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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-10-02
MOSQUITOES abominate peppermint

hooQoiIoES aDOmlnate peppermint
The knowledge of this fact may be of
service to many who are annoyed
daily by these petty nuisances.
DOMESTIC HoNEY.-Ten pounds of
coffee sugar, three pounds of water, two
ounces of cream of tartar, two table
spoonfuls of vinegar, the white of one
egg well beaten, one half pound of bees
honey, ten drops of Lub1n's extract of
honeysuckle. First put the sugar and
water into kettle and place upon the
fire when lukewarm stir in the cream
OF tartar and vinegar, then add the egg,
when the sugar is nearly melted put in
the honey, stir until it comes to q boil,
take 1t off and let it stand few min
utes, then strain, adding the extract of
honeysuckle last, let it stand over
night, and it is ready for use.
A NICE breakfast dish can be pre-
pared as follows Slice few cold bis
cult or some dry, light bread; fry them
slightly in a little butter or nice gravy.
Beat three or four eggs with half a tea
cupful of new milk, and a pinch of
salt. When the bread is hot, pour the
eggs over it and cover for few minutes:
stir it lightly, so that the eggs may be
cooked. This is nice dish, besides
saving the dry bread.
A CHEAP preparation for painting out
buildings or fences can be made by
| taking milk and cement, or water-lime.
as some call it, mix and apply three or
four coats; dry color may be added.
This will last for years, and by renew
ing once in two years, building will
be kept looking we'll at small expense.
REorrE FOR Mock MINoE P1E.-One
cup of raisins, one cup of currants, one
cup of sirup, one of sugar, three fourths
of cup of vinegar, one teaspoonful of
allspice, one teaspoonful of cinnamon,
three cups of water. Boil all together,
and when cool add three soda crackers
rolled fine. This will make three
pies.
| CRACKER PIEs.-Rell six cracker
fine and put them in four-quart pail
or kettle, pour over them three-fourths
of pint of vinegar, two cups of molas-
ses, and quart of boiling water Boil
on the stove half an hour, adding more
water, if necessary, to make quite thin.
Add salt, raisins and all kinds of spices,
and make short crusts for four pies.
Bake about twenty minutes, or until
the crust is done. A little sugar may
be added before the top crust is put on.
CUCUMBER CATsup. ten or
twelve grown cucumbers, pare off the
rine, take out the seeds, and chop very
fine. To these add six large white
onions, and six green peppers chopped
into little bits. Mix altogether and add
handful of salt, put into bag and
drain a few hours until no more juice
drops from the bag. When dry add
two ounces each of black and white
mustard seed, put into stone jar and
cover with cold strong vinegar. In two
weeks the housekeeper will be repaid
for her trouble, by some of the most
appetizing sauce that ever graced hor
table.
A PATENT has recently been issued to
a man in Columbus, Ohio, for marble
lied slate coffin, the sides, ends and
both upper and lower pieces being of
this material, fastened together by
screws.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-10-02
Eugene and Her Son.

The ex-Empress of the French, the
Prince Imperial, and a few ladies and
gentlemen of their family. have been
for few days guests of the Royal Ho-
tel IN Edinburgh, coming and going,
as far as was their power, in the most
quiet way, shopping and sightseeing
like other tourists the recipients, how
ever. as soon as their presence was
known in the streets, of no little star
ing and good many cheers. As they
are travelling III the strlctest incognito,
no demonstrations are made in their
honor, except the impromptu demon
STATIONS of the somewhat enthusiastic
crowds who gather in front of the ho-
tel to watch for their outgoings and
1ncomlngs. They seem to be highly
popular with the masses, to whose oc-
casionally uproarious greetings they
respond IN the most gracious and
smiling way. We notice one particu-
lar enthusiast, uncouth in appearance,
uncombed and unwashed, who seized
the hand of the Empress as she passed
out into her carriage one morning, and
not only shook 1t warmly, but clapped
the young Napoleon most heartily and
encouraglngly on the back, to the hor.
ror OF accompanying attendants and
the great amusement CT the Royal
party themselves. The young Prince
is slight and delicate in appearance,
looking also younger than his years,
now some II. His face and his moth
er's are too well known to need de-
scriptlon, were any such description
possible on my part. The Empress
seems to preserve her marvellous beau
ty most wonderfully, and appears less
care, worn and more contented than
when [ last saw her in Paris, three
years ago, in the height of all her
glory and with all the uncertainty of
her position. She is certainly the most
graceful and most queenly woman of
the day-said by her attendants to be
as affable and amiable in her DISPOSE
ton as she is lovely in person. She
certainly carried from Paris the respect
and personal goodwill of all classes of
people and of all colors of politics.
When we met her by chance in the
passage-ways or on the stair-ways of
the hotel she invariably acknowledged,
and gracefully, our hat-liftings. /
would mention that these salutes were
offered on our part because they seem
ed to be looked for and expected on
her's-courtesies that were extended
by all the guests OF the hotel Efziu-
betrgh Letter to Neao York Eueni,ao
Mail,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-10-02
How to Raise Turkevs

A farmers wife, who has had years
OF experience, gives the following as
her mode of raising turkeys:
In the first place select a good one.
The autumn, or early in winter, is the
most favorable time for that, just be-
fore the birds are sent to market Keep
them well during the winter. In the
spring, few days before they begin to
lay, put them in an Enclosure, where it
is most desirable to have their nests,
and where they cannot get out. After
they have made their nests, they may
be set at liberty without any fear of
roaming or straying. Next, take good
care of the eggs. They should be
gathered carefully every day, and
placed between layers of flannel or
cotton, in a place of uniformly cool
temperature, and turned over every
day. AS soon as the birds are Matched
feed them with warm bread and milk,
well peppered, with boiled eggs added,
or th1ckened with cooked corn meal,
or wheat middlings, which is better
A little care in these matters will repay
all efforts. Before [ knew how to take
care of the eggs, [ set thirty eggs, one
year, and but one of them Matched.
The next year [ set forty eggs, and
nearly all of them batched and the
birds lived. At present prices raising
poultry is a much more pleasant and
easy occupation than the slavish
drudgery Of making butter and chees.
american Rural Home.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-10-02
New Mode of Keeping Cider Sweet.

A correspondent of the New York
World, in whom they have confidence,
writes to them upon the subject of keep
ing cider sweet in which he recommends
the use of blsulp plate of lime as d means
of preventing the fermentation of cider,
and says:
"This material is now used in large
quantities by brewers, and also by the sug-
ar manufacturers Cane juice properly
treated with it may be kept for months
without material injury, and may then be
boiled with certainty of producing ex-
cellent sugar" At the same time we
took the precautiop to ask large dealer
in the bi,sulphates and chemicals general
", and were informed that the cider man.
ufacturers would not use it. He says the
process they use is to let the cider ferment
once, SO as to clear; then rack off, and in
to each cask or barrel they throw piece
of raw beef. By this system the cider is
not only kept sweet, but some think is i'm
proved. We know nothing of its value,
except that it is very generally used by
large cider makers who have high rep
ut.tion for the excellence of their product.
Viewed in chemical light, we should
say that it was far preferable to the BIZ
sulphate mode, as the albumen of the
meat.has tendency to soften the acidity
and produce mellowness, while there are
circumstances under which the lime might
unite with the acetic acid and produce
acetate of lime, which, if not positively in
urious, would not at all add 10 the flavor
of the slider.
Bi-sulphate of lime is very useful
compound, and very little known; its
somewhat offensive smell Inexperienced its
introduction for various uses to viii ia it is
adapted 1t is very superior disinfect-
ant, and meats dipped into it may be kept
for great lengths of time without any de-
com position. 1t has no superior as pre-
ventive of acetifca ton, and is one of the
best substances which can be found to pre-
vent the decay of timber. 1t is in constant
use in Louisiana IN sugar manufacture,
and as now made is not subject to some
objections urged in years past; but there
are parts Of the process of refining sugar
where it cannot be used, as sucrate oflime
is likely to be formed, just as we have IN
Dictated that the acetat. may be formed IN
the cider.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-10-02
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Sowing Wheat:


This is one of the most important
points connected with growing winter
wheat, and one that is also greatly
overlooked. The time of sowing. of
late years, has been neglected to such
al extent that we have observed many
farmers do not get their seed in till DC
tober This is wrong. In such
climate as ours it is desirable that the
wheat should have sufficiently early
start to enable it to get well rooted into
the soil, and also so well grown at the
top that when snow falls the tops will
be, when pressed down, protection to
the roots, not only against severe frost,
but also against the sunshine, should
the snow go off early, before the time
for vegetation has come. The best
time, and in fact the proper time TO
SOW winter wheat anywhere north of
latitude 400 in America, is from the
25th of August to the 18th of September.
This is quite wide enough range to
suit the times and circumstances of
any farmer.
The method of sowing is important.
in through drill, the extra crop in
IhO Jo1l WOulu uedI1y pay loI oil VIC
drills used But drill is expensive,
and what is worse, by the careless
manner in which too many farmers
use and put away their implements
after the work is done, is liable to
become quickly destroyed and useless
Still the fact remains that if we want
to grow good crops we must use good
care and enterprise. Even broadcast
sowing, if carefully done on well pre-
pared land, and the seed properly
covered afterwards, will do very we'll
But the advantage is with the drill in
that it deposits and covers every seed
at uniform depth, hence making a
surety of its hold in the soil, The
saving of seed alone by using a drill
! on a large farm is of itself on small
item. We have observed this year
that in every instance where a good
crop of winter wheat has been secured,
it was mainly due to the fact of the
seed having been drilled in.
We will not say anything here about
varieties, for that is a question every
farmer is best able to Judge for himself
by observation of what succeeds best
for his own locality, or if any new sort
is to be tried, let it be done on the re-
commentator only of those who have
proved it themselves to be good and
reliable.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-10-02
A Text For Boys.

A man Of very pleasing address, but
very dishonest in his practices. once
said to an honorable merchant, s|yhose
word was as good as his bond" CT
would give fifty thousand dollars for
your good name.
why so ?" asked the other in some
surprise.
Because I could make a hundred
thousand dollars out of it."
The honorable character which was
at the bottom of the COED name he
cared nothing for: it was only the re-
putatlon, which he could turn to ac-
count IN money point of view, which
ne coveted.
But good name cannot be bougbt
With SILVER 1t, of all other possessions.
must be fairly earned. When it is nos,
sessed, 1t IS better business capital than
great sum OF money It is a canital
any boy or girl may secure. Honesty
must be It's foundation, even in the
smallest particulars. When an emplov-
er says, "Ihat is boy [ can trnst
he will always find himself in demand
provided he joins with it industry -
The hand of the diligent maketh
rich.n
It seems hard at the time. mavba
this ceaseless round of work while
other boys are lounging about store
steps, or playing on the green. But
the reward will come if you are faithful.
While loungers are dragging out mis-
cradle lifetime in privatlon and pow
erty, the hard working boy lives at his
ease, respected and honored
Remember this, boys, if you desire
to make your way in the world. There
is nothing that can serve your purpose
like name for honesty aud indstry :;
and you will never acquire either if you
are lounger about the streets, and a
shirk at your business. Everybody
suspects lad who is often seen about
saloon-doors or tayern-steps. thunder
mines a boys character for honesty
very rapidly to mix with the society lie
hnds there and such habits tend to
anything but industrious ways.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-10-02

"These are for my mother" said
Louis, enthusiastically. care they not
beautiful ?" and indeed they were
beautiful, with their rich gold and pur-
pie tints, and the delicate perfume
which breathed from every blossom.
Oh, they are well enough said
Alfred, 1ndifferently; "but [ wouldn't
spend money for such things, even If
[ could afford it."
"These cost no more than five OF
your cigars, and I know they give us
all hundred times more pleasure :;
yes, and far better kind of pleasure,
too. Your indulgence is only running
you. You know this, Aft; but these
flowers do us good, both in mind and
in body"
That'll do, old fellow; I haven't
time for one of your regular sermons
tonight, but I'll wish you much Joy
over your flowers" and with careless
goodnight he sauntered on.
Louis bounded up the steps of his
home, sure of glad welcome TIE
bright eyes and happy faces which
gathered about his simple gift, spoke
more than words can express, and after
being duly admired, they were placed
in the sunny window, beside the beau
tiful fuchsias and sweet geraniums al
ready blooming there.
Surely he had gained far more in
their delicious perfun and their charm
ing presence than his friend by his to-
bacco investments. Alfred had gained
hot, dry mouth, a foul breath, dis
colored teeth, sallow skin, drowsiness
and headache, and worst of all, taste
that would call loudly for other stimu-
lants to crafty it. Surely Louis had
made far better choice in expanding
few odd shillings-a choice that
would make him happier, noblier, and
better, and would lay the foundation
for truly honored character in after
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-10-02
No Excellence without Labor.

The education, moral and intellectual,
of every individual, must be, chiefly,
his own work. Rely upon it, the
ancients were right; both in morals
and intellect, we give the final shape to
our characters, and thus become,
emphatically, the architects of our own
fortunes. How else could it happen,
that young men, who have had precisely
the same opportunities, should be con-
tinually presenting us with such differ
ent results, and rushing to such opposite
destInIes
Difference of talent will not solve it,
because that difference is very often IN
favor of The disappointed candidate
You viii see issuing from the walls of
the same college, nay, sometime from
the bosom of the same family, two
young men, of whom one will be
admitted to be genius of high order,
the other scarcely above the point of
mediocrity yet you Will see the genius
sinking and perishing in poverty,
ooscurity,- and wretchedness i; while,
on the other hand, you will observe
the mediocre plodding his slow but
sure way up the hill of life, gaining
SbedQldot 1OOGluS dG every SG0p. anu
mounting at length to eminence and
distinction, an ornament to his family,
a blessing to his country.
Now, whose work is this? Manifestly
their own. They are the architect Of
there respective fortunes. The best
seminary of learning that can open its
portals to you, can do no more than
afford you the opportunity of instruc-
tiGn; but it must depend, at last, on
yourselves, whether you will be
instructed or not, or to what point you
Will push your instruction [ speak
from observation certain truth; there
is no excellence without great labor.
1t Is the fiat of fate, from which no
power of genius can absolve you.
1t IS this capacity for high and long
continued exertion, this vigorous
power of profound and searching in
vestigation, this careering and wide
spreading comprehension of mind, and
these long reaches of thought, that
" Pluck bright honor from the pale-faced moon,
Or drive into the bottom of the Deep
And drag up drowned honor by the locks.
IhIs IS the prowess, and these the
hardy achievements, which are to enrol
your names among the great men of
the earth.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-10-02
A Horrible Death-Bed Scene.

Edmund Wellington was shot at 2
o'clock last Saturday morning by the
proprietor of the New Idea pretty
New York. Reddy, the blacksmith, is
IN custody as q witness, the Coroner
supposing that Reddy was one of Wei
hngton's party at the time of Yelling
toms gang attempting to force the door
of the New Idea, the act for which
Wellington was shot. A reporter de-
scrlbes the death-bed scene in Bellevue
hospital Monday evening. clay me
on my back" said Wellington. This
was done, and almost immediate
ly afterward it was ascertained
that MS entire left side
was paralyzed and insensible to the
lancet, while his right side was unusu-
ally sensitive. He lay in that position
raving in an incoherent manner, grow
ing weaker hourly. His left eye was
covered with a cloth, and milky opal
film covered the pupil of the right eye.
He was utterly blind. "Do you know
this gentleman ~ asked the attendant.
" Yes he's Tom, the tinker. Give me
your hand" For a moment he remained
silent and then broke OUT 6 copper
on the ace! Twenty dollars on the
jack Hold on I coppered it The
pot F! | call you on a queen full Beer
all round A hundred dollars on the
red [ draw one only Fifty dollars
on the turn Why don't you bring on
the champagne? Red, give me stake,
for | got broke on the tray Let's all
take drink ~
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-10-02
A Roman Superstition.
Naples Correspondence Boston Advert,

Naples Correspondence Boston Advertiser.
Talking of the Borgias recalls to me
a conversation [ had the other morn
ing with a visitor, on the traditions
current in Rome, formerly more be-
heved than at present by really intel
igent persons. Those of Sixtus Y. are
numerous, But there was one my friend
told me appropos of Innocent X, or,
more properly speaking to his sister
in-law, Donna OLYMPIA Pamphile Doria,
which made great impression on me.
Her memory is held in great horror to
this very day, especially by the COM
mon people This ungovernable wo-
mon used to hold her high frolics out
at the Palazzo of the Villa Doria, on
the Janiculum. There are kept and
shown sometimes by great favor, ar
ticles of her wearing apparel, her slip
pers, curious Indian mantle made of
Papagalle feathers, also picture of
her, that is not very reputable one as
to the mode of representation. The
tradition is this Every night after
midnight, a red hot iron chariot is
heard rumbling along the Via Giulia,
and up the Janiculum hill. The noise
it makes is tremendous Its horses
are demoniac q demon guides them
and in the chariot are other demons
holding the unhappy Donna OLYMPIA.
When the chariot reaches the spot
where the old gates of the villa used to
be, near the Paolina fountain, this en-
trance reappears, and the iron gates
are opened by unseen porters. The
chariot rolls through the grounds of
the Palazzo ;; it stops the demons lift
out their victim, carry her into the
house, and, on the very spot of her
former bad acts, scourge her on the
skin till near day break. Then they re-
place the poor, beaten wretch in the
hot iron car; the horses leave the Villa,
go with laundering velocity down the
Janiculum. and toward dawn, some
where in the Villa Giulia, the whole
phantasmagoria "fades into the light
of common day" My friend had this
from his father, who was an officer in
the Papal Guard, scholarly, cultiva-
ted man.
It is true, my son." he would say,
selemnly, when repeating the story
{" it is true for when I have been on
guard IN the Via Giulia, these ears
have heard the thunder Of those dread
full car wheels, and [ have felt the hot
air as it passed blow on my face !"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-10-02
Clover Roots and Tons.

A writer in the Salem Mass. Stand
aid relates an investigation made by
him as to the comparative bulk of
clover roots and tops, which will in
terest those who propose to use clover
as fertilizer, either by blowing under
green. or as q hay crop, and then by
that ameli Grafton of the soil which
the roots are supposed to effect. He
says:
The value of clover turned under, or
of clover sod, depends very much on
the amount of vegetable matter con-
tanned therein. Some farmers have
contended that the roots contain large
per cent. of vegetable matter when
compared with the tops. To test this
question fairly [ went into field of
second crop of clover last summer.
where the soil was deep, rich and
loamy, with a subso1l of a like nature.
SO that the roots could easily strike
deep, and dug several tops of clover,
with roots twelve inches long, tapering
nearly to point. The roots We're
washed carefully. The tops were
measured in length mot height, for it
was all lodged, from two to three feet
and over. The tops and roots were
separated, and weighed in the proper
ton Of five to one while green, and
when we'll dried, the same The clover,
if then cut and cured, would have made
Il tons of hay to the acre, and as the
roots were only as one to five of the tops,
this would give only five hundred
pounds to the acre of dried roots and
as only one-eighth of this by weight is
below the reach of the ordinary pillow
OF five inches, and the reach of the
main body of the roots of our field
crops, which is only 624 pounds to the
acre, we thus see the absurdity of the
tap roots of the clover to much extent
fertilizing the subsoil. The 624 pounds
below the five inches taken from the 500
ponds, the whole amount of roots,
leavs but 1917 pounds of roots in the
soil if dried. This estimate is for the
largest growth of clover. Ordinary
crops are much smaller, 800 pounds of
dry roots in the soil above the depth
of five inches. and forty pounds below
it, would be fair estimate.
The first crop of clover on the land
alluded 20 was very heavy-at least a
ton to the acre more than the second
crop-consequently the proportion OF
the roots to the tops was as nine to one,
provided the roots had not grown any
with the growth of the second crop.
1t is, perhaps, about fair to suppose
the clover stubble, leaves, and hay left
on the ground in gathering the crop is
about equal in weight to that of the
roots, or 500 pounds to an acre. This,
with the whole roots, will make but
1000 pounds or half ton to the acre
OF dry vegetable matter in the very
best clover sod, exclusive of the humus,
and while green four times as much by
weight. Where the soil is already sup
piled with humus and other substances,
comprising good soil, this half ton
OF dry vegetable matter, or It's equiv
alent, two tons of green matter, will
IN an ordinary season, on good land,
with good culture, insure seventy-fiye
bushels OF corn to the acre, or, a crop
OF clover additional twenty-five to
thirty bushels of wheat