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, 1876-09-09
in bemerfen8tpertbeS Sub a.
rtbur's lettes unb sr0Btes.
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ODER: Teripunoet ii Dem SaM8 eines Treunbes.
Dieles ppneneetffe @srt bieies 8stsransn Der
Mmeritanii1en Siteratur Dat ais Soriuurf eiuen Ge.
Yoltes beriibrt nno aiebt einen lAredli9en ueberblid
iber uebel, iuelbes es blpsiteut. MuAerpreentlfdb
ipannene unc amfresenn, ipiro es BON 9len nit
ounben. gBir Iino sntl9lOlien. Oas BUD in ieoer ia.
mile os Sanoes en5ufubren uno ~offeriren nod nis
easepelene Sprtbeite alien manuIiben uno weibli.
den Subicribentenl ammlern. gBir p~erian9en LIBERAL
MssnteH unb lhiden gratis aui 8erlanaen Beoinsuu.
gen uno beidreibenoe Girculare. 3. NJ. Gtoehar
n. Co., 1913 Gbeiinut Str, pbila. 4g82mss
, 1876-09-09

Ser Danf elmer Tami1ie.-S@ nns
msius grau iasen Sbnen ben srUbtsn Danf fiji
Or. MM suf 8Dnts'S 5amburger
Ercpfen ftreibt 5err Sobn YOtt, Geneva,
ST., benin %bieielben baben uns srObe Dsenlts
srpisIsn. @ir laism bic GrUpfsn ni9t msbr
auseeben.
, 1876-09-09
Seffentli6e DdnfiasuaS.

Nussue aus etnem 8riefe BON s. Seinmiil-
Ter, 8ulti, 5ptparb Counts. Soma, an letneu
SDbn s. 5einmiiler, &ebattsus bes ~@lba-
mp Serplb".
...... Sd fam ntGt umbin, Did su bit.
ten, in Deinrm glatte uniern Efentli6en Oont
fur bic 5siluns 0cincr Muttsr burb Dr..
Aug. 8Snts's 8 amtarser Grcpfen
aus3ulpre6en. Wie Ou neiBt lit bic liebs
Mutter an etnem ldperen &eberlsieen, unc
ielbf bic 5ilfe unierer Ier3te mar persebliG.
Wir prpbirten bic 5amburser Srppfen, unb
puroe bur6 ben G,ebrau9 berielben bic &C.
lunbbeit Der Nutter pieber sars bergefeat-
SD piinl6e, Du %tpirbef bic 5amburser
Mebtcinen INNER auf's 8eite empfeblen,
benin fe baben f6 auf's 8crtrefai9lts in unls-
ter Samilie betpabrt.
, 1876-09-09

@eseu Sautfrantbeiten unb ale t~lnreinis.
teiten, pelde Serpprbenem 8lut %entlprinsen.
ltnb DR.. Mueut 8Snte's 5amburger
GrcPfen elm gang auss3ei9netes MittsL
BERN Ie iino bic beifsn Blutreiniser. @c
ftrsitI SER SObn @sprse 8ppsni9aB in &C.
mont 81.
, 1876-09-09
Gini9e quite Gfiinoe

1.-Gine neue GrRnbuna. sranbua S1s1it
uno seiidsrt bur4 Datent.
2.-Oladt einen oIif IN tenen 2sd.SnA,
sleih auf beiben eeiten, an allen 4rten bon StoNss.
3.-2auft leibt, ianft, serduidlos unb rai&-bsEs
6 ombtnatio II BON Gisenidaften.
Observation-Disclosures n obne ssepa'
raturen.
5.-gerrt4tet allie 4rten BON NSbett
uno 5anep Nabereten in elmer oor3islihsngeetit.
6.-Sft fir ben Irbeiter iebr lei4t su b n D.
baben. 9ie 26nes Der stide fam resulirt iperben,
tpabrsnb Die Wiai9ine i'm G,an8e lit, uno bieie fam
nit eins,n Saoet uerlsben perbei,. obne baB berielbs
odrd1 2o6er 3u 9eber bat.
5.-1lau einfab, finnreid, elegant, incsm
Der Std ob n ben Gebroud BON Go9 sBbeel Gears,
Notary Cams uno Geoer Mrms fprmirt uiro. Dat Den
4utomati p 5eeb. tpelber Ell n q let1'
m1Bise Gduse bes Gti6es BET irgenb
elmer 1ti9pinbi9feit Rbert. Dat uniersu
neien 1bTeab Gontroller, tpelber cine aletp.
mGbiss Beipegurs Der @eeble.Sar erlaubt unb etnsr
Dertesuns bes 5abens porbeuat.
Sc nitruction d u 5 erHfsr9fGIt 9 nnb Sea'
snbtt. SIT ~fabriJirt bon Sen Sei@idtefen uHs
erfabreniten Irb-iteru in Der beribmux
meminsto Mrnprn. Snon, u. 3. Wbilabelpbss
Co. 6 } SbeffnMt gtraAe. 2It7mat-
, 1876-09-09
Dit SIaf&t

hamburger Trppfen"
tofet so Gents, Uper inf Tlalden
10 i Dollars, fnp In allen peutlden
Mpotbsten gu baben pper perpen pislels
ben na6 Gmpfans oes 9elpeS fret mad
allen Gbsilsn Der 8ereinistsn Staaten
serlanpt. Man aprelire:
"A. v0geIer & Co.,
Baltimore, Md.
, 1876-09-09

Cine freusise Wittbei1une.-Ssri
8altbalar Ssim, @cutb Mb1ms, MafTa6uietts,
(9reibt an uns: SD fUnnte eiaen sanSen 3D.
ecn pca l6reiben, unb bann fSnnte i'd bod
nibt ssnus i6reibsn, mas @utss mir DR.. Nv
SUIT RDnts's 8 amburger Erppfen
tbaten. SD babe iber spei Sabre ale DOfto-
rem in bisIsr umsesenb sebrau6t unb Gin Gpe-
res @elb aussssebcn, bis MIDI bic 5amburser
Ercpfen Don meinem lbredli9en llsbel DTS.
pepita b~sfretten unb i'd nun fable, baB i'd
l1nser leben tperbe,"
, 1876-09-09

Gin sutes MitteI sesen Gplit nrb 9eiti6msr-
gen linb DR.. Iu 8 # 8Dnts's 5ambur.
Ger Eropfen. i6reibt 5err Wt6ael Wetl,
Wtibapafa, Snby bsnn b~ieieIben bsIfen ausen-
blidlt1.
, 1876-09-09

SD bin "a Sabre alt unb mar 70 franz. taB
tb feline Speiie mebr psrtrasen fcnnte, i6reibi
PER- pster Clemens, 2ittle Srleans, Np. Sd
nabm DR.. Iueuf &Snte's 5ambur.
GER GrpPfen unb bin nun pieber ni6t mt
gang bsrsefeat %iOaosrn fable MID pieI fraft'
Jer ais friber.
, 1876-09-09

5err gbas. Sauptman, Silver Yoint, 81. s.,
bsseust mie folst: sd lit felt a6t Wcben an
S@wdas unD aopflamsrssn, bur9 unOsreau-
Ithfeit berpprsebra6t. 3ur9 ben @sbrau9
Spu Dr.. @usuf &Snts's Sa burger
Erppfen bin i'd @ptt fei Danf pteber 70
tpsit berselteQt, bab i6 meinen alien 8el6af.
tisunsen wieper nadseben fam. S9fann pa.
Der biels Webisin Maem belfsns empfebIen."
, 1876-09-09

+. @ic Mono Go11eee. @aeOn, Ga,
ben "a. Gebruar, 1876.
...... DR.. Musuf &6nts's Sam
burger I~rppfen finb ppn anssesst6netrr
Wirtuus unb besbalb nabeau unentbebrlth fur
mild. &sp. Batter j.. S. &ebmann.
, 1876-09-09
SIS bis 500 per Sag ;m Sanie
8epinsunsen fret. goreiie:
1S31mil U. Stinipn II. 60, Dor uano, Wts.

Ut observation-disclosures, Seclenforidums, Tascinas
w tipn, Seeienbejduberuns mnc @befubrer,
ein Sub, lUeldes N~nleitun9 oajn 9lebt, mie oas cine
Ueldledt bas anoere III 6eiieln l6laaen uno man ib
Die &iebe mno 9ieisune ir9eio elmer 4,srlon, nm ole es
@inem ju tbnn, eruerben fam. 400 Soften. 4er Dot
SO Gents. 6unt II. s o., $40. 1879 Sio 5iebente
Str, philadelphia. ia. 4~g825iuli'
0unff. Geo. @S arlington Memoriat. Sieu
~ Nas i1onite nalionale bib berausge9eben. Mus'
8e5eihnete GeIe8enbeit fir 9senten. 1erritorium
ofien. Wtttema IL bros. 1s4 9Siniainltr., W.Y.G1
q un bis so per MSpcbe, neblt Mnslagem, ooer
epAV $1OO Oerloren. Samntlihe neue UNI
anertanute yiopit1ten, Gbromos &C. Mertbppae
qrobes Sgemplare nebit Gircularen. ". 4. Tietd)er,
Ill @bam er Str., Nep Yprf. 4gBll0mai
, 1876-09-09

& "a q fir 4senten n uniersn 3spn nenen
Y N~opefties, seraoe In ben Mtartl
9ebra6t. Man brau6t lie in iebem 5aule. Mufter
uno GircuIare ftsi per poit oeriaubt..
4gB27ap. y. y. aSbtte II. Co., @efuarf, q. s
, 1876-09-09

gAA MANNER une Srauen mereen test rtr
oVV lauat fir uniere neuen @oIcfecern
Bilcer, Sedbfeine, e%etneniacen unn Gdbreibpa
pier. @roAe Gtnnabmen init Stdbcrbeit &c.
madbf. Wan f6reibe icfOrt um &treulart an .. {.
Guernfep. Yublifber, &pntcrb, u. 3. 4gD4na
, 1876-09-09

xesd,fel auf mssr ais 200 Der bsssutsnosrsn etash
In europa.
0slb.MusjabIunsen bur1 bic NOBdmter iotpie per
telegraph nab alien %laBen In Dtuti&lans,
Dsiterrei&. Der e&~sii, bOuanS. Ddnsmart, e@ps.
ben unb NOrusssn. ben Gmpfanssrn RET is's baas
ssIiefsrt.
0resit.Briefe fir Reiftnss CUR Dsnusuns In ausn
sr6Beren etdoten Der alien Melt.
GintafGrums bon GrbfHaften unb 6prberunsem
isbsr Irt In alien pIasen G%uropa's.
Derfbifuns BON GIttrn anS pa6etew naa
europa.
Dsrjonuus antommsnbsr otter In ssu vorf. uxs
Weiterbsf6rotruns ~ossisIben mad benz SnIanss.
GurpySifbes Gels alts grt sefauft anb s~srsauft.
, 1876-09-09

Serr Steif In Snanbaso 5ia. Mif., tbsitt
uns nit; SD lit felt swet Sabrsn an elmer
bSsartissn 6le6te, bic allen Mitteln wiberltanb.
Da sebrau6te i'd metrers Wo9sn lang DIR.
@nsuf aSnts's aSnts's 9ambnr-
serGrppfsn mad 8Ori9rift unb pnrbs
BON bislsm bBsartissn esipsn Sppitaneis ssbsilt.
, 1876-09-09

Mneu4pn Gtne oonffdnoise Geidbibte ppn
<tYluleH' 3enniplpanien, uoit Der eriten Nh.
% nrtoro4 ~ienlun9 bis auf beute. Bon 98m. VI.
Stl4ui!lt. Gornel, L. L D. Wabe5u 600 eroBe
Gttdu- Seifen. ueber Is Saulrationen. Seine ooa=
itGuoi9e Bel6id)te unIeres States lit iet einem baIs
ben Sdbrbunoert ueroffentli6t lporoen. Nsenter iper.
Den bel @infibrung oieies prd6tiaen 9gerfss berjlib
lpiltoinmer 9ebeiBen meroen. Cine ieltene 6eleSens
belt. 98ir o%erlan9en Iaenten in ieoem Sopnibip
S9reibt iofort INN uo1e Ginjelubeiten uno Nusmab
oes Serritoriulus. @oreiie: Quaker City Pub
fishing Co.. NO. 2Oa Glib Cite Ctr. y
lab 4gB 15m
, 1876-09-09

NerIpnsn, bic an @ppstitlpfsteit unb @iber.
wilsn ssssn Speilsn Ieibsn, iinp DR.. Aug.
&SnisSs $ amburser Grpptsa gu
empfeblen. Serr Matbias DratpbeL glus
@prins, Neb., lbreibt pariiber: Mein gatsr.
I6pn bod i'm Glitter, Serlpr ieinen Mppetit uno
battc losar sinen @iOerpiIen sesen Speiien,
mas ibn lfbr l9pa9 unb unc Ieipenp mabte.
auI unler 3urepen eebrau6te CT DR.. Musuif
RSnis's Sambureer Grppfen; Der Mppetit febr-
te surid, une sr fabIt u Gin gang anDsrsr
Menl9 su fem.
, 1876-09-09

SD Bin wiebsr better ais i'd is srtpartete au
perpen, lGreibt Ybil. &pf, SalempiIe, Wisc.,
bant DR.. @usuf 8Dnte's SambursG
E~ropfen. Sd lit lanSe an 5erstlcpfsn unb
sos 3tpsi Nerate su &atbe, pbne pab i9 Stnesr-
uas erbislt. SD entl9tpB mid, bic Sambur-
ssr Grppfsn bes DR.. 9ueuit 8onis gu eebrau-
DIN. @ptt sur Gbre unb DIR. Musulf 8Snie's
hamburger Srppfsn gum &ubnte mub i@ ia-
gen, bab mir %bislelbsn mems @slanbbett mic
bergaben.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-06-07
Manufacture of ISinglaSS.

One of the most notable industries of
Russia depends upon the sturgeon, the
swimming bladder, of which is manu-
featured into isinglass. The bladder is
first placed in water and lett there for
some days, when frequent changes Of
the water and removal of all fatty and
bloody particles-the warmer the water
the more rapid the accomplishment of
the operation. The bladders, on being
finally removed, are cut longitudinally
into sheets, which are exposed to the
sun and air, being laid out to dry, with
the outer face turned down, upon
boards of linden or bass wood. The
inner face is pure isinglass, which, when
we'll dried, can with care be removed
from the external lamellse. The finer
sheets thus obtained are placed between
cloths to keep them from flies, and are
then subjected to heavy pressure, so
as to fatten them out and render them
uniform, and after this they are assort-
ed and tied up in packets. The packets
are composed of the isinglass of the
large sturgeon usually contain from
ten to fifteen sheets, and weigh pound
and quarter, and those of others con-
tain twenty-five. sheets, weighing q
pound. Eighty of these packages are
usually sewed up In cloth bag, or en-
closed in sheet lead.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-06-07
Poultry Yard of OStriches.

Mr.. A. Douglass, an English settler in
the Cape Colony, South Africa, COM
menced experiments about eight years
ago with six ostriches. He has now
about three hundred on hand, having
sold eighty-fve. Each bird eats about
twenty pounds of vegetable matter per
day, and the net profit from the sale
of birds and feathers is stated at 1926
600 in the four last years. The cost of
the beginnings of the experiment is not
given. The birds are Matched by arti-
ficials means, and the process requires
forty-two days. In natural Matching
one egg in ten fails; in the artificial
process one in twelve. The work Of
raising ostriches for their feathers has
also been commenced in California.
The enormous profits tempt expert
ment; yet changes of fashion may on
any day make ostrich feathers of little
value. Whenever any man who
chooses may command a plume, ostrich
feathers may degenerate into hens
feathers in fashionable estimation.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-06-07

tom of parts of it has become so ele-
waited as to prevent the possibility of
navigation. Now, has this been the
or1v ~ produced? it is clearly evil
dent that IN the Question Of . ~
moisture, without which land must soon
become sterile waste, new supply
must be forthcoming to make up for
the amour distracted by evaporation.
This necesss 'ry supply has been dimin-
ished to yer great extent by the con-
traction of thu Caspian Sea, and as a
result great de scrt is steadily growing
over a large regio. n in Asia. This pro-
cess of land deterl> 0ration was in all
probability the occas ion which drove
forth the vast multita 'des in ancient
times from the then unknown East to
Europe. The region of tn cir birth no
longer supplied them with means of
support, and thus, after many journey
ings and through many wars, they
occupied the whole of Europe, the more
fertile soil of which invited conquest
and occupation. To again restore the
now arid plain to it's former state of
fertility is the object Of the suggestions
of Mr.. Spalding.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-06-07
Selecting Fowls,

Some good farmers think the COM
mon barnyard fowl just as good for profit
on a farm, as fancy varieties. Upon
such we wish to impress the necessity
of constant selection, each year, of
those to be kept for future breeding.
One who should follow this rule for ten
years, would have flock of fowls fit
to exhibit; and his profit during the ten
years would have been much greater
than by the common plan of keeping
any fowls you happen to have. The
flock is reduced every year by killing;
let those for market always be the most
undesirable in form, etc., retain those
that have been healthiest, hardest,
most thrifty growers and the finest in
form. This will cost you nothing A
pound of chicken from the least desira-
BILE of your focks will sell in the market
for about the same money, al
though these cost you more in proper
ton to weight than the best; yet you
should always get rid of an undesirable
chicken at the first opportunity. A
few years of proper selection will give
you breeders that produce nearly uni
form chickens. The best feeders cost
less per pound, and from their uniform
growth look better when dressed and
bring better price in market. Let
every farmer adopt this system of Sc
lection, and we will soon be an enthu.
slastlc believer In blood.-Eacha,ge
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-06-07
Land Deterioration.
ILondon Hour, April Is.


One of the strangest features in the
history of the human race is the extra
ordinary manner in which certain por-
tons Of the worlds surface have for
various durations of time supported
great and fourishing nations, whose
very existence has, in the course of a
few centuries, been only proved by
tradition and the ruins of gigantic cities.
This reflection is especially brought
before our notice at the present time
by a report recently submitted to the
President of the Imperial Geographical
and Statistical Society of Russia by
Mr.. Spalding, distinguished Ameri-
can engineer. It is a well-known fact
that there exists in the southeastern
district of the Russian Empire great
basin depressed below the level of the
ocean. This basin receives into the
Caspian Sea, which occupies its lower
most parts, besides smaller tributaries,
the two great rivers Ural and Volga,
which drain very large proportion OF
the central region of the empire. In
the course of past ages these two rivers
have borne down with them and
deposited so large quantity OF soil
that the dimensions of the sea have
become greatly contracted, and the bot
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-06-07

ant to be left to chance. We ought to
make up our minds what it is best to
do if we can. Looking to the future
progeny we must first consult our in
terests and try to get better results in
the way of improved blood, than we
have had heretofore, especially in the
selection Of male animals to breed to.
Let us remember that it Is better to
breed to an animal of indifferent or
inferior looks and good blood, than to
one of good looks and Indifferent or
inferior blood. In other words, let us
look more to pedigree, to the ancestry
of the male than to his own beauty of
form. That is the rule recognized and
adopted by the most distinguished
breeders of all kinds of stock on the
farm, and it is good and safe one to
follow. This lies at the basis of true
principles of breeding, and we cannot
often make mistake in relying upon
them, whether we fully comprehend
and adhere to them in opinion or not.
Let us begin this year to breed up a
higher level and seek purity of blood.
-Er.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-06-07
The Upas Tree Outdone.

The leaves of the gambo tree, writes
traveller, which grows in the West In
dies, when eaten by any animal, will
cause all its hair to drop out and I
have seen horses and COWS both with
out a hair in name and tail from eating
its leaves. The machinelle tree is quite
common on some of the islands, and is
very poisonous. The wind blowing
through it upon person sensitive to
poison will take effect in few mo-
ments. The smoke from the burning
wood has the same effect. I saw a
horse which had taken shelter under
one of these trees during a shower
whose hair was taken off wherever the
drops Of rain from it's boughs had
touched him, and years afterward had
this notified appearance. A negro,
who had slept under one of them in
midday, Was awakened nearly uncon-
scious, as if under the effects of q pow
erful narcotic. have known several
cases of severe poison, and two deaths
from eating crabs poisoned with this
tree.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-06-07
The Time to Cut Timber.

If oak, hickory Or chestnut timber
be fslled in August in the second run
ming of the sap, and barked, quite a
large tree will season perfectly, and
even the twigs will remain sound for
years; whereas, that timber cut in the
winter and remaining till next fall Gas
thick as your wrist), will be completely
sap-rotten and will be almost unfit for
any purpose. The body of the oak split
into rails will not last more than ten or
twelve years. Chestnut will last longer,
but no comparison to that cut in Au-
gust. Hickory cut in the eighth month
Is not subject to be worm-eaten. When
L began farming in 1902, it was the
practice to cut timber for post fencing
IN the winter. Winter oak posts and
black oak rails, cut at that time, found
did not last more than ten or twelve
years. In 1903 began cutting fence
timber IN the eighth month. Many of
the oak rails cut that year are vet
sound, as well as most of those formed
of Chestnut. If the bark be not taken
off this month, however, it will peel off
itself the second or third year and
leave the sap perfectly sound. The
tops of the trees are also more valuable
for fuel than when cut in the winter or
spring. I advise young farmers to try
the experiment for themselves, and if
post fences do : OF last twice as long,
forfeit all my experience as worthless.
IN. Y Herald
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-06-07
To Cure Hens of Eating EppS-

A correspondent of the Poa.Hru B,l
Ietan sends that paper the following
method to prevent hens from eating
eggs:
One great trouble with many breed
ers is, they make their hens nests too
large, and with Brahmas and Cochins
the nests are near the ground, and in
many cases the eggs are in view of the
hen. This was the case with my nests.
Having tried every available stuff, such
as pepper, mustard, turpentine, and
everything could hear of, but no cure,
| then took common nail keg, cut it
In two, or piece about eight inches
high, and placed it in the box where the
hens laid. then put in an egg; the old
hen mounted the nest or keg and tried
to reach the egg, standing on the edge
of the key, but it was no go; she then
got down in the keg, but that was a
failure, for she did not have room to
get at the egg; after trying some time
she gave it up as bad job. [ have
never had an egg eaten by the hens
since then; all the nests in my coop
have piece of key in the box, and
have parts of kegs for nests. Do not
make them too deep, but deep enough,
so that the hen cannot reach the bot
tom when standing on the edge of the
keg. You that are troubled with hens
eating their eggs, try the plan; it costs
but little, and [ think you will never
regret the trouble it will be to outwit
the old hen.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-06-07
A Machine that Moves by Light.

From the multitudes that crowd the
sidewalk of the west side of Union
Square, New York city, many are at
tracted by small machine that is in
constant motion, but without any visi-
bic motive power. In front of the in
strument, which is in front window,
Is placard averring that perpetual
motion is attained by the radiometer,
the invention of Prof. William Crookes,
f. r. S., Of London. The claim is an
exaggeration, as the radiometer moves
only when struck by rays of light, and
is therefore no more perpetual motion
than is a windmill. The instrument
moves by the attractive and repulsive
power of light, and by means of del
icate scale can, it is said, be made to
weigh light to the one-millionth part of
grain. The radiometer consists of
four pith discs, black on one side and
white On the other, fastened at the end
of four arms that are connected with a
metal or jewel point in the center.
This point spins in e lass cup at the
top Of a rod which is fastened in An up
right position in what the maker says
Is perfect vacuum. This vacuum is
the interior of glass vessel shaped like
an inverted or very fat thermometric
tube, the four discs revolving in the
bulb at the top. The light striking on
the white surfaces of the discs attracts
them, and striking on the black sides
repels them, so that the four discs re-
volve like the sails of windmill. In
the strong sunlight they move with such
rapidity as to be undistinguishable; in
reflected light their motion is much
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-06-07
How much Butter we Make and Consume

Statistics place the number of mich
COWS in the United States at 13,OOO,OO
and credit them with a product of, in
round numbers, 1,40O,OO0,00O pounds of
butter. They were arrived at first by
an estimate made by an old and very
intelligent butter merchant, who has
given much thought and careful study
to the subject, and whose investigations
led to the following calculation: That
of cur population, 100000 would con-
sumo one pound Of butter each per
week; 10000 would consume three
quarters of pound each; 10000 would
consume one-half pound each, and
10000 would consume one-quarter of a
pound each, making a total consump-
ton of 1,O40, 100000 by 100000 peo-
pie. This, it is calculated, is for table
use alone, and one-third is added for
culinary purposes, giving an aggregate
consumption of nearly 1,4O0,0O0,OOO
pounds, the difference being made up
by the exports
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-06-07
Dress for the Sick Room.

A writer in the Popular Scientific
Monthly for June says:-Dress is a
matter of great importance in sick
room, and here must enter a protest
against that very common practice of
the amateur sick-nurse making a "guy''
of herself. really have seen such
startling and unpleasant costume s
domed for the OCCASION" as seemed
to me enough to cause delirium in the
patient-if long contemplated-shawls
and dressing-gowns and wraps of such
an obsolete and awful character, that
the shadow of the watcher, cast upon
the wall by the dim light of the night
lamp, must form a horrible cold
granny" and be by nomeans pleasant
reflection to meet sick mans eyes, as
he awakes weak and confused from an
opiate-won sleep!
The best dress for a sick room is
plain black-for the simple reason that
no stain shows upon it-an old silk is
the most economical, but silk rustles,
and is therefore Objectionable. Black
lustre is very serviceable-not made
long enough to trail, upset chairs and
get under the doctors feet; and not
having hanging sleeves, but fitting close
and neat to the wrist, SO as to be fin
ished off by nice white linen cuffs. q
have seen a hanging sleeve catch on
some projecting point of chair or table
and convert a glass Of egg-fip into a
"douche'' externally applied, swamp.
ing the patient in yellow sea, besides
sending her into hysterics.) A habit
of moving quietly about the room, and
yetnot treading on tip-toe" and max
ing every board in the floor creak tc
its loudest, is also very advisable; anc
nothing can be better foot-gear thar
those soft, warm Felt boots now so com
mon; they both keep the nurses fee
from becoming cold, and make the
least possible noise in moving about