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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-08-26
How Thimbles are Made.

The manufacture of thimbles is very
simple, but singularly interesting.
Coin silver is mostly used, and is OBJ
tanned by purchasing coin dollars.
Hence it happens that the profits of
the business are affected instantaneous
ly by all the variations in the nations
greenback promises to pay. The first
operation strikes a novice as almost
wicked, for it is nothing else than put
ting lot of bright silver dollars, fresh
from the mint, into dirty crucibles, and
melting them up into solid ingots.
These are rolled QUITO required thick
ness, and cut by stamp into circular
pieces of any required size. A solid
metal bar of the size of the inside of
the intended thimble, moved by power
full machinery up and down in bot
tomless mold Of the outside off the same
thimble, bends the circular disks into
the thimble shape as fast as they can
be placed under the descending bar.
Once in shape, the work of brighten
ing, polishing, and decoratinff is done
upon lathe. First, the blank form is
fitted upon a rapid y-revolving rod.
A slight touch of a sharp chisel takes a
thin shaving from the end, another
does the same on the side. and the
third rounds off the rim. A second
wheel prints a different ornament
around the center, while third rounds
off the rim. A round steel rod, dipped
in oil and pressed upon the surface
gives it lustrous polish. Then lit
tie revolving steel against the revolv-
ing blank, prints that ornament just
outside the rim. A second wheel prints
different ornament around the center,
while third wheel with sharp points
makes the indentations on the lower
end of the thimble The inside is
frightened and polished in a similar
way, the thimble being held in a re-
volving mold. ALI that remains to be
done is to boil the completed thimbles
in soapsuds, to remove the oil, brush
them up and pack them up for trade.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-08-26
WOman'S Work.

Ihere are two woman suffrage Or
carnations in San Francisco, and
Mrs. Wiggin is prominent in one of
them. Recently Mrs. Wiggin told her
experience in the business of getting
married. She chose woman to do the
business, and though some years had
passed since then the knot had never
slipped. A woman asked sarcastically
if the woman knot-tyer was paid half
price for the job, but Mrs Wiggin, in
her indignation ignoring the sex of her
questioner, replied, "No, sir. We paid
her $40 for the work, and [ must say
1t was one Of the best jobs of the kind
[ have ever SEEN" The following, by
Mrs. Wiggin, is interesting:
81 went the other day to buya ready
made dress. The male clerk showed
me several, and, finally selecting one,
L asked him if he would show me the
foreWoman's as I wished to try it on.
He replied, "Well, the forewoman has
gone to lunch just now, but'-and here
he threw the dress over his arm-ssif
you will come with me I will fit it for
you"
''What !" says I, "you fit the dress
for me? No, sir! Let me ssk, do you
make it a practice to try on dresses and
fit them, and SO on?' "Why certainly"
SAID he and [ must do him justice to
say that he had the manliness to blush
here. ''Why, good many tt our lady
customers won't have anybody but
man to fit their dresses for them
"Now," continued Mrs. Wiggin, sit
is this [ am contending for; drive those
lazy, effeminate, namby- PANTY dry
clerks out into the street, and give their
places to intelligent women. The idea
OF man in such a position selling
carriers and corset strings, BAIL"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-08-26
Pleasures Of Sense.
BY DIR. RALPH CARROLL MASON,

By DR.. RALPH CARROLL MASON.
Pleasures are like popples spread,
You seize the fiower-its bloom is shed.
Burns.
joys ight-hearted dances
And Fortunes fair chances
Are rays OF moment-are dying when born
And Pleasures best dover
Is naught but flower
A vanishing dew-drop-a gem of the morn.
Yet Is ever the warning
To the hearts bright morning
opurn'd as the blood-current bounds thro the
veins
Youth, strong in it's power,
Laughs let JOY fill the hour"
And to pleasures of sense gives freely the reins,
Thus myriads dash on
Now present, now gone,
The gap in the rank filld as each disappears;
The mad current still full
The sad mirth has no Iull
Till the seed-time that harvests repentance and
tears.
AURORA III, - CHICAGO Journal
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-08-26
Vegetable Instinct.

If pail of water be placed within
six inches of either sides of the stem Of
a pumpkin or vegetable marrow, it will
in the course of the night approach it,
and be found in the morning with one
of the leaves on the water. If prop
be placed within six inches of convol-
vulus, or scarlet runner, it will find it,
although the prop may be shifted daily.
Ii, after 1t has twined some distance up
the prop, it be unwound and twisted in
the opposite direction, it will return to
its original position or die in the at
tempt; yet, Notwithstanding, if two OF
the plants grow near to each other, and
have no stake around which they can
entwine, one of them will alter the dl-
rection of the spiral, and they will twine
around each other.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-08-26
Taking Advantage of an Accident.

Three men-of-war ships-Dutch,
French and English-while anchored
in port, were contending with each
other for the best display of sailorship,
so the captain of each vessel determin-
ed to send aloft an active sailor to per-
form some deed of grace and daring.
The Dutch captain..sent Dutchman,
the French Frenchman, and the En-
glish an Irishman. The Dutchman
stood on the top Of the mainmast with
his arm extended. The Frenchman
then went aloft and extended both
hands. Now the Irlshman thought if
he could stand on the top of the main
mast with leg and arm extended he
would be declared the most daring
sailor. Nimbly he clambered aloft IN
til he reached the highest point; then
he carefully balanced himself on both
feet, extending his right hand with a
graceful motion. Then he threw out
his left leg until it came in line with
his right arm. In doing so he inglori-
ously lost his balance and fell from the
mast, crashing through the rigging
toward the deck. The various ropes
against which he came in contact broke
his fall, but his velocity was not too
great to prevent his grasping rope
attached to the mainyard. To this he
hung for two seconds then dropping
lightly to the deck, landed safely on
his feet. Folding his arms trium-
phantly, as il fall and all were in the
programme, he glanced toward the
rival ships and joyously exclaimed (:
" There, ye freg-atin' and sausage
stuffed furriners, bate that if We can !''
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-08-26

cool a few minutes, then dish with
spoon, and trim with sugar. Serve
warm.
10 POLISH CUFFS AND SHIRT FRONTS.
Procure at the hardware store q
polishing iron, that with bulge at
both ends is the best, and will cost 81.
Iron the linen as usual, then place it
on board with a layer of muslin on
the board, pass damp cloth over the
linen and rub with the polishing iron
until the desired degree Of glossiness is
obtained. The iron should not be very
hot, Or it will scorch; if it is too cool
the polish will be long coming. Gum
arabic dissolved and added in small
quantities to the starch improves it a
lump OF sugar is almost as good, and so
Is sperm, or soap, or butter, or white
wax.
10 PRESERVE GRAPES. the
clusters carefully, remove those thatare
green or bitten by insects or blasted.
and tie them to a pole about ten feet
long and SO firm as not to bend much
beneath the weight. Hang the poles
Win the clusters suspended in a loft or
ct!hamberwhere there is free circula-
aon, and there let them remain till
freezing weather, looking over them
occasionally and removing anythat have
begun to decay. Then pack in dry saw
dust III dry, shallow boxes, and keep in
a cool, dry cellar. The French often
keep them number of months by dip
ping them in thick whitewash, which
on drying covers stem and fruit with q
thln white crust and excludes the air.
Any one that knows a better way than
these will confer a favor on our readers
by communicating it to them.
BIRDS NEST IN JELLY.-One quart of
jelly; three cups blanc-mange; nine
empty egg-shells; fresh rinds of two
oranges one, half cup of sugar. Cut
the rind from the oranges in long, mar
row strips, and stew gently until they
are tender, in just enoug 9Th water to
cover them; then add half a cup of SUI
gar, and simmer fifteen minutes longer
IN the syrup. Lay them out upon
dish to cool; make small hole in the
egg, and empty the yolks and whites
then rinse thoroughly with cold water
and till with blanc-mange, and set them
In pan OF flour to keep them steady.
Then make either wine or lemon Jelly,
and place it in large glass dish.I
prefer nice platter, as the nests look
prettler. Break the egg-shells from
about the blanc-mange and lay the arti-
fetal eggs upon the jelly, as soon as
the Jelly is firm enough to hold them.
Lay the orange peel, which represents
straw, over and around them. It is
beautiful dish, and really not much
trouble. [ always make the blanc
mango the day before L nest it, and the
jelly also.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-08-26
Harps.
New York Correspondence Lawrence

New York Correspondence Lawrence American
He who thinks that harps have gone
out OF fashion is very much mistaken.
10 be sure it is long time since the
harp through Tara's halls the soul of
music shed, " but that delightful old
instrument still lives. There is place
on Houston street, in this city, where
harps are manufactured, and it is, [ be-
heve, the only place of the kind in this
country. [ am told that before the war
there was an excellent sale for harps
throughout the South that the trade
has fallen off there, owing to the scar
city OF money, but that it has extended
largely over the Middle and Western
States. The southern ladies still cling
to their old harps, but they buy very
few new ones. One reason that harps
are not more generally played upon is
that there are so very few teachers
scarcely any to be found outside the
converts there are not more than half
dozen teachers in all New York.
There is always harp in every we'll
regulated orchestra, for that instrument
plays an important part in a number
of operas, such as ''Fidelio." -" Lucia"
and others. Nine Maretzek, who is
remarkable fine harpist, alwa Us accom-
panies her husbands orchestra in that
capacity. [ wonder that more ladies
do not learn to play the harp. In the
first place it makes rich accompani-
ment to the voice, and in the second it
displays q beautiful hand and arm to
such advantage. There is an excellent
harpist with Thomas orchestra. Mr..
Browne, the head partner of the manu-
featuring firm in this city, is also a fine
performer, and has played in orchestras
both IN this country and in Europe.
Mr.. Browne tells me that he has Just
as many orders for harps as he can fill,
and that they are busy all the time.
The harp is an expensive instrument,
ranging in price from $3.50 to 81, 900 !;
those that sell at $3.50 are single action
instruments, that is, they can only be
played in one key. The double action
harps are of course the more desirable.
also the most expensive; the average
price, however, is abaot $500. There
is an air Of romance about the harp
which we miss in other instruments un-
less it is the violin, it is so graceful and
picturesque.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-08-26
Perseverance, Vincimus.

An article in Cornhill on the writings
OF the Chinese philosopher Leih- taze,
who lived in the fourth century B. c.,
quotes the story from the ancient sage
A stupid countryman, ninety years of
age, had his dwelling on the northern
slope of lofty mountain range, two
hundred miles long and ten thousand
cubits high. One day he was struck
with the thought that road to the
south was eminently desirable, SO he
called his family together and proposed
to level the precipices, and make a
road through to the southern waters.
His wife demonstrated, limiting that
the old mans strength would not suffice
to demolish hillock, let alone those
great mountains. But the old man
was not daunted; and, leading on his
son, and grandson, the three of them
began to pick and dig and to carry
away the earth and stones in baskets,
and an old widow sent her child Of
seven years old to help them. Winter
and summer they toiled away, and,
after whole year, seemed to be where
they began. A shrewd old greybeard
Knocked their slow progress; but the
stupid countrymen replied with a sigh :
:" Your heart is not so intelligent as
that of the widows feeble child. AL
though [ am old and shall die, [ have a
son, and he has a son; these
will have children and grandchil-
dren. My posterity will go on null
tiplying without end, and this
mountain will not grow bigger. What
is to prevent our leveling it ?" Would
that the allegories Of modern philoso-
pliers had always half so admirable,
and pertinent. and clear a moral
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-08-26
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Feeding Sour Whey,

Several correspondents have recently
asked concerning thevalue of sourwhev
as food for mich COWS, and the effect
OF the same upon the product made
from the milk. We believe sour whey
is altogether unfit to feed. It is not
merely worthless, it is worse than
worthless. BY judicious minglingwith
other food it may be restrained from
exercising a noticeably bad effect upon
the animal, but it introduces into the
system al evil element, which passes
directly into the circulation, deposits
itself III the milk, and induces putre-
fact1ve conditions in the product. It is
fatal to q good flavor in the cheese. and
makes what is called an open article
With good, sweet whey a different re-
suit might be expected, but with whey
from the factories, drawn from a whey
vat, which is stencil and pestilence
to the neighborhood, and from whose
corrupt recesses there can come no
good thing if this matter be fed to
COWS it can have none other than an
evil effect, and that continually. Such
patrons are ridicuously strenuous
about obtaining their full share from
the whey vat, SO much SO that the
maker has to pump in water (" to make
it go round" The beauty of this sys-
TEN is that the more water the patron
gets the less evil he draws home.
Everything about COW should be
clean, sweet, and wholesome if the
best article is to be made from her
nilk. This result cannot be obtained
II the seething, sinking whey is intro
duced into her diet. The old wisdom of
figs from thistles holds good in this
matter as in other agricultural opera
tiOns. = Utica Herald.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-08-26
WIN Hens Lay 81 AEnoL,

The Poultry World has lately pub
lished several articles on Selection in
Breeding" from one of which we CON
pense the following on the above sub
ject:
In their natural state all birds lay a
limited number of eggs, usually just
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-08-26
Making Hay.

1t is rather late in the season to dis
cuss hay-maklng, but we find in the
Country Gentleman an article on the
subject SO judicious and practical that
it is always in order. We quote the
concluding portion:
Many years personal experience
mas convinced us that hay can be made
faster, III better condition, and in much
greater exemption from loss by vicissi-
fudes Of the weather, if moved when
the grass is dry, raked as soon as thor
oughly wilted, cooked up in small
cocks, left until cured through, even if
it takes week, and then drawn directly
from the cock, without opening out. lit
takes no longer to rake the hay with a
good horse-rake, and the time spent in
cooking up is saved in the more rapid
rate at which the hay can be (and isl
drawn III. When drawn directly from
the cock, the hay is pressed down into
flat layers, easily loaded, and readily
and rapidly pitched off; two men and
team easily drawing double the num-
Der OF loads IN a day from the cock that
they would do from the vindrow when
as dry as hay is usually drawn. By
this method of curing lay. none is ex-
posed to the bleaching Of the sunlight
or dews, except just long enough to
wilt the grass. No half dried and nearly
dried hay gets caught in sudden
shower, spelling the color and the quail
ity; and the farmer is always up with
his work. In hot, dry weather, such as
often prevails at this season, the cocks
will cure through in two Or three DAYS,
while cool shOwery weather will DELAY
the process a week or more. OCCASION
ally very heavy shower will wet the
cocks through so thoroughly that it will
be necessary to turn them over to the
wind while before drawing in. In
this case the hay is much less injured
than if it had lain spread out during
the shower. When the hay is cooked
up as soon as wiIted, it packs together
so closely that the cocks are seldom
overturned by the wind, or wet through
by shower.
An intelligent farmer will soon be
able to decide when the cocks are cured
sufficiently to be put into the bay or
stack without any danger from heating,
and yet the hay will actually feel damp
TO the hand when first pitched from the
cock. The airing it gets during the
handling, superadded to the sweating
IN the cock, removes all danger of in
jury III the NOW. The hay will come
out III the winter of the same color as
when put into the cock, although it
may look more or less yellow when it
is drawn. Two men, with team and
tools, will cut and get in twenty acres,
If all is cooked and drawn in this way,
IN about the same time that two others
would get IN sixteen acres, if dried in
She field and drawn from the windrow.
In addition, # drying in the shade is
OF any value, all that car be done in
1nls direction will also have been done.
Ihere are many dairy and stock farmers
N this state at the present time that
never draw load of hay from the
w1ndrow. Judging from the general
appearance Of their stock in the spring,
they have We fed only the best, and plenty
OF it. Their experience iustifes the
rule III making hay that it must be cut
early and cured IN the shade
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-08-26
Oyeriying Pigs.

The New York Herald says: GA few
days since the writer called at neigh
boris residence. who had a beautiful
Chester White SOW with three nios
about six weeks old. She brought forth
nine, but overlaid six of them. The
live pigs were worth five dollars each.
Hence there WAS a loss Of thirty dollars
simply because his foreman did not
understand how to prepare a suitable
bed for breeding SOW. A large GUAM
t1ty Of straw had been allowed to accu-
mulate in her sleeping apartment, so
that she had formed a deep hollow
about the size of her body. AS the
young pigs could not get out of such a
place, when the dam was about to lie
down, they were smothered. Our own
practice with brood sows has always
been to remove all the straw from
soW,s bed at least month prior to the
b1rtn OF her brood, and spread few
punches of cut straw on the floor for
her TO lie on. Young pigs will never
become entangled in such bed, neither
VIII they get cornered so that the dam
will overlap them. When pigs are
worth five dollars each it will paw the
proprietor to prepare a suitable bed for
the SOW. Long straw should never be
spread III brood sow's sleeping apart
ment, except when no pigs are ex-
pected."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-08-26
How 80 Kill Potato Bugs.

A correspondent of the Rural World
says: L Will tell potato growers how
the potato bug last year with
success. They came into my potatoes
from the west in greatnumbers indeed
they were so thick that it seemed i'm
possible for all to get nip at the delic-
lous plants. | am naturally a coward,
but will fight when necessity demands
1t, and went to work on the insolvent
invaders III the following manner: /
procured some long straw and match
and commenced in front of them by
setting fire to the straw at one end.
taking hold of the other and dragging
1t between the rows the windHbeing in
the east blew the blaze among the
vines and not part of them was IN
touched. L never saw an army thrown
into such confusion. They found they
had assaulted the wrong enemy. and
retreated very disorderly. Some arose
into the air, others went on foot but
as came back in the other row thew
were overtaken and received another
volly OF fire and smoke. Thus [ con-
tlnued until l had gone over the whole
patch, and 1t was a great satisfaction
when [ walked over the battle ground
an hour later to find the dead and
wounded lying there thicaly, deserted
by their comrades, who, through fear,
did not wait to bid farewell nor give a
decent burial. The objects of my pride
were lett unhurt-the bugs ever after
considering that forbidden soil-and a
good crop was the result. Let him
who doubts try the experiment., being
careful to pass quick enough to save
the potatoes from scorching, and slow
enough to scare the bugs, which is
known by their letting go their hold
and skedaddling.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-10-14

PORT OF NEW YORK. OCT. Is, 1874.
CLEARED.

Steamship Russia r Cook, Liverpool via Queenstown
&C q Francklyn.
Steamship Wisconsin d3rl Freeman, Liverpool via
Quee Observation-Disclosures Guion.
steamship Crescent City, Curtis Havana-WP clyde
AGO.
Steamship Cleopatra Buckley. savannah-hurray,
Ferris Il Co
steamship Charleston. Berry. charleston-J W ouin-
steamship George W Elder, Lawrence. Norfolk-old
Dominion Steamship Co
Steamship Wyanoke Couch, Norfolk, City Point and
Richmoni-Old Dominion Steamship Co.
steamship Fanita, Howe, Observation-Disclosures
Steamship Neptune Berry. Boson-H Dimock
Bark San Luis CBr,, Butler Liverpoo-Tapscott Bros
Co.
Bark Peter 9 warwick CBr), Kline, Bio Janeiro-Pen
Brig Ternen (Nor), Leden, Nantes lFrance)-Tetens
Brig Drei Geschwister Ger, zepca, smyrna-Funch
Brig " Eaton (Br. Burke, Bahia-Crandal Bros.
Brig Louisa Price tBr, Brown, Port au Prince-R MUIR
Jr.
Brig Florence. kathbun Mobile-E Hurlbut Co.
schr Edna Harwood Davis, Barbados and Demarara-
schr Portland (Br), Coffin, Maysguez, Pr Hor.
Laura Br). Foster, St John. NIB. via Portland
schr Mary ( Woodruff, Davis Corpus Christi " H
schr Annie Lewis March. Key west-Benner Pinck-
schr Peiro Kelley Boston-John Lewis Co.
schr G Prescott, Guptil salem-H p Brown Co.
schr silas Brainard, Buell. Wareham via Fall River
steamer sumers Warren. Pnlladeipnia-Jaucs
Hand
Steamer Maynower Fuits Philadelpma-James Hand.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-10-14
KELLY DOES NOT LEAD THE DEM0C-
RACY.

Prom the New YORK stats Zeitung october 49,
'Mr. Wickham is my candidate" said Mr.. Kelly
1t the County Convention In Tammany Hall on
Saturday night last; but the fact OF such a nomi-
nation having been made in his speech Is
greater guarantee OF success tnan the indorse-
ment contained in the addresses OF the other
speakers AS soon as II known within the
walls OF the wigwam that Mr.. wicKham was the
candidate Of the great Chief Kelly all opposition
was sienced. People may believe the charges
made against Mr.. Kelly or they NAV not but that
this political organization is at the beck and cali
and completely under the control OF one man
who has no sympathy with the citizens In general
no one doubts. At the time when Tweed
and Connolly permitted no nomination 10
succeed Tammany Hall without their approval
they had suf1clent delicacy 10 hide the iron hand
with which they governed beneath q velvet glove
pretending that they were governed by the viii
OF the majority though III reality they were sole
dIctators. such reckless body oil men az that
which Mr.. Kelly collected no matter how they acc
in convention, can only py fraudulent measures
seize and hold on TO the public purse. Men who
have even the smallest portion OF seil-respect yet
remaining would never permit such dictator TO
control them. party which has such an organi-
"a ton for It's basis only be held together by
the pubic pnrse-strings and cannot,5in any event,
long sRIylpe U y DISEASES " TeAsaD Asa4nsf Ina.