davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-05-13
Bringing mp Exhausted Land.

The Hon. George Geddes, in an arti-
Gle on manuring, in the Country
Gentleman, has the following admirable
paragraphs:
Keep animals and feed them, and sell
them and buy more, and repeat the
process and save all the manure thew
make, and where composing will pay,
resort to that until something NAV be
made to grow on the land that will.
some Of it, be given to it to make it
produce other and larger crops: get
the land into grass and pasture it SOW
a variety of grasses on the same land so
that the ground may be all covered, and
that there may be a succession of fresh
feed during the season. In few years
this sod will become dense and very
heavy, and will contain much vegetable
matter that by being piowed will decay,
and give a good dressing of manure.
The fact is well understood by all farm
ers engaged in growing grain. They
know that heavy sod will make their
land bear maximum crops; and, too,
they know that when this sod has be-
come the densest it no longer produces
it's largest crops of pasture, and that 10y
blowing and taking off several crops,
and thus killing every plant that con
stitutes the old pasture, and then re-
seeding to grass, they will be able to
keep nearl y or quite twice the number
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-05-13
How Gerrit Smith Ruined q Man.

A large proportion of men never can
or will accumulate or keep capital.
The best illustration of this fact that I
have ever met is that of Gerrit Smith
and schoolmate. The latter, on the
death of his father, came into posses
sion of farm, with house,. furniture,
stock, implements and all things neces-
sary to a comfortable home and paying
business; but he sold, lost by the sale,
sold his next home, and his next, al
ways losing, until he was landless and
very poor. His old schoolmate, who
was giving away his large patrimony in
small parcels to landless men, gave him
a house and lot, but took the precau-
ton to deed it to his children. For a
while the restless man was very happy
in his new home, but soon grew tired
of it and wanted to sell out. When he
found that it was not in his power to
render himself and his family homeless
once more, he exclaimed, in great bit
terness "There, Gerrit Smith has
ruined me-" He believed this and
never forgave the man who had pre-
vented that trade which would have
surely made his fortune ! Worcester
Huzeftp
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-05-13

varieties :-swedes OF ruta-bagas, vel
| lows and whites, the last two being SO
called from the color of the flesh.
Where roots are grown on a large scale
these three classes are grown for sue
cessive feeding. Swedes require the
longest period for growth are the most
compact of flesh, and the best keepers.
They are therefore sown first, and are
not fed until the yellows and whites
have been consumed. The yellow va
rieties stand next in the possession of
these qualities. The white varieties
make the most rapid growth, are the
softest and the poorest keepers. They
are therefore the latest sown and the
first fed.
Turnip seed of whatever kind NAV
be sown with a seed drill. Swedes
should be sown during the month of
June from the LIST to the Goth if posi-
bic, and the Yellowssand Whites later.
at intervals of not more than three
weeks. One-half inch is sufficient COW
ering for turnip seed if the soil is
moist; but if the soil is dry it should
be covered deeper. The quantity of
seed per acre should be OF Swedes,
two to three pounds; of Whites and
Fellows, five to seven pounds. It is
better to have enough, so that some
plants can be spared for the "fy" if it
appears.
The following are some of the best
varieties of tJlrnips Swedes-Common
Purple Top, Shirving's Improved Pur-
pie Top, and Laing's Improved Purple
Top. YellOvs-Purple Ton Aberdeen
Green Top Aberdeen, and Yellow Globe.
Whites-Large White Globe, Large
White Norfolk and Grey Stone. The
terms Purple Top and Green Top have
reference to the color of that portion of
the bulb above the surface Of the soil,
and not to the color of the leaves.
Carrots require considerable time for
full growth, and should be sown as
early as the 10Th of May if possible.
The termination of the seed is slow.
and should be assisted by soaking in
water twenty-four to forty-eight hours.
Then dry it by mixing with ashes or
plaster. Sow with seed drill. About
four pounds are required for an acre.
Turnip or raddish seed, mixed and
sown with the carrot seed, will help the
young carrots in breaking through the
surface, and also better indicate the
rows when cultivation is required.
The best varieties of carrots are the
Long Orange, the Altringham and
Large White Belgian The White
Belgian yields well, but is coarser-
grained than the yellow varieties.
Y L. IN Rural Home.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-05-13
Calumny.

The rules of politeness are never at
variance with the principles of morali
ty. Whatever is really impolite is
really immoral. We have no right to
deal with or be Influenced by gossip
about the people we meet. We have
no right to offend people with our man
ners or conversation. Their private at
fairs are none of our business. Ii we
believe a man to be unfit company for
us, we must not invite him but If we
meet him where he has been invited by
others, we must treat him with clvlllty.
If we know man or woman to be a
grave offender, we cannot use that
knowledge to iniure him or her, unless
it is absolutely needful for the protec-
ton of others. The greatest and best
men in the world have been assailed
with calumny. The purest and noblest
do not always escape it. We cannot
investigators rulewe must disregard
all SANDERS. Where great offenses
become notorious, the offenders must
be communicated. In all other cases
we must give every one the benefit of a
doubt; apply charitable constructions,
hope for the best, and consider every
one innocent until he is proven guilty.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-05-13
Grain and Water for Horses.

Mr.. Cairnes, a celebrated English
veterinary surgeon, in paper publish
ed in the British Journal of Agricul.
ture, says: Too much grain indisposes
horses for eating other provender, and
occasionally subjects them to serious
disease. Five bushels of good sound
oats weekly, along with a few good
Swedish turnips or other roots, and
| plenty of hay or good straw, will keep
a pair of healthy farm horses in good
order through the winter, even though
they be pretty hard wrought. If, then,
such an allowance be sufficient. it is
folly and waste to give them more.
Something must be wrong if, with this
allowance of food, they fall off in con-
dition. Horses that are greedy eaters,
OF that swallow their grain whole,
should have it bruised or ground. A
little chaf mixed with it helps to make
horses chew it, and well chewed food is
Of far more Importance than many peo-
pie think. Unless it be we'll ground
and mixed with saliva in their mouths,
it is but imperfectly digested in their
stomachs, and without perfect digestion
there It's full benefit is not obtained.
A full drink of water, Immediately af-
ter being fed, should never be allowed
to horses. When water is drunk by
them, the bulk Of it goes directly to
their large intestines, and but little of
it is retained in their stomachs. In
passing through them, however, the
water carries considerable quantities of
their contents to where it lodges in the
intestines. If, then, the contents of
| horses stomachs are washed out OF
them before they are digested, they
are IN manner lost, no nourishment
being derived from them. Coles in
horses frequently arise from this cause,
and to it the appearance of corn entire
among their dung often due. Damp
straw or musty hay should never be
given as food for horses. The former
is apt to scour them, and the latter fire.
quently affects their wind. It is af-
tirmed by some that if their hay OF
straw be cut, and their grain bruised,
horses can be kept at one-fourth less
cost than when they are given them
whole. Every one knows the value Of
grass as an article of food for horses.
A month of it in the early part of the
season, when it is young and tender, is
worth two when it gets old and toug
Great care must be taken of horses
when first put out to grass-indeed
changes of food of any kind must tt
them be introduced with caution, a.
many had to pay dearly for neglect O.
this. Even change of water has a
times been known to affect some horses
so sensible does their alimentary cana
seem to be.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-05-13
s'That New World Which is the DID,

Death the inscrutabe, silent and pale,
stood one day at a chancel rail,
Where kneIt girl hushed in prayer,
Whose eyes shone i'll agony, terror, despair.
Death with wistful, gloomy lock,
Held out his arms and in them took
The maiden fair whose sunlight of hair
Mingled with Deaths as he held her there
On her sweet lips, his he gently laid
And clasping her closer, he quietly said,
q Maiden mine. lovely and pure,
Thou hast no lover fonder and truer
Than he who folds thee to his heart
And in his love there is no smart
For thee, so pure, so lovely, SO fair"
And he softly kissed her radiant hair.
Look my love- and his hand he raised
10 the chancei window, whereon there biazed,
Not the windows own dyes of ruby and gold,
But pictured city of glory untold.
The vision Of a city whose battements high
Were bathed in the wondrous light of clear. calm
sky;
Sounds of triumphant music III gusts swept down.
And in the rnaiden's hair Swallowed crown;
An odor of flowers to earth unknown
Filled the streets Of the city, floating down from
Gods throne,
And the murmur of happiest voices from the vision
arose.
IN the wonder of the moment the maid forgot her
woes,
And turning to Death, her lover,
Whose tender eyes beamed above,
she, signing with bliss laid her head on his breast,
And together they entered the land of the best.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-05-13
FOraging Ants.
From the Popular Science Monthly

From the Popular Science Monthly.
The account given of the foraging
ants (Ecitons) is most interesting.
They live solely on insects and similar
prey; ransack houses, and clear them
Of every kind. They appear to be with
out fixed abOdes, and advance in
columns three or four yards wide; with
flank, advance and rear columns, mil
lions in number Their presence is
announced by the noise of birds, as tro-
CONS, ant-thrushes, and others, which
follow them up for the insects which
take wing, terrified by their destroyers.
Grasshoppers, cockroaches, and others
are seized, bitten in pieces, and the
fragments conveyed to the rear of the
columns. The temporary abodes of
these ants seem to be a crevise or
dense mass of brushwood, but in few
days they are off to new grounds
Small parties ascend trees in search of
wasp's nests, and, if found, information
is conveyed to the swarms below, when
a column ascends, takes possession of
the nest, and devours or removes the
young, the wasps being powerless be-
fore the multitude. While ants which
hi'Ai1o oIhSIJ h"fO OJ Cd WOll oSNtlODCu,
the eyes of the Ecitons are small, i'm
perfect, and in some species wanting,
and they evidently follow each other by
scent. This was shown in the following
manner A party or column following
a leader will become distracted if his
track, which they will follow in it's
minutest wiDdings is interfered with
Mr.. Belt scraped away the clay which
the leader had gone over, and the fol-
lowers were completely at fault until
they had gone around the scraped por-
ton, when on striking the trail again,
their hesitation vanished, and they
followed it with the greatest confidence.
They aid each other in difficulty with a
sympathy and intelligence that are
extraordinary, and overcome dangers Of
very rare occurrence. On one being
partially buried with clay, the others
removed it; a small lump too heavy
for them to move, was instantly bitten
to pieces, q dozen Or more being sum-
moned to assist. They aid each other in
ascending steep places, in crossing
water, and in every movement afford
evidence of wonderful social order.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-05-13
Sources.


To find the hidden source of lake or stream,
Men tireles8 journey; in heroic bands
Cross icy mountains, and hot desert sands;
Bu5 al that they can find will be the CLEAN
Of higher lakes. remoter springs. They deem
These sources, and rejoice. The secret stands
AS safe as ever from profaning hands.
The highest Lake, remotest spring, no dream
Shall find.
So, in Loves land Of fervent heat
Each heart to find the source all vainly tries
VI Loves deep streams-mysterious streams and
feet.
sweet streams! All, Love they would not be so
sweet,
Perhaps, if thou reyealedst to our eyes
Inc secret when, and where, and why they rise
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-05-13
Roots for Stock.

Mangolds should be sown as early as
the soil becomes warm and can be put
in good condition, as a general rule
from about the first to the ff-
teenth of May. Soak the seed for
twentyfour to thirty-six hours in warm
water and dry it by mixing with lime,
plaster or ashes. After raking off the
stones and Jumps from the SUBMITS of
the ridges it may be sown with the COM
mon seed drill using seed at the rate
of five to seven pounds to the acre. Or
the seed may beplanted by hand. Pass
along with the hoe, and from the sum-
mits of the ridges nick out the dirt at
distances of ten to fifteen inches, &C
cording to the condition of the soil and
the variety. The richer the soil the
greater the distance may be. The globe
varieties require more room than the
long. In these hicks drop three or four
seeds, and cover with fine earth, which
may be readily obtained by taking with
the hoe from the side of the ridge
Cover from one to two inches deep.
The latter method, while more labori-
Gus in itself, saves much time and labor
in wedding and thinning.
The long red and the Usage or yellow
globe are the favorite varieties of the
mangold The white sugar beet is also
in very high favor with some feeders.
The long red mangold is preferred on
deep and light soils that are notin very
high condition, since on such it yields
better than the orange globe. The
orange or yellow globe has higher
feeding value and is the best to grow
on rich, moderately stiff soils.
Of turnips there are three classes OF
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-05-13
Nitro GIVcerine.

Nitro-g lycerine, the most powerful
explosive known, being ten times as
powerful as gunpowder, is made of ely
cerine and metric and sulphuric acid.
It was discovered in 1S47, and first used
in 1864. Glycerine is an oily substance
derived from tallow or suet, or what
are known as animal fats. When such
or common soap-grease is boiled with
soda-lye or with any other I've by which
hard soap is made, the glycerine be-
comes separated from the fat, and is
left, a large part at least, in the water
upon which the cake of soda floats. In
the manufacture of glycerine, the fat is
first made into soap, or, as it is called,
saponifed, and by very interesting
process it is then separated inthe shape
of an oily but not greasy substance.
The glycerine is poured into mixture
of one measure of metric acid and two
measures of sulphuric acid very slowly
and with the greatest care. The mix
ture is then poured in water, in which
it sinks to the bottom without mixing
with it in the least. It is then com
plete, and such highly dangerous arti-
Gle that the greatest care is used to
avoid accidents both in making and
using it. It will explode by friction or
simple rubbing upon rough surface,
or by blow as with a hammer, or sim
ply falling upon the ground, especially
when it is frozen or becomes solid
through exposure to cold. For these
reasons it is very rarel y used, unless
first mixed with sawdust or a fine earth
which is called iaalets ori0l earth, be-
C ause it consists Of very minute animals
once living in water, known as iasfus
orig by scientific people. When thus
mixed, it is in the shape of dry, solid
substance or coarse powder, which, il
put in fire, will not explode or ego
off, like gunpowder, but simply burn
like so much resin. But whenit is used
in hole bored in a rock, it is so much
more powerful than gunpowder that il
has enabled people to make tunnels like
the Hoosac Or the Mont Gems tunnel il
quarter of the time usual with gun
powder. It is therefore one of the most
useful of our modern imventions--Sci-
e7atifc american.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-05-13
Virtue in Paris.

The Parisians are getting to be vir-
tuous at length, incredible as it may
seem. The Catholic party has for some
time kept up an open warfare against
the exposition of naked statues in the
public gardens of Paris, and has at last
succeeded in getting the authorities of
the Luxembourg garden to remove all
the naked statues in that place. They
are now urging the government not to
buy any more nudities of artists, and
to prohibit, moreover, the sale of all
"nude" sort of books, such, for in
stance, as those of Madame de Stel,
Paul de Kock, George Sand, etc.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-05-13
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Treatment of Chicken Cholera.

A correspondent of the Prairie Farmer
gives the following experience in chick
en- cholera:
On the Goth inst, we received from
the king of Light Brahmas in Massa-
chusetts box in which he had shipped
two Light Brahma pullets. The box
on its arrival contained only one, and
she sick with the cholera. Her mate
having died on the way, the body was
removed by the express agent. This
surviving pullet showed very positive
symptoms of the cholera on the evening
of her arrival at the farm by the dis
charges from the bowels greenish
white, streaked with sulphurous yellow
by the presence of high fever and her
refusal to eat; as well as by her general
appearance. We gave her one dose, IS
drops, OF the preparation viz "equal
parts of the tincture of opium, red pep
per, rhubarb, peppermint and camphor
mixed andwell shaken together" Late
that evening, [ placed her in a clean
coop where she could get nothing at all
for food in her crop. We had in for
mer cases observed thatsuc patients at
times pick up small scraps of almost
anything, and yet when offered good
food refused to eat.
On the second morning she seemed
to be worse. The fever and the loose
ness of the bowels continued and she
still refused food. Gave several heavy
doses 90 to Is drops each) during the
day, and forced her to swallow as much
as teaspoonful of soft wheat bread,
but allowed her no water.
On the third morning she seemed
about as the day before the discharges
continued and she still refused to eat.
Gave several heavy doses as before, and
made her eat little more soft bread.
By evening the fever seemed to have
left her, but still she would not eat.
On the morning of the fourth day she
again refused food, but the discharges
had nearly ceased. Gave her small
dose of the drops, and later in the day
she ate Of her own accord little toast
ed wheat bread soaked in milk. Up to
this time no water had been given her,
but now, some strongly impregnated
with sulphate of iron was offered and
she was permitted to take three or four
sips. In the evening she ate more of
the soaked toast, and was allowed to
drink little more of the water. On
the morning of the fifth day she seemed
to be decidedly better and was anxious
to have her breakfast. Fed her SPAR
ingly on the soaked bread, and per-
mitted her to drink little of the water
several times. We now observed for
the first time natural-looking discharges
from the bowels. Wecontinued to feed
her carefully and she improved rapidly,
considering the low condition to which
she was reduced, and she is now as gay
as lark. - e. ~
This is a sample of many like cases
we have known to be cured in this way
varying somewhat in the frequency or
size of the doses administered, or the
food given as no two cases will always
run exactly alike. -5sF -
The important points in the treat
ment are, abstinence from food and
particularly the latter-and the
checking of the discharges from the
bowels. Other drugs and medicines
may be found to answer the latter pur.
pose as well as the formula here given
but this we know to be effectual.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-05-13

their daughter. After the lapse Of the
appointed time, the female relatives of
her husband come to fetch her, and
she goes to him on an ornamented
camel, and leaves him no more. On
this occasion another, and exclusive
family, festival is held.-From The
RMssinn.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-05-13

Gov. CALDWELL, of North Carolina,
has partially transferred the pardoning
power to the directors of the peniten-
tiary. No convict will be pardoned
unless the application for release is ac-
companied by certificate from the
chairman of the board that the convict
has behaved according to rule.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-10-02

LIBERALrTY OF PHYsIcIANs.-It has
always been said that physicians would
disparage any remedy, however valuable,
which they did not originate themselves.
This has been disproved by their liberal
course toward DR.. j. G. AYERS prepar-
atoms. They have adopted them into
general use in their practice, which shows
willingness to countenance articles that
have intrinsic merits which deserve their
attention. This does the learned profes.
sion much credit, and effectually contra
licts the prevalent erroneous notion that
their opposition to proprietary remedies
is based in their interest to discard them.
We have always had confidence in the
honorable motives of our medical men,
and are glad to find it sustained by the
liberal welcome they accord to such rem
edies as AVER & Co.'S inimitable RENE
dies, even though they are not ordered
in the books, but are made known TO the
people through the newspapers.-Neao
Orleans Delta.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-10-02

dieed at this term for breaking Jail, pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to State prison for two
years,
State vs. Thomas Judge This was an appeal
from the Judgment Of justice and line Of 81 5
for an assault upon Thomas Carey, Tried by
jury, Verdict guilty, Fine $50 and costs,
The following divorces were granted
Lizzie Nj. Spaulding from Edgar NJ, Spanlding
desertion and intolerabe severity; Minnie A.
Walker from Mortimer b. Walker, deserton
Janette Diggins from AFRO b, Diggins, desertion;
Amra l.. Upton from George +, Upton, deser'
ton; Mary j. liurd from Silas j Hurd, intolera.
Bile severity; Susan +, Lincoln from Henry IL,
Lincoln, ntolerable severity Ann 2. May from
Sanford c. May, deSertion and intolerable sever.
ity
A large number Of judgments were rendered
upon reports Of Referees, Auditors and commits
soners and in cases that turned upon questions of
law, submitted TO the court and the claucery cal.
endar was disposed of ON Friday aud Saturday
and the ooust reached its final adjournment Sat
urday noon, last after three weeks session. having
accomplished an unusually large amount of busl-
ness,