Jenhs,
who make the first iron furnace in
America and who also made the dies
for the first American coins
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-22

hungry day tempting grapes hanging good
height the ground He made many attempts Them
all in vain Tired by his failures he walked off, grubing him
mans eating
a in
suits. to