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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-02-19
Bonnie Christie.


, Two boys were in a school-room
alone together, when some fireworks,
contrary to the masters express prohi-
bition, exploded, One boy denied it;
the other, Bonnie Christie, would
neither admit nor deny it, and was
severely logged for his obstinacy.
When the boys got alone again, ''Why
didn't you deny it?' asked the real
delinquent.
Because there were only we two.
and one Of us must have ied,n said
Bonnie.
''Tben why not say I did it?"
because you said you didn't, and ]
would spare the liar
The boys heart melted-Bonnie's
moral gallantry subdued him.
When school resumed, the Young
rogue marched up to the masters desk
and said, "Please, sir, I can't bear to
be liar. [ let off the souibs,n and
burst into tears.
The masters eye glistened on the
self accuser, and the unmerited pun
lshment on his school-mate smote his
conscience. Before the whole school,.
hand in hand with the culprit, as if
they paired in the confession, the
master walked down to where Christie
sat, and said aloud, with emotion:
Bonnie, Bonnie, lad-he and [ beg
your pardon; we are both to blame"
The school was hushed and still. as
older schools are apt to be when any
thing true and noble is being done-so
still, that they might have heard Bon
MES big boy tear drop proudly on his
copy-book, as he sat enjoying the
moral triumph which subdued him as
well as the rest; and when, for the want
OF something else to say, he gently
erred, . Master forever!" the glorious
shout OF the scholars filled the old mans
eyes with something behind his spec
tacles, which made him wipe them be-
fore he resumed the chair.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-02-19

The great atmospheric which, the neterolC-
gists tells u.s. sweeps the whole United States
from the Pacific coast at this season. is loaded with
unwhoesome yapors that chill the body and disturb
all its functions. Perspiration is checked the som
ach is deranged the bowels and the liver sympathize
with that organ the and muscles are affected
pulmonary complaints engendered, and the
spirits are more or less depressed These are among
the common effects produced by the moist, ungenial
winds prevalent in the winter months But if the
system is toned and fortified in advance with Hos
letters Stomach Bitters, danger need be appre-
hendcd from any condition of the atmosphere
The - i'll wind that blows nobody any good will not
be likely to blow any harm to him who strengthens
and regulates his internal organs with this whole
some vegetable tonic and Alternative, and clothes his
outside in manner suitable to the season. The
seeds of fever and ague aud other diseases of an
Intermittent or remittcnt type, are now in the air,
and are liable to be planted in the system to germi
nate and bring forth bitter fruit either Immediately
or at later period unless due sanitary precautions
are takento ward them off. Ofal safeguards agsnst
malaria this famous vegetable antidote is the best
and all remedies for the painful ailments caused ty
damp, cold and sudden changes Of temperature,
such as rheumatism, chills, Irregularities Of the
bowels, bilious attacks and i1digeston, it is the
most reliable and the most agreeable.
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ton With signal ability and success.

q SUCCESS,
HIS peculiar administrative talents
communicated ltp its affairs an ANNA
hon and system 7 hat psecuredSthe best
ausplciQus results to his principals. He
iXasA 'fsf many years, aa1nemher With
YT. Rogers of the. same. Legislative
County boaFds Mr.. PaylorJ the agenf
and representative OF corporation,
a1fs!Sentrolle9 BY steiner and more ex-
acting dul vas Tess frees than III.
Rogers to yield to, the native impulses
of his ReaFt and sympathiesd ta.l1 ,i.d,,,
'lf Each, of these youths, whose future
was So radiant IN its hopes and prom
es,, was stricken down "a tI2f3es, Threshold
Of vigorous manhood, by aafeH disease
that prayers did not avert that .don1es-
tic loSe ando tears could not assuape.
nor human skill arrest. isnJIhe coi1fcil
,denee is sadand startling. that the same
peoples of rural district should have
been bereaEed in SO short a period Of
two young men, alike valuable and
prominent in their positions, in the
of .activeelife,g withea present
50 Important, and in the promises of a
wioeFytexpanding and increasing future
Usefulness - - The vacancy in business
add Society the death Of each has Gre
-ated, it viii be long difficult to supply.
One Of these youths was attached to
the Episcopal and the other was a
member Of the Presbyterian Church.
|. The writer, who knew, admired and
esteemed both the subjects of this
notice, andFcherished warm appreci-
alton Of their worth, offers this feeble
IttriibRte to their memories. W.
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Household Recipes.

SODA CAKE.-Three cups of flour.
one and one-half of sugar, one-half
cup butter. one cup sour milk, one
teaspoonful soda, one cup of raisins or
currants, or neither, and season with
lemon or nutmeg.
PLUM PUDDING. -One cup Of molas-
ses, one cup of water, one cup of
melted butter, one teaspoonful soda,
three cups Of flour, spice highly and
add as many currants, raisins, and
sliced citron as can be stirred in. Steam
in a mould or basin one and a half
hour. Serve with RI
SWEET SAUoE.-Two cups sugar dis
solved IN one-half pint Of boiling wa
ter, two tablespoonful of flour worked
smooth into one teacup of water Stir
into the boiling sugar with piece of
butter the size of an egg, two table,
spooDsful of good vinegar or brandy,
and little cinnamon or nutmeg.
TAPIoCA PUDDING WITHOUT Milk OR
EGGs.-Soak a teacup of tapioca i'll one
and one-half pints of water, over night.
Pare, and punch the cores of six APP
piles, fill the holes with sugar, flavor
with lemon or nutmeg, and pour in
one teacup OF water. When baked soft
pour over the tapIoea, and bake all one
hour. Eat with sauce made of butter
and sugar stirred to cream.
FRUIT CAKE-VERY FINE.-Put one
teaspoonfuI of soda in a coffee cup.
add five tablespoonsful of hot water,
four do. of melted butter, and fill the
cup with molasses. Make it sitter with
flour than if eggs were used. Stir into
this mixture all it will hold of stoned
and chopped raisins, currants and cit
ron IN slices, one teaspoonful each of
powdered nutmeg and cinnamon and a
pinch Of cloves.
COOKIES. Two tablespoonfuls Fof
very thick or three Of thin sour cream,
one-half cup sugar, soda enough to
sweeten the cream. Mix rather stiff
with Hour, roll, sift sugar over, pass
the rolling pin lightly over to fix the
sugar, and cut into any shape You
like. This will make ten or twelve
cookies, and can be multiplied indefi-
nltely when more are wanted. Cake
made without eggs, and with little but
ter, IS best when eaten fresh.
TAPIoCA CREAM.-Soak two table
spoonsful OF taploca IN just enough
water to cover it, all night. The next
morning, boil one quart of milk with
the soaked tapioca, add two thirds of a
small cup of sugar to it and a little
salt. Beat the yolks of three eggs
thoroughly, and when the milk has
boiled for ten minutes stir them into
it, remove it from the fire, and stir rap
idly for five minutes, SO that they viii
not curdle. Flavor it with vanilla:
beat the whites to stiff froth, and put
over the top of the pudding dish into
which you have turned the tapioca !;
slft sugar over it, and brown for five
minutes IN the oven; serve it cold.
This makes a more delicious dessert
than pastry, to my taste, and can be
prepared the day before it is needed.
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The Theory of Hon Culture.

From across the continent comes the
story OF eleven acres of hops grown on
| California rancho, and yielding the
enormous quantity of 1884 pounds tc
an acre. In the east 1000 pounds tC
| the acre IS considered a large Weld
and III most yards, especially since the
appearance of the aphis, 1000 weight
would come nearer the average. The
dlminution of the crops by devastation
OF the louise cannot, by any known
means, be guarded against. But if we
eliminate this factor from the calcula-
ton, the difference between an ordin-
airy eastern hop crop and the greater
yield from the remote west is simply
the measure between the conditions Of
OF slipshod practice and those favor
able to an abundant harvest. For the
richness of soil and deep filth which
Nature probably furnished the Cali
fornia culturist, may be initiated if not
emulated here.
The soil that will grow corn will
grow hops, but it must be deeper for
the former than is absolutely necessary
for the latter. Hence the common
usage Of setting out The hop roots in
starting new yard with the same filth
as the corn, which occupied three.
fourths of the ground the first year, is.
on the face of it, an error. Subsoiling,
not trenching, will pay we'll in the long
run, and if this is not convenient, the
site OF each hill of hops may be dug to
depth OF eighteen inches and q width
OF two feet, and with plenty of ashes
and we'll rotted manure intimately
mixed with the soil, will show it's
profit in the first years yield.
Undoubtedly barn yard manure is
one OF the very best helps for this as
Tor most ether crops. But it may be
supplemented to advantage by special
fertilizers, the nature Of which is indi-
Gated by the composition of the plant.
The quantity of alkali taken from the
soil is shown by the quantity Of ashes
obtained by burning the bones; hence
the utility of wood ashes. The hop is
a green and succulent plant with many
leaves, and as ammonia is the element
of plant food which contributes
most directly to the nourlsh-
ment of such, the usefulness of
hen manure, guano and the like, is
plain, AS the ripening clusters are
hllsd with seeds, the number and
plumpasss Of which determine, in a
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-02-19

DURING the last year, at the OnoD-
daga salines, there were inspected T.
500, 100 bushels of salt, against s. $780,
1913 the preceding year. The estimate
of expenses for the ensuing year is
$50, 700, against $50, the past year.
The production of salt in the Saginaw
districts last season was 632, 900 bush
els, which is about 10000 bushels
more than the average of the previous
three seasons. Extensive salt works
are being erected at Equality, Illinois.
It is claimed that an excellent article
is made at that place.
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EARI., al. HOUSEHOLD.
nor ChffpI Isss HFTopsegy oIc,o,,,1
EAtfhh meetittgeI bff tic Finfira Far-1id1.d

AtShs meetde d 1T tf1a Ein1iir& a ar a
sers' Club, Decemp4 2Sh,sWf A. AAtm5
strong said that p cheap eeDAousa
f foois as sBeff l,@R5 HH
or pffs, or any costly apparatus. He
leaveszsix inches of ispaee nexttiae sides
FAN around, Iinbok which he ramszclean
sawdbst closely, and covers the ice
When packed with a-faoteof. the dust.
The ice is cut -irho IdN# Blocks and
made, to fit at the joints as closely as
convenient, but where the edges are
Jagged lie a5ls h aaith pounded ice or
saWdust-- Natter being the cheapest.
Drainage is important, but if the house
stands on porous soil, or is SO elevated
that the water will run off readily, it
answers every purpose. He had kept
the ice several years in such a build
ing, nine feet square, and the same in
height, the sides beng only of inch
boards. When ice is taken out, be
careful to keep all cavities filed with
sawdust, or it will waste away rapidly.
In answer to question as to the cost
of house fourteen feet square, he
said that $50 would pay for it and the
sawdust and built of cheap lumber it
might cost only $25. In packing,
spent tan or cut straw would answer
nearly as well as sawdu t.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-02-19

IT is now said that drawings for the
construction of two fifty ton guns have
been sent to the British war office, and
that the authorities of the royal gun
factories are ready to construct another
of seventy tons to the Frazer plan.
which Will throw a projectile weighing
400 pounds. By US ing this the most
improved system OF constructing guns
by coil upon coil of wrought iron, there
is no practical limit to the size'of a gun
or its proiectile, which could be made
arge enough to annihilate anything
ahoat. -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-02-19

INSTEAD of inviting their lady ao-
qualntances to go coasting," in Can
ada, the young men ask the girls to go
tobogganning." The toboggan, in
its highest development, is six or seven
feet long and twenty inches wide. It
is made of light, tough wood, perhaps
tbree-eighths of an inch in thickness.
and furnished with cushions, while
paint, gliding, lamp or a string of
bells are added, according to the own
er's taste. In this kind of sleigh young
gentlemen and young ladies go coasting
down the steep hill-sides. -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-02-19

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ton, Impure Blood, Pain in the Shoulders,
Iightness OF the Chest, Dizziness, Sour Eruc-
tatlons of the'Stomach, Bad taste in mouth
Bilious attacks, Pain in region of Kidneys,
Internal Fever, Bloated feeling about Stom-
aeh, Rush Of Blood to Head High Colored
Urine, and Gloomy Forebodings, take DR..
Pierce's. Pleasant Pureative Pellets or Taste
less, Coated, Concentrated Root and Herbal
Juice Ambitious Granules-tlle ''Littlo Gil
ant Cathartic or n1altuna IN pdrUo Physic. 25
cents, BY all Druggists. 626
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EOdiIeC Corn

A correspondent of the Country Gen
tleman says that the fodder corn cues
ton seems to be still open. It will be
remembered by those who read the
proceedings of the Vermont Dairy
mems Association, that Mr.. Lewis took
strong grounds against it as an unpro-
ttable crop; useful it might be to a
certain extent, but not so good as 9TH
er sOlllng crops. On the other hand.
Mr.. Mason, the President of the Asso-
citation referred to, assured the writer
that he could show by his books that
six acres of the fodder corn had been
worth to him 5000 to feed to his herd
Of eighty COWS. Another dairyman
said he found his COWS shrinking in
milk, and he thought the color of his
butter was not so good. He began to
feed fodder corn. and both immediately
improved. In both these instances the
corn was soWn in drills, two to three
bushels to the acre, and fed green. In
1871 we raised two acres in this wav on
ground Of moderate fertility. It grew
we'll, and when frost came it was a
heavy, though rather immature crop.
Only portion of it had tasseled. The
httA was anu 6XDG0-
Slve. 1t was cut and bound like other
corn, and cured what it could be in the
field. When stored it was estimated
there were six to eight tons, and it was
packed away, well mixed with heavy
layers of wheat and oat straw. tt
troubled us some about heating, but in
the main was pretty well eaten up. The
impression, however, left on the minds
of those who fed it out, was that it
lacked heart.
This season we planted the same
ground with corn, using az early varie
ty. No manure was put on the land,
but two barrels of phosphate applied
in the hill. The result was a crop very
much more valuable than the one raised
the year previous on the same land.
The amount of labor bestowed was less
than that on the fodder corn. AS the
fruit of our experience, we shall raise
no more fodder corn for winter use.
preferring to plant corn in the usual
way and take what we can get. For
fall feeding, when pastures fail, have
always given it to advantage, and shall
continue the practice.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-02-19

A YoUDoU priestess told a New Or
leans mother that on Wednesday. the
third day after the death of her opIv
daughter, the young woman would re-
Ylye. The Republican says "Tbe
Wednesday named by the Voudou the
mother was allowed to visit the tomb
and at her request the vault was open
ed. Suddenly the sound of loud
shrieks broke upon the ear, and tearing
open the coffin the mother clasped her
frantic child in her arms. She had
just come in time-an hour later and
the young lady would have fallen a
victim to the terrible fate of the bur
led alive. How did the Youdou
know?n
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THE corpse of Auber, the composer,
was accidentally thrown into the Fosse
Commune at the Pere Ia Chase, and his
relatives had considerable difficulty in
recovering it. The remains were finally
buried at the Mount Parnasse cemetery.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-02-19
IT is now generally admitted hv bo,

IT IS now generally admitted by hon
est physicians. that when once the consunp-
ton is fairly fastened upon the lungs, no
human power can save the patient from death.
They alse say that about fifty per cent. of
those who die from this dis ease can trace the
cause to neglected cough or cold, which
might have been cured by small bottle of
Liquid Opodeldoc, or what is the same thing.
JobnS0n'S Anody11e Imminent.
CUT this notice out and bring it with YOU.
We are authorized to refund the cash to anv
person or persons who shall buy and use PoT-
sons P1TgatjUe Pills and fail of relief and sat.
isfaction-Com.
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Fertilizers

In referring to fertilizers. the Boston
Journal of Chemistry says: One of
the most important facts which this
extraordinary wet season has brought
out is, that fertilizers applied to soils
IN dry summers without appreciable
effects, are rendered available in those
that are wet, the plat upon which our
fertilizers have been applied during
the past years, when the rainfall has
been SO deficient, producing wonder
fully this season. The fertilizing sub
stances have been lying dormant in
the soil for the want of water to render
them soluble.or to hold them in solu-
ton, and this year the conditions have
been favorable for promoting the
changes, chemical and mechanical.
necessary for plant food to be made
available. Owing to the dry weather
thepast three years, it has been difficult
to conduct experiments with manures.
ard reach anything like reliable results.
Hundreds of farmers have been misIed,
and have condemned as worthless
manur1al substances which had pos
tive value, but which needed the usual
material agencies to render them
e'No0hi L oIIh uuiS dHu SGhDl0
manures, as well as chemical fertilizers.
have not exerted their full influence
upon soils to which they have been
applied, because OF the absence of rain.
This season they have been thoroughly
subjected to the action of water, and
crops have been benefited by the
dormant manurial agents applied two
or three years ago. Manures are not
lost which do not act promptly, unless
they are blown away by winds or are
washed into brooks by sudden and
violent showers, which sometimes fall
upon the baked earth in summer. If
they remain in or upon the soil, favor,
| able seasons, which are sure to come,
will force them to give up to plants the
food they contain, and the husbandman
| receives his returns in abundant crops.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-02-19

No Person can take these Isitters accord
ing to directions and remain long unwell provided
their bones not destroyed by mneraposon other
means, and the vital organs wasted beyond the point
of repair.
Dyspepsia or Indigestion. Headache Pain
IN the Shoulders Coughs, Tightness of the Chest Dir
ziness, Sour Fluctuations Of the Stomach Bad Taste
in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Palpitation of the
Heart, Inflammation of the Lungs Pain in the regions
OF the Kidneys and hundred other painful symptoms
are the oitsprlngs of Dyspepsia In these complaints
1t has no equal, and one bottle will prove letter guar
antee OF its merits than lengthy advertisement. 80.
For Female Complaints, in Young or old,
married or single, at the dawn Of womanhood, or the
turn of life, these Tonic Btters display SO decided an
influence that a marked improvement IS soon percep-
tble.
mafisn and Gout, Bilious, Remittent and Inter-
mittent Fevers, Diseases of the Blood Liver Kidneys
and Bladder, these Bters have no equal. Such Dis
eases are caused by Initiated Blood which is generally
produced by arrangement of the Digestive Organs
Ihey arc - Gentle ESUyrzsatiVe as well as
Tonic, possessing also the peculiar merit of acting
as powerful agent III relieving Congestion or lnfam
nation OF the Liver and Visceral Organs, and in Bilious
Diseases
For Skin Diseases, Erupions, letter, Salt
Rheum, BlotChes Spots, Pimpcs Ptstuies Boils Car
sipelas Itch, Scur Discoorations of the Skin, HumoYs
and Diseases OF the Skin, of whatever NATURE
are literally dug up and carried out of the system
short time by the of these Btters. 8 Hsttas 2
Grateful Thousands proclaim VINEGAR Btr-
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] WALKER, Propr. II. II. EIcDONALD 81 CT
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MIR. NJ. FL. SANFORD, of New York,
has purchased from Mr. A. Belmont
the highly-bred imported stallion
Gleneig, for SO, GOO.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-02-19

VIM. RULE, one of the editors of the
Knoxville Daily Chronicle, a Repub-
ican, has been elected Mayor of the
city; over John S. Van Glider, who has
held the Office for three years past.
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SIR CowAJEE JEHANGEER REDIMoNY
is name suggestive at once of dislo-
cation and munificence. We read that
a statue of the gentleman who bore or
bears it is to be erected at Bombay.