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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-05-03
A Cure for Scab in Sheep.

A farmer discovered a year ago that
a lot of his sheep had this disease. The
first thing he knew, they lost their
wool, so that by shearing time they
were almost bare. Having heard Of
tobacco as a cure, and failing with
other remedies, heprocured some thir-
ty or forty pounds of the
leaves, and boiled it up in a great ket-
tie. When cold, he poured the liquor
into into a large tub, and, after shear
ing, plunged each sheep that was af-
fected by the scab into it up to the
neck, and then turned them out to pas
ture. The liquor must be strong
enough to change the color of the wool
to light red, and, according to this
mans experience, they will be cured,
not only of the scab, but if the lambs
are dipped too, of all the ticks. Stalks
of tobacco, cut up and boiled the same
as the leaves, will do equally well.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-05-03

MANY Western farmers have made
flax a profitable crop, the seed being
in demand at the oil mills at good
prices. It is useful crop to mellow
and clean the soil, and may precede
fall wheat with advantage. A bushel
and a half of seed per acre may be
sown this month upon corn stubble.
YOUNG PIGS may be pushed as fast as
possible When week old they may
be taught, without difficulty, to drink
milk from a shallow pan, and in doing
this the young animals may be tanned
and rendered perfectly docile. To have
tame and tractable animals about the
farm will add much to their value, and
the ease and comfort in tending them
Feed the nursing sows well, and keep
them warm.
In purchasing tools and implements
those that are lightest, other things be-
ing equal, should be chosen. To handle
heavy tool is waste of muscle, now
that steel is in universal use for the
best kinds. Even hoe should be
sharp and bright to be most effective,
and in mower a dull knife will double
the draft. This issequally true of horse
power machines and of hand TOOLS
AgricuAusist.
The roller should be used with judy
ment. 1t is valuable implement, but
sometimes it is used injuriously. 1t is
most effective upon dry soil; when the
soil is damp clods are easily crushed,
but the surface is packed and crusted.
Meadows, on the contrary, should be
rolled while moist and soft, that stones
and rough places may be pressed into
the soil, and the surface leveled for the
mower. Fall grain may be rolled with
advantage the day after it is narrowed,
if rain has not fallen.
Top DRESSING at this season, with
anything but the very finest and best
manure, except on sod for corn, is a
waste of time and labor. The effect
comes too late to benefit the crop.
Some active commercial fertilizer
should be used instead. For grass or
wheat, one hundred and fifty pounds
of nitrate of soda, or the same of guano,
per acre, would be a good dressing. In
using commercial fertilizers. it is we'll
to make experiments as to quantities
and varieties for different soils ana
crops.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-05-03
American Farmers, Club.

Informal questions presented at a
late meeting, and the answers to them
Is chiccory a profitable field crop?
Yes; the roots dried and afterwards
ground, can be sold at good prices to
mix with coffee. Horses are very fond
of the tops, and the trimmings can be
fed in winter in place of grain-about
one peck per day to each horse. 1t
will keep them fat, and is a sure cure
for, as well as preventive Of, worms
and bots. The seed can be obtained
at any seed store. Sow the same as
carrots. Sandy or loose soil is prefer
able. Farmers would do well to try it
first on a small scale
Can bees be protected from moth /?
Construct the hives so as to furnish
no hiding place for the moths, and
keep the stocks strong. Even with
these precautions, there is liable to be
some loss.
What is the best fertilizer for corn
According to Professor Caldwelrs ex-
perlments barnyard manure yields the
most corn; plaster and potash salts the
next best results; guano no marked diff
ference with soil unfertilized and fish
scraps but a meager production.
Which is most successfully trans
planted, the maple or the elm?
The first mentioned is most likely to
live, but with care either will thrive.
In transplanting besure and obtain sap
Ings having a mass Of fine fbrous
roots; when ready to plant dip these
roots in mud about as thick as cream.
and then plant with each root lying in
its natural position with fine earth
packed closely about each. After
planting, mulch the trees thoroughly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-05-03
BROTHER JONATHAN TO DOM PEDRO.

Hail, Equator BraganZa!
Hail, Centennial big bonanza!
Royal tuber of the tropics,
And most succulent of topics,
Ruler of a dozen millions,
Most majestic of Brazilians,
[ wave welcome to your clipper
Lift aloft your royal flipper!
All the world has cheered your order
Mot slave within my border!"
All the world inquiries how was it
That you blent that lass composite
With no serf to wear collar.
Pedro, gentleman and scholar,
Farmer, miner, weaver, skipper,
Cordially grasp your ripper.
Mingled blood and various lingo
From Para to San Domingo,
From Peru to Pernambuco,
Black, mulatta, mamaluco,
Men from every cline and nation,
Mixed in strange conglomeration,
Active as gallinipper-
Pedro, shake! Extend your fipper
Say like your style old Teller;
How's your daughter, Isabella?
How's your wife, and your wife's mother?
Hows your aunt and cousins brother?
How's your hogs and colts and cattle?
How's the last Cafuzo battle?
Underneath the Northern dipper
Let us pledge! Here, friend, your ripper!
Don't you mind my little troubles
Don't you watch these transient bubbles;
Ger my capital and frontier
Sweeps storm trust you won't hear,
Rough as your ancestral Biscay
Sutlerships and crooked whisky;
Rogues shall feel Columbias slipper
Stars and Stripes shall dip Hosanna
To your green and golden banner;
Dom, our realms are both extensive;
Let us form league defensive;
IF old Europe wants to NEEDLE
With our continent or peddle
Crowns around-we'll join and whip her!
Mister Pedro, gi's your ripper!
". 4. c., da the Graphic.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-05-03
Soups, etc., Without Meat.

HARIcoTED BEAN SoUP-Soak a pint
of haricot beans In cold water all night
put them into a saucepan with one
onion; cut up one carrot and one tur-
nip; a tea-spoonful of salt, teaspoon
full of flour of mustard, half tea
spoonful Of pepper, two ounces of
pieces Of bread, and two quarts of
cold water. Boil slowly and stir often
for two hours. Put the whole through
fine hair seive and serve. 1Te
CARROT AND POTATO SoUP.-Take
three good sized corrots and four large
potatoes, two onions and a small head
Of celery; cut up and wash; put them
into a saucepan with three pints Of
milk; take a pound of Goldfish and
break it up into small pieces the size
of a nut; shake it over a little salt
and pepper, and dried mustard; shake
q little Hour over them; have ready
some paste rolled thin; cut in squares
large enough to roll the pieces of fish
In; put the vegetables on to boil, and
when boiling put in the pieces of cod
fish, and let it simmer for an hour
and half. Take it up, strain off the
liquor, put it on again; add the whites
of two eggs and little flour to thick
en-. Let it boil for ten minutes, then
add the fish and vegetables and send
to table,,
VARIETY SoUP. the following
articles ready and proceed as directed:
One carrot, two onions, four potatoes,
all medium size; an ounce of butter, a
pint of milk, lemon, sialtspoonful of
celery seed bruised, half a saltspoonful
of white pepper, a saltspoonful of -four
of mustard, and a teaspoonful of salt.
Peel and slice the carrots,,and onions and
fry them slightly Drowned in the but
ter; put them into q saucepan with a
pint of warm water, the potatoes and
the seasoning. Boil till tender, then
rub the whole through a hair sieve. Add
the milk, stir over the fire till it boils,
put the strained juice of half the lemon
into the tureen, pour In the soup, and
serve. This soup may be varied by
adding dozen oysters. In this case
leave out half the milk, strain the liq-
uor, add that and the oysters, and sim
mer three minutes after it .boils up.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-05-03
"GERTIE."'
BY ONYy

BY ONYX.
Ihere was a little flower; it grew
In silence and alone;
FROM vulgar gaze concealed from view
LIS beauty all its own.
And yet its breath was not missnent
Tho few its fragrance knew
For to its simple bower it lent
A sweet charm ever new.
The stranger paused to kiss it's brow
The sad heart felt its thrill.
Its very modesty somehow
Helped it a sphere to fill.
And when at last its blossoms rare
BY the rude storm were strewn.
1t spread it's sweetness on the air.
Nor thought it died too soon.
The bower no more it's fragrance sweet
Could cherish or retain;
But, ere it left its cool retreat,
Where it had softly lain,
Ii taught some human hearts to look above
TO do ife's duty, and to know Gods love.
Brooklyn Sunday Sun.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-05-03
Packing Butter.

A well known dairy authority gives
the following directions for packing but
ter so that it will keep sweet for eight
or nine months: Make brine with a
saturated solution of the purest salt you
can get, using one pound of saltpeter to
about twenty pounds of salt. Scald the
brine by bringing it to a boiling heat,
skim, and apply when sufficiently cool.
The casks should be carefully prepared
as we'll as the brine. If the gum and
sap in the wood are not removed before
the casks are used, they will work out
into the brine and affect the butter. To
remove the woody flavor from the
casks, thorough steaming with high
pressure is the quickest and best
means. IF soaked before the steam is
applied, hot steam will cut the gum
and woody flavor all out In short time.
If steam is not convenient, soak in
brine week or SO, and then fill with
boiling hot brine, and let it stand till it
gets cool. By keeping the butter under
the brine and the casks full and in a
cool place, the butter can be kept
safely Some of the tin-lined packages
which have recently been intro
duced, which are easily Theoretically
sealed, would be much more convent
ent and probably fully as cheap as the
oak casks and brine, and are claimed to
be equally efficient IN preserving.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-05-03

The editor of the Hopkinsville Era
asks, with the air of one who has had
losses: "How are the people of the
United States to enjoy the Centennial
celebration when they are haunted by
the consciousness that, Notwithstanding
their existence. as a nation covers a
period Of one hundred years, they have
never invented noiseless shooting gun
by which burglars and other pests might
be killed without disturbing the policew
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-05-03

before they were turned out. Some
four or five weeks since was there
again and his COWS were in the stable
for the night. 1t is basement half
under ground, the sill on one side being
level with the yard, and wall up to
the barn floor on the other; usual doors
and windows on one side. Two rows of
COWS were standing lengthwise of the
stable, their heads facing toward each
other with an alley between; another
row across one end, and his horses at
the other. Thus they stood surrounded
by their own manure, breathing and
rebreathing the air over again.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-05-03
A Poor Barn.

A year ago last January, says cor
respondent, / called upon one of my
neighbors who keeps about twenty-five
COWS, that were then eating hay In an
open lot. asked him why he fed his
cows there instead of the stable; he
said that it was poor hay, and they ate
it better than in the stable; that they
had all the good hay they would eat
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-05-03
seasonabIe Hints for the Farm.


For the corn crop, We have found
the sooner the planting is done after
the blowing, and while the soil is moist
and fresh, the better. A top dressing
of coarse manure upon the sod would
be an excellent preparation for this
crop.
RAISE the best calves, and thus
gradually raise the quality of the
herds. A good calf is well worth a
months fresh milk, and if their coming
was timed for April, they could have
richer and they the better for it,
EARLY LAMBS should be pushed for
ward for market by giving extra food
to the ewes and increasing the flow of
milk. To feed the lambs, meal or
other food, for which their stomachs
are as yet unprepared, hinders their
growth.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-05-03
Domestic Hints,


CHOCOLATE CREAM.-To l quart of
scalded milk add tablespoonful of
grated chocolate, of maizona Or corn
starch, l cupful sugar, l cupful milk
to be eaten the same as boiled custard.
Mock PLUM PUDDING.-Use / cup
full finely cut suet, Of dried currants
] cupful of molasses, { cupful of milk
or water, l teaspoonful allspice, cloves
and cinnamon mixed, 3 cupfuls of
flour; mix we'll and steam hours.
ENGLISH MUFFINs.-To one quart of
milk and water (lukewarm) add the
whites of 3.eggs, well beaten, table
spoonfuls of brewers yeast, no salt,
and as much flour as will make it q
very thin batter. Let it lie before the
fire for an hour to rise. If too thin,
add more flour. Make into small cakes
and bake on the griddle.
A WELSH RAREBTr FOR FoUR.-One
pound soft American cheese cut in
small pieces. Stir in saucepan over
a strong fire or alcohol lamp; add a
lump of butter and a dash of pepper;
the cheese to be stirred until entirely
free from Jumps and in liquid state.
Then serve hot on.dry toast.
To MAKE WEDDING CAKE.-One
pound of butter, one pound of sugar,
nine eggs, one pound of flour, three
pounds Of clean currants, two pounds
of stoned raisins, from one-half to
three-quarters pound of citron, one
grated nutmeg, some mace and CHINA
mon. Ruo the butter and sugar to-
gether; when light, add first the yolks
then the whites of the eggs-the yolks
and whites of the eggs to be beaten sep
arately-then put in nearly all the
flour, keeping out just enough to dust
your raisins and cement them; cut
your citron in slices such as you like,
and put in as you put the cake in the
pan; after mixing your fruit in the
cake grease four-quart pan carefully,
line it with clean straw paper, little
grease (butter) on the paper; put your
cake in and bake, in not too quick an
oven, for it burns easily. After it is
baked take IL out of the pan, paper and
all, and let it cool. The next day, to
keep it fresh and moist, put it back in
the put it back in the pan, Or in tin
cake box and ket D it tightly covered.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-05-03

LONDON pays nearly one-third of the
whole of the income tax Of England.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-09-01

fere, but was restrained by mob.
After n stubborn fight OF siXty-tWo
rounds, Wheedon was declared victor.
The sheriff notified the crowd that he
would follow the principals and such
oftheir anettors as he could recognize
to Philadelphia, and prosecute them to
The full extent Of the law
The dead body OF Walker was found
this evening on the sult harG nj
Greenwich Point, and was removed to
his fathers residence lis face and
neck are battered ami swollen cat OF
all shape. The police are searching
for three men who were seen In the
boat near the wharf and supposed to
have placed the body ashore. The
police are also looking for Wheedons
hackers and all connected with the
light, Wheedon is badly cut up,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-09-01
THE INDIAN WAR,
General Crooks on the Trail and Fully
Expects 10 Strike Sitting Bull
In Il Few DAYS.
Indian Commissioners Have Perfected
their Plans Of Operations -Deadwood
CorrlIed. by the Indians
Northern Sioux

CHEYENNE, August 3l.-lndian Com
mission did not leave this morning, ~
intended last night. They have been
engaged here to-day, perfectiDg u plan
of operations, upon which TO proceed
on arrival Mt the agencies. They
leave tomorrow morning. In their con
sultation to-day, perfect uuanimity
prevailed among The members, and
the appearances indicate harmonious
action, In the performance of their
duties.
a courier, who left the camp of
Crook and Terry ON the twentieth, at
the mouth Of Powder river, arrived at
Fort Fetterman tonight. The com.
mand was then on the trail, which in
dictate Mt least ten thousand ponies.
On reaching the camp, 1t
WAS judged To have been
that OF seven distinct bands,
who 1t is believed We're almost desti.
tute of food. Traces left in the deserted
camp indicate that they were reduced
10 extremity, using raw hides for food.
All the Snakes have gone home, the
Crows remaining General Crook
fully expects to strike Sitting Bull in u
few days.
Dc"dwOOd CorraIieu by the Indians
OMAHA, August 81. "A private tele-
gram from Sidney, Nebraska, this
morning says Jones Is Ia with Clarks
pony express. He brings the mail
from the north. Deadwood has been
corralled by Indians ior days, and tlf-
teen men killed. Last Sunday four
men were found dead IN Buffalo gap.
A. a. Jones, agent Of Clark's pony
express ut Deadwood City, arrived ut
Sidney this morning. He says the In
dams raided the road between Custer
and Deadwood on the twentieth, and
killed Weston Smith, u minister, and
three miners named Ike Brown, Pal
Inns and Macon, carrying OIL thei
stock. On the 22d they made raj,
Oh party, i've miles south of Custe
City, and killed James Kidd, Samue
Wallace, }. Wills and Thompson. Thu
Indians are supposed to be Northern
Sioux from the hostile camp on tn
road TO the Agency. Mr.. Jones say
the country is full OF Indians. N,
truth in the statement that DeadwooC
has been corralled.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-09-01
TuRKO-SERVIAN WAR.
Opening for IA suicnie--AbduI Hamid
Proclaimed Sultan.

Opening for IA suic,de--AbduI Hamid !
Proclaimed sultan.
CoNsTANTIN0pLE, August 3l.-A
council of minirters and great dignita-
ries of the Empire have proclaimed
Abdul Hamid Sultan, vice Murad de-
posed.
Official Intelligence received tonight
announces that the Turks were de-
feated at all points on the right bank
of the Maravia, and subsequently
taken in flank and put to flight. Their
bridges over the Maravia were destroy
ed. The Servians occupied the Turk
ish entertainments on the right bank
of the Maravia.
Prince Nicholas JOINS Prince Milan
la Demanding Mediation.
LONDON, August 3l.--A correspond
ent of the Times, at Belgrade, telo-
graphs. Within the last two or three
days, heavy guns have been sent to
Chuprige, to strengthen the second line
OF defenses. II Alexinatz is taken, ]
should not place mucl reliance on any
defeuse the Serviaps might subse-
quently make, except in the way OF
mere brush fighting.
The examination by Russian, Eng
lsh and Servan surgeons, fully con-
firms the statement that large num-
her of ServiaDs wound tn, mselves
in order to avoid battle. This prattice
has been made the subject of a strong
report of the medical staff.
" is stated the Turks have received
a siege train from Nisch, and In de-
fault of an armistice, something very
decisive may be expected at Alexinatz.
Dispatch from Viena says, ut the
conference at Belgrade, ut which
Prince Milan communicated his res0-
luton in favor of peace, to
the representatives Of powers. Prince
Weird, the Austrian 'representive,
asked how far Prince Milan was au-
tlorized to represent the Prince OF
Montenegro. Milan answered that he
had no direct written power, but, from
Communications had with Prince
Nicholas on the subject, he thought he
could speak for him also. This reply
was onl calculated to bring out prom
inently the informality Of Montene
gro's demand by proxy, which, If no
cleared up, might later have led Il
all sorts Of Misunderstanding. Tn
point has been, however, cleared al
since by Prince Nicholas asking tn
powers directly to support the demand
t madb by Prince Milan for both. Thi
t communication was made to Austri
I and Russia, which alone are repre-
: sented in Montenegro, with reques
to communicate 1t to other powers
q. 1t seems Prince Nicholas IL as anxiou
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-09-01

to treat as Prince Milan, for on Tues.
day he again urged the subject, ex-
pressing apprehension that Dervlsh
Pasha was al out TO invade Montene-
gro and his anxiety to have this pre-
vented 10y the influence OF the powers,
NJ after the failure Of the Servlans,
further operations would only lead 90
useless blood shed and devastation.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-09-01
POLITICAL NOTES.
DcCllnailOn Of Governor Seymour
D0rShelmcr RenOmlnated by
AcclamatlOn.
Hughes Democratic Nominee for Governor
In Colorado Il Carl SChur1 Crates in
Cincinnati Senator Booth Waves
the Shirt In Indiana.

carl schurE CRATES In English AZ Cin-
cinHRIi,
CINCINNATI, August 3l.--lIon Carl
Schurl, made his first English speech
IN the Ohio campaign Tonight, at
Robinson's opera house. The building
was crowded 10 its utmost, and the
points in his speech were warmly mp
plauded.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-09-01
A Doctor Arrested for Innumerabie
AbOrtf0ns.

LOUISVILLE, KY, August 81. DIR. j.
S. Williams was arrested here to day,
charged with having committed MUIR
der In producing abortion upon Mrs.
Lou Bowman. 1t Is alleged The evl'
dence is very strong against Williams,
who has been suspected previously, but
never detected. 1t Is now thought
dozens of cases will be made ou'
against him. After examination be
fore the proper authorities, he was re
manded to prison and bail refused.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-09-01

"A young hoodlum, In front Of the
LeGrand hotel, yesterday evening, de
voured at one sitting, a whole hat full
Of green apples, even to the cores. He
was seen shortly after trying TO open
an account at Williams & Tolliver's
drug store. He shortly emerged, aud
on being questioned about his suct ess,
shook his head mourDfllly and replied,
AZ an expression OF pain fitted across
his face: "Credit Is skase, aud para.
gorlc has rls."
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-09-01
WASHINGTON NOTES.
A Circular 20 Unitcd states saarshais
Sent 20 the President for Approyat,

A Circular 20 United states aarshais
Sent 20 the President for Approval.
WAsHINaToN, August 3l.--The cir.
cular to United States Marshals, re-
specting their duties under the cleo
ton laws, goes to the President to-
night for final approval.
The Commissioner of Internal Reve-
nue. has fixed product from each bushel
Of grain used at sixteen quarts when
the fermenting period is forty eight
hours, and fifteen quarts when seven
ty-two hours.
There were sixty.five dlsmiseals to-
day in the United States Treasurer's
Office. Within week all the Depart
ments will have made the necessary
reduction in clerical force.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-09-01
PUGILISTIC.
The Mil Between wheedon and Walk
er-waiker Killed.

NEW CASTLE, Del, August 3l.-The
steamer which left Philadelphia last
night with the pugilists, Wheedon and
Walker and their friends, effected a
landing OH the New Jersey shore.
The ring was formed near Penonsville,
and the fight was commenced. IL Is
said the sheriff made an effort TO inter