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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21
The Princess Perkins.
Lncy Hooper's Paris Letter.

The case Of the Princess Perkins las
she is called sometimes by the Ameri-
cans over here) has just been brought to
close. The lady in question, who.
with her husband has just been brought
before the Tribunal on a charge Of
sw1ndllng, is no other than the Infanta
Maria Isabella de Gurouskide Bourbon,
niece to the Queen of Spain and the
vile OF one Mr.. Perkins, late American
CONSUL at Lisbon, where some three or
tour years ago they were married with
much pomp and glory. An intimate
1r1end OF my own was present at the
wedding and received from the bride a
copy OF her photograph, with an inscrip-
t1on on the back, wherein she STYLES
herself 'sthe happiest of Ameri
cans. The newly welded pair
came to Paris and quartered them
selves upon one Madame Meilhon.
who possessed handsome mansion on
the Rue de Balzac, very near the resi-
dence Of the lady's royal aunt, Queen
Isabella. There they stayed and stayed
and stayed, exempted by the royal kith
OF Mrs. Perkins from ever paying any
Of their bills, till the aforesaid bills
amounted to $4,000, keeping their I'M
fortunate landlady quiet by stories of
the dot that the Queen was to give her
niece, and of wonderful inherritances
that were coming from America to en-
rich the husband. At last the good
lady's patience gave out, and she had
tie pair arrested. They have just IN
dergone their trial. and Mr.. Perkins
has been condemned to one years i'm
prisonment for swindling. while his roy
al spouse is acquitted on the ground
that she was naturally under the rule
and guidance of her husband, and
therefore not to blame.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21
How to Put Children to Bed.

Not with reproof for any Of that days
sins of omission or commission. Take
any time but bedtime for that. If you
ever heard little creature signing or
sobbing in it's sleep, you could never do
this. Seal their closing eyelids with a
kiss and blessing. The time will
come when, all too soon, they will lay
their heads upon their pillows lacking
both. Let them, then, at least have
this sweet memory of happy child
hood. of Which no future sorrow or
trouble can rob them. Give them their
rosy youth. Nor need this involve wild
license. The judicious parent will not
so mistake my meaning. If you have
ever met the man or the woman whose
eyes have suddenly filed when little
child has crept trustingly to its mothers
breast, you may have seen one in whose
childhood's home "dignity' and ''se-
verify" stood where love and pity should
have been. Too much indulgence has
ruined thousands of children, too much
love not one.-Fn1a7ay Fern.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21
Ancient Oceanica.

The Academy says: " It may be re-
membered that when Magellan discov-
cred the Philippines he was astonished
to Light upon an Arabic alphabet in use
at Cabu. On inquiry he found that
somewhere about the ninth century
some Mohammedan priests from Oman
had landed there and taught the natives
the Koran. Only some few isolated
facts are known concerning the
population of the islands of Oceanica
before their discovery by European
yoyagers, and any addition to our
knowledge, however small, is therefore
OF great value. A Manila paper an
nounces the discovery Of some pre-
historic remains on the little
islands of Rota and Yinian,
which form part of the .Ladrone or
Mariana Islands. We have as yet very
scanty particulars of these antiquities;
but they appear to consist in each case
OF two series of eight stone pyramids.
standing i'll two rows, at intervals of IL
feet, the bose being II feet square, and
the height 36 feet. The, summit is
crowned by kind of large cup equal
in diameter to the diagonal of the base.
Unfortunately the description of these
pyramids given us leaves much to be
desired, but there is little doubt that
thep belong to an age anterior to the
Spanish conquest, and that they cannot
possibly be ascribed to a race at all
similar to the vindictive aborgines of
the archip slago."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21
Prussia'S Thrift.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.

From the Pail Mall Gazette. p.
It is announced officially by the Ber-
lin War Office that private military So
cieties are no longer to receive, as hith-
orto, any gifts of captured arms, there
being no further surplus available. A
private report of their conversion, re-
ceived few days earlier, explains this
fully. For the cannon taken, it seems.
are all undergoing or have undergone
the process Of being recast for the new
siege trains of the empire, or for the
still more pressing service of equipping
the vast works now hurrying to compile
ton around Metz and Strasbourg. The
chassepots found thoroughly servicea-
BILE have been shortened and served out
as carbines to the hussars and dragons,
as well as to portions of each regiment
OF uhlans and cuirassiers; and to the
armed soldiers of the various train reg
iments. Even the thousands Of cavalry
sabers taken at Metz and Sedan are
being made effective for German use,
the best having been, witha slight mod
ification of the hilt, served out to the
very uhlans whose exertions paved the
way to those triumphs. All this, too,
it must be remembered, has been effect
ed without any expense to Germany,
under special grants made from the
French indemnity; so it is not surpris-
ing that the new empire is as far in adj
vance of her late enemy in munitions of
war as in other means for renewing the
contest
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21

uncommon occurrence then for farmers
| to let their cattle run all winter with no
other protection than board fence or
an open shed at the side of the yard,
and when they did SO, it cost, according
to size, q to q tons of hay to winter a
COW, averaging for 26 weeks 81 to 30
pounds of hay per day. When they
| built barns and sided them up with
green lumber, sc that when the boards
shrunk the cracks between them were
half an inch or more wide, and the sta
bles were soarranged that the wind which
whistled through these cracks swept all
the heat radiating from the bodies of
the sanctioned COWS up into the loft
and out at the cracks above,
the case was not much improved.
Some saving in waste was effected, and
that was about all. But when these
open barns were succeeded by tight
ones, boarded with matched stuff well
seasoned, and the stables SO arranged
as to utilize the heat radiating from the
cows bodies, there was great diminu-
milton in the cost of keeping. A saving
of one-third of the keep formerly used
was effected. Eighteen to twenty
pounds of hay day kept the COWS in
better condition in the comfortable
stables than q to 80 could do in the
old ones, or N the open yard. When
tight barns for COWS first began to be
built in central New York, dairymen
were perfectly surprised at the saving it
effected in fodder, [ have, time and
again, heard them declare from estimat-
ing, what found it to be true by actual
weighing, that tight and warm stable
saved fully one-third of the fodder
formerly used in the open ones for a
long time SO generally in use. I would
suggest, If they have not already done
it, that the dairymen and stock keepers
who have suffered from dro1lth can not
in any other way cheaper the cost of
wintering their stock SO much as by
providing for them the most comfort
able quarters they possibly can.
But there is one consideration which
should not be overlooked in arranging
| for tight barn, and that is proper ven
tilation. The owner of tight barn,
unless he makes proper arrangement
Of this kind, will soon have what is fifty
described as foul, reeking stable. -
Cold air is not necessarily good air, nor
is warm air necessarily bad air, al
though the chances are that air made
warm by animal radiation of heat will
become vitiated. The safeguard is eff
fective and properly arranged ventila-
ton. This ventilation is essential for
the comfort which Professor Arnold SO
wisely advocates, and every man who
takes measures to profit by the above
suggestions this winter should study
his plans carefully to gain good all
without having a chilling current strike
| his sanctioned animals"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21
Death of the Equerry of the Duke of
Orleans,

Count de Chambis, once equerry of
the Duke of Orleans, and mediately the
cause of his death, is now corpse him
self. Since 1912, Chambis has never
been seen on horseback, his abstinence
from this exercise commencing with the
death of Orleans. It was the counts
duty as equerry to see that the dukes
stables contained no vicious horses.
Through his carelessness, some horses
which he had condemned as unmanage-
able were not disposed of, and by mis-
chance were one day harnessed to
Orleans carriage. Running away with
it the duke was dashed to the ground
and killed. France was plunged in
mourning, and the unhappy equerry,
not daring to appear personally before
the royal parents, withdrew from the
court. Thereafter, horses were his de-
testation. He was fully pardoned by
the king and queen, having met them
in the grounds Of the Tuileries one day,
and on his knees implored their forgive
ness
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21
" Red Fish,
From the Silver City Qdaho) World

'hN hoil'oI oIty kIuduO} NOflu.
About 100 miles to the northward Oh
Idaho City is ''Payette Lake." as beau
tlful sheet of water as can be found.
This lake is the largest of a cluster OF
four Or five situated in the immediate
vicinity, and is about AZ miles in length
by miles (average) in width. It is
both fed and drained by the north fork
| OF the Payette River, which passes di-
rectly through it. It's waters are said
to be hundreds Of feet deep, and are as
clear as the most fnely-polished mirror.
The country around the lake is noun
famous, and the scenery varied, but
picturesque and beautiful. In it is
found species of fish known here by
the name Of cred Fish, AN appellation
derived by their color, which is beau
tiful vermillion, with the exception of
the heal and fins, which are of dark
earthy-green color. Their habits are
similar to those of the salmon, and like
the salmon they spawn and then die.
The male and female are easily distin-
guishable, the colors of the male being
much brighter than those of the female.
They live in the deep water of the lake.
ing been seen in the lake only when
coming up out of the water at the mouth
of the river, when going up the river to
spawn, which they do from about the
last Of July until nearly the last
Of October. When ascending the
river, they travel in schools
numbering from one to two or three
hundred, and fishermen land them in
large quantities by means of drag nets
and seines. When fresh, or when
properly cured, they are esteemed a
greater Adelicacy for table use than
even the mountain trout; but great
skill and care, and above all, great
cleanliness is required for their preser-
walton III manner for the table. Dried,
they are preferred to either herring or
Goldfish, but the best way to preserve
them is in brine. Put up in this way
care being observed to have them
perfectly fresh and perfectly clean
they are probably not excelled by any
fish i'll the world. The writer has seen
them late in the fall moving down the
river is if returning to the lake, but
such multitudes of them die along the
stream that it is believed to be impossi-
bic that they get back alive. In size
the cred fish" vary but little, being
generally about 20 inches long, and
weighing from 81 to 5 pounds. Being
unknown to both British and American
fishermen, they are coming to be look
ed upon as confined solely to Idaho and
Lake Payette, and the object of this
article is to call attention to the fact of
their existence, and to draw out an ex-
preston of opinion from persons capa-
BILE of juding as to their place among
the ''fnny tribes Besides, they are
great delicacy, and it may yet be
found practicable to stock the lakes OF
California, Oregon, Nevada, and per.
haps of all the northern and northwest
ern states and territories with them
the only apparent requisites necessary
to their propagation being depth Of
pure, cold water, and gravelly stream
for their spawn. ..,:5
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21

AS a monk was ascending the rostrum
on St. Stephens day to preach SER
mon in praise of that saint, the oficiat-
ing priests, fearing that the holy father
would be somewhat long-winded, whis-
pered in his ear petition that he would
shorten his discourse. The monk
gravely entered the pulpit, and after a
brief exordium, thus addressed his
auditors: 2" Ny brethren, this time
twelve months told you all which
could beIsaid concerning this saint. AS
I have not learned thathe has done any
thing new since that time, I have moth
ing to add to what then I related"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21
The Story of Mrs. Barker.

The statement floating about in the
papers to the effect that ga jealous In
dianapolis woman has just made her
thirteenth Intellectual attemptat suicide"
reminds me of the case of Mrs. Barker,
OF Harrisburg. She attempted to poison
herself twenty three times, but was al
ways saved by the judicious use of
stomach pump by her friends She was
life and hope and comfort and bread
and butter to all the newspaper report
ers, and they thought SO much of her
that at last they got her up little testi-
monial in the shape of a silver-plated
mach-pump, with gutta percha
piston and bell-metal valves, inscribed
with the sentiment, MAY she never
succeed" Some of her friends gave a
little collation. at the time, and after it
was eaten somebody proposed to test
the apparatus on one Of the reporters.
They say thatthe, meeting then adjourned
suddenly.-Muc Adeler.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21
How Daniel Webster Prepared His
Speeches.

In one of the debates in Congress
which suddenly called Daniel Webster
to his feet, he made brief but quite
eloquent speech, apparently without
any opportunity for previous prepare
ton. In the course Of his remarks he
drew out the following sentence, which
has ever since been admired as one of
the most harmonious and expressive in
the language. He was speaking of our
militia conflict with Great Britain
"Our fathers raised their flag against a
power to which, for the purpose of for
eign conquest and subjugation, Rome,
in the height of her glory, is not to be
compared; power which has dotted
over the surface of the whole globe with
her possessions and military posts,
whose morning drumbeat, following the
sun in it's course, andkeeping pace with
the hours, circles the earth with one
continuous and unbroken strain of the
martial air of England. AS he sat
down one of the Senators congratulated
him upon his speech, and alluding to
the above passage, said that to him it
YVES inconceivable, how Mr.. Webster, in
a speech SO manifestly unprecedented,
could have formed so perfect and so
beautiful sentence, which with hours
Of study he could not improve Mr.
Webster replied that the passage was
not extemporaneous; that in his summer
vacation he had visited Quebec, and
while standing upon the massive and al
most impregnable citadel there looking
out upon the wondrous scene of national
grandeur and of natures loneliness
spread before him, the idea occurred to
his mind. He Immediately took his
seat upon gun, and with pencil and
paper, sketched the Thought in the most
appropriate language he could at the
moment command. Upon arriving at his
hotel he sat down at his leisure and
wrote it and re-wrote it, with many in
terlineations and erasures, until he had
nodded it into the form of words which
satisfied him. He then laid it aside in
his retentive memory to be used when
the occasion should offer. The opportu-
nifty arose upon that day.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21

sauce, or with oysters. In the latter
case, the turkey should be stuffed with
oysters.
BRoILED MUTTON CHoPs.-Cut the
chops from a well-hung tenderloin of
mutton, remove portion of the fat and
trim them into nice shape; slightly
beat and level them: place a gridiron
over bright, clear fire, rub the bars
with little fat, and lay on the chops.
While broiling, frequently turn them,
and IN about eight minutes they will be
done. Season with pepper and salt, lay
them on very hot dish, rub piece of
butter on each chop, and serve hot and
expeditiously.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Keeping Apples for Winter Use,

Winter fruit is usually kept in cellars
with other vegetables. The usual dis
advantages of this plan are that they are
too warm and too damp, and the air is
too much laden with vapors from other
stores. II kept in the cellar under the
clearinghouse it should be entirely
separated from other cellars, and be
kept at a lower temperature than pota-
toes and squashes, and the vegetables
usually slowed in the cellar A better
plan is to have cellar under a grain
barn, and devoted to the use of fruit
only. This should be kept open during
the day as much as possible, without
danger of freezing the fruit. It should
be well ventilated by fues into chin
neys, Or going up to the roof, according
to location.
Care must be taken, however, to keep
the fruit, as nearly as possible, at the
same temperature. One or more Their
mometers should be fixed to the walls,
and if it become evident that the air
admitted in the middle of the day raises
the temperature, the cellar should be
closed until this effect is no longer pro-
duced.
When placed in the barrels, the ap-
pies should be carefully assorted,
whether for home use or the market.
Table apples, cooking apples, and
apples to be fed out, shoul1 each be
placed by themselves, and disposed of
accordingly. The best apples should be
firmly headed up, and labeled with the
name and quality of the fruit, and the
date OF gathering, with any other de-
slrable memoranda. By the way, il
people used such memoranda more
than they do, it would often be source
Of pleasure and Of profit.
Apples require some watching, so
that each sort may be used only while
in its prime. This must be determined.
not only by the variety, but by the
season. II it has been a warm summer
or fall, or if apples generally have
ripened early, they will not keep so
late as usual. They must not be allowed
to ripen fully before beginning upon
them by way Of trial, SO that you may
be sure to know when they are IN their
best condition, and improve it accord
ingly. Ii there be many of one sort, or
OF several sorts, that ripen simultane-
.ously, some of them might be used be-
forehand for pies or buildings, or other
cooking. They are far better for such
use than if left to be cut up when half
.decayed; for cooking is sort of quick
ripening, which breaks down the hard
tissues and develops favors before they
come naturally to perfection But cook
ing has no power to restore favors to
fruit which has passed it's prime, and
slightly immature apples have better
flavor when cooked than even those
which are in their prime If, with all
this, the supply of apples is too great to
be used up while at their best, they
should be put up in cans, which, by the
time they are wanted for this purpose,
VII! probably be emptied of some earlier
fruits. For this purpose, also, it is
best to plan SO as to put them up be-
tore they commerce to decay.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21
Chances for Living,

A medical writer of eminence has
been collecting evidence as to the
chances of life which children have,
upon being born, in different countries.
Out of 10000 children born it is found
from official statistics that in Norway as
many as 7,415, or, roughly speaking,
three out of every four, live to be 20
years of age. In England only 6,627 so
live, or 788 fewer than in Norway. In
the United States boys have nearly as
good chance of life as in England,
while girls have not. But In France
only 1922, or scarcely more than one
out of two, attain that age. More sur
prising still are the statistics regarding
old age. Out of the same 10000, for
example, we learn that in Norway 3, 487.
more than one out of three, reach 10:
in England almost one out of four: in
the United States, still men only. one
out of four-a trife higher than Eng
land; in France, 1,776, or about one out
of 81, and in Ireland 861, or one out of
liz. If this table is to be depended
upon, we thus learn that of all countries
in the world Norway offers the newborn
child the best chance of long life, while
Ireland offers the worst. And France,
universally admitted to be, so far as soil
and climate are concerned, one of the
most favored regions of the earth, offers
but little better chance than Ireland.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21
Winter Care of Dairy Stock.

We can heartily approve the posi-
tions taken by Professor Arnold in the
following paragraph written for the
New York Tribune, and commend the
suggestions to our readers:
"To illustrate the economy of com
fort in the winter care of stock, will
state what long and close observation
in wintering dairy cows has developed.
A half century or more ago the farmers
of New York were less careful of their
animals than they are now. 1t was nc
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21
"Guilty or Not guilty -

She stood at the bar of justice,
A creature wan AMI wild
In form too small for woman,
In feature too old for child:
For a look so worn and pathetic
Was stamped on her pale young face.
1t seemed long years of suffering ge.. -,-z.s
Must have left that silent trace.
Your name," said the judge, as he eyed her
With kindly looks, yet keen,
'ls-? Mary Mcguire, if you please, sir
And your age ?" 6 I ain turned fifteen"
Well, Mary''--and then from paper
He slowly and gravely read
: You are charged here-I am sorry to say it
With stealing three loaves of bread.
: You look not like an offender,
And hope that you can show
The charge to be false Now tell me,
Are you guilty of this or no ?"
A passionate burst of weeping
Was at first her sole reply;
But she dried her tears in moment
And looked in the judges eye.
81 will tell you just how it was, sir
My father and mother are dead.
And my little brothers and sisters
We're hungry and asked me for bread.
At first | earned it for them,
BY working hard all day,
But somehow the times were hard, sir
And the work all fell away
. [ could get no more employment:
The weather was bitter and cold;
The young ones cried and shivered
Qittle Johnnie's but four years ODD
So what was [ to do sir !?
am guilty, but do not condemn;
took-oh! was it stealing
The bread to give to them
Every man IN the courtroom
Graybeard and thoughtless youth
Knew, as he looked upon her,
That the prisoner spake the truth.
Out from their pockets came l1erchiefs,
Out from their eyes sprung tears,
And out from old, faded wallets
Treasures hoard ed for years.
The judges face was study,
The strangest you ever saw,
As he cleared his throat and murmured
Something about the lac.
For one SO learned in such matters.
So wise in dealing with men,
He seemed, on simple question,
Sorely puzzled just then. -
But no one blamed him. or wondered
When at last these words they heard:
: The sentence Of this young prisoner
Is for the present deferred"
And no one blamed him or wondered
When he went to her and sGiled
And tenderly led from the courtroom
Himself the guilty child!
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21

The Bavarian sculptor, Christian
Roth, is engaged on a design for
group which is intended to embody the
idea of the "Wacht am Rhein."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21

dwarf cherries, plums, peaches, or
ounces, marked thus, K.
O x O x o x OK O o
s x X S x s x
O x 0 x 0 x O x O 0
S x s x s K