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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-04
FARM AND HOME.
Regarding Cider.
BY WILL MEREDITH NICHOLSON.

BY WILL MEREDITH NICHOLSON.
When you come to cider, would wish to rise
and speak,,
For I amt a modest Teller, and I never was
called meek.
1t was Just two years ago come fall, says to
Bill, says /,
s'Lets US make little CIDER and 'kerrect" was
his reply.
And though Lizzie has her notions, and is set on
temperance,
land is powerful down on fiddlin', and thinks
it's sin to dance,
/ set down on her objections, and went off and
bought a press,
And we went to smashin' apples for a month or
more or less.
I would work and lug the apples all the livelong
day, and then
In my dreams at night L hear the cider dr1ppln
out againl
But, tell you 1 was happy when the whole
blamed thing was through.
And Bill and went visitin' with notnm else
to do.
And the way we used that cider was astonish1n
to see,
For my Lizzie wouldn't touch it, leavin' all to
Bill and me!
But there was one barl that stood there that
we never touched at ALL
And it got so strong that one day it strolled up
to make a call. vi
And one mornin' in pertickler that ole cider got
so strong
That it waltzed out of the cellar hummin' oil a
little song,
And it sauntered down the medder and has
never been back since.
Do you think was dreamln ? WE'LL lt mgp
have been that mincel
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-04

waist, but Iput corsetso on her when IL
years old, and her appearance i'm
proved wonderfully"
ssDoes she take any exercise?''
"Well, no, her constitution isno6
strong enough for walking and she does
not care for driving"
'sWill you kindly allow me to see
her sleeping room; it may, in some
way, be connected with her illness ~
Certainly, but am sure there can
be no fault. We have servants to at
tend to it daily, to see that it is warm,
and no dampness allowed to enter. -
followed Mrs. Ladd to Sarah's cham
Der.
Alas, that in this age educated per-
sons should be so ignorantj I almost
thought I was being led through Sc
cret passage into the Catacombs. The
room was perfectly dark Eight hurt
Sarah's eyes. No one ray Of sunlight
could possibly penetrate into it.
The only thing to be detected in the
much difficulty Mrs. Ladd succeeded
In opening shutter. Everything was
as beautiful as wealth could make 1t.
To use it seemed bower of beauty.
But, oh, that musty smell
''Do you never air this room?o |
ventured to inquire.
"Only on sweeping day. Sarah takes
cold so easily"
''And doesn't she even have ventila
ton during the night to allow the car
bon exhaled by respiration to escape
and pure air to take it's placer"
ooh, that would kill Sarah at once!
She never could endure draught.
We are very particular to exclude
fresh air. She eats so little too; but
usually before retiring she has an APP
petite"
In vain [ demonstrated with Mrs.
Ladd against the course pursued. In
vain I spoke of the dark, unventilated
night. "Ephraim was joined to his
idols" Therefore, / was obliged to
let her alone. And hundreds of just
such misunderstanding bed-chambers
are around us with occupants who will
not understand. -.
Lucy was another bright girl in the
class. Her parents were poor. Only
through the kindness of a relative was
she enabled to attend school. Her
trouble was a weak back. Poor girl
She was getting quite stoop-shouldered
and sat with one hand pressed to her
side, breathing with difficulty. Her
shoulders and arms were fully de
veloped, but she possessed wasp
waist. She was evidently a daily
martyr to false pride. Lucy needed
tender handling, but in time patience
and perseverance finally won. By a
gentle hint now and then she was in
duced to lay her corsets aside, and her
waist began to develop. In time Lucy
may be what every girl should strive
to become-a strong oman.-Mary
Baxter, in Philadelphia Press.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-04
Feeding For EGGS.

Necessarily everything that is in the
egg must be supplied in the food, so
that the feeding for eggs is a subject
that the poultry keeper should study
very carefully. An egg is rich In vari-
Gus elements that are not generally
understood. For instance, it contains
a large proportion OF sulphur, the de-
composition of which produces the
malodorous sulphuretted hydrogen
which gives to decayed eggs their ex-
ceedingIy bjectionablec character. An
egg also contains a large proportion
of oil, phosphorus, lime and nitrogen.
The shell is nearly all lime. Moreover
the character of q hens digestive APP
paratus IS to be considered; for, as a
hen has no teeth, these necessary parts
of the digestive apparatus have to be
provided for in another way. This IS
by q part of the stomach known SIS
the gizzard, an exceedingly strong
cular organ, which is provided with
hard, rough, corrugated surfaces that
act precisely as the grinding surfaces
of q grain mill. To facilitate this
grinding, masticating process the hen
swallows gravel and small stones, by
which the hardest food, first softened
in the crop, is triturated and reduced
to pulp This popularity of the hen
makes it necessary to furnish her with
a supply of gravel, and if this consists
of lime stone, it will serve the purpose
of nutriment and supply needed lime
as well as perform the requisite
mechanical action in the gizzard.-
Exchange.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-04

JOSH BILLINGS delivered a thousand
lectures in seventeen years, and where
ever he went he was welcomed. The
New York Weekly paid him 500 a
week for half column of matter, and
he made splendid profits from his pub
locations. His Farmers Allminax had
a sale Of $4,000 copies in it's second
year, and in ten years his profits from
it amounted to $3O.OO0 He was
offered $4,000 night to lecture in
Great Britain and Ireland.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-04
The BUDDY River

OF life is the blood. From it the system re-
ceives all it's material of growth and repair.
LII bathes every tissue of the body. How
necessary, then, that the blood should be
kept pure and rich. DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery is the great blood food
and blood purifier. 1t is a sovereign RENE
dy for all diseases due to impoverished
blood, consumption, bronchitis, weak
lungs, scrofula, influenza, and kindred dis
aGeS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-04
Four Firm Facts.

No one can take morphia or other
poisons without injury.
No morphia or opium is to be found
in Red Star Cough Cure.
No case of cough that cannot be
cured by Red Star Cough Cure.
No remedy is cheaper; it costs only
25 CENTS ~ a4s Is s.H
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-04

DELICATE diseases in either sex, however
induced, speedily cured. Book 10 cents in
stamps. Address in confidence, Worlds
Dlspensary Medical Association, 663 Main
Street, Buffalo. N. Y.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-04

VENUS herself would not have been beau
tiful II her complexion had been bad.
Ladies, instead of resorting to paints and
powders, should remeun Der that an impure,
botchy, or sallow skin is the proof OF feeble
digestion. torpid liver, or vitiated blood.
for all OF which DR.. Walkers California
Vinegar Bitters is a safe, sure and effectual
remedy r .fe.t ~ -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-04

IT'S just the same out West. The
Denver Opinion says: "When a woman
gets so ugly that the crows will not
look at her she joins the suffrage
movement and bowls for a vote
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-04

:. A GREAT many coins-English shil-
lungs, sixpences, coppers, and one Can
adam piece-were found in Jumbo's
stomach by the gentlemen having
charge of his remains.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-04
The Old and the New.

The old-style pills! Who does not know
What agony they caused-what woe?
You walked the floor, you groaned you
sighed,
And felt such awful pain inside,
And the next day you felt SO weak
You didn't want to move or speak.
Now Pierce's "Pellets" are SO mild
They are not dreaded by child.
They do their work in painless way,
And leave no weakness for next day.
Thus proving what is oft contest
That gentle means are always best.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-04

MY wife, who suffered severely from rheu-
matism, received marked benefit from the
Athlophoros while taking it, and that the
benefit received has been permanent admits
OF no doubt. Johnson Stephens, Hazel
Green, Wis
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-04

LETTER.. A member of the Pioneer Press
an, troubled for eleven years with obstinate
less than month, BY the use of Coles Car
DOilsaIve.-PiOneer Press, st. Paul.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-04

PURE Cod-Liver Oil made from selected
livers, on the sea-shore, by Caswell, Hazard
d Co., New York. 1t is absolutely pure and
sweet. Patients who have once taken it
prefer it to all others. Physicians have de-
cided it superior to any of the other oils in
~, ( .
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-04
Poultry Points.


Young ducklings are quite tender,
and they are protected merely by a
coat of down when first Matched, and
this is not waterproof. Puddles Of
water warmed by the sun, or bitches,
or ponds where the water is shallow,
are the places for ducklings to travel
in on their first trips. There is no
special virtue in cold water, as such,
for ducklings merely because they are
water fowl. The chief use for which
water is needed for ducklings, aside
from the small quantity they drink, is
to afford them subsistence or aid them
In procuring it, which happens when
they have access to shallow ponds and
puddles.
Agood, full breakfast, hot and fresh,
is we'll appreciated in the well-ordered
hennery. By all means let your fowls
enjoy one cooked meal daily. Boil a
heaping half-peck of potatoes, mash
Them. add two quarts of a mixture
If bran and shorts, tablespoon Of
salt, hot water enough to mix into a
ness, and you have a good breakfast
Or forty fowls.
The wings of fowls that fly over a
prevent this, or a better mode is to
trip each of the fight feathers upon
NE wing to it's shaft, or quill, say up
o within an inch or two of the end.
1he fine side plumage will grow out
gain slowly, but this stripping
If one wing will disable the fowl
rom rising up in the air to fly over
he fence. Another plan adopted by
:areful breeders is to cover the run en-
irely, say three feet from the ground
With common two-inch fish twine net
ing.
A hen in perfect health will not u.s.
tally drop an egg daily for more than
,hree days in succession. Fowls that
ire confined In narrow enclosures for
INV length of time cannot be In per-
ect health. They are forced out of
heir natural habits. For immediate
use their eggs are as good as any.
With increasing age the shell grows
thinner, and some drop them with no
shells at all. Strength and stamina
Of the system, supported by good
wholesome food, produce the shell.
It is a calcareous substance which
forms around the egg after it is per-
feet in the oyiduct.-Poultry World.
Weak Girls.
e'Miss NJ, please excuse me from
Latin this morning? My head pains
me al the time, and my eyes are so
weak l can scarcely see the pages.
Mamma says if / do not soon get bet
ter must quit my classes altogether. ="
/ looked at the speaker, slender
girl of IT. Her eyes and cheeks were
sunken; her entire person seemed want
ing real life. | noticed her breathing
was quick and hurried, and any ex-
element produced intense nervous
ness.
That evening | called on the girls
mother, determined to know, if pos
sibIe, the cause of the trouble
'eMiss NJ" she said, what do you
think of Sarah? She complains all
the time. The doctor tells us there is
no cause for alarm, but his medicines
do her no good; and she seems to grow
more Ianguid every day"
''There must be some cause for this,
Mrs. Ladd. Are you sure her clothes
are properly made; may it not be pos
sible she is a victim to tight lacing?"
mo, am sure she is not. [ never
allow her to wear her corsets very
tight. She used to have q very large
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-04

IT Is reported in Pittsburg that Gen.
Negley will resign his seat in Congress
and take up permanent residence in
Cuba.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-04

PREVENT crooked boots and blistered
heels by wearing Lyons Patent Heel Stiff
enArS. ~ 80.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-04

FRANCE lost Is, 900 men in the Ton
quin campaign, and her losses in
money, including the cost of building
forts, hospitals, and frontier defenses,
were S215. 100000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-04

CHAPPED hands, face, pimples and rough
skin cured by using Juniper Tar Soap,
made by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-04

ACCORDING to recent census Green
land contains population of 10, 900.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-04

Ii afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sellit 25.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-04

Army and Navy Liniment will cure your
rheumatism, neuralgia, or Group in less
time than any other liniment known. For
sale by all druggists. See advt. next issue.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-04

If a cough disturbs your sleep, take
Piso's Cure for Consumption, and rest well.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-11-26
SDecial Climbing Offer.

We call the attention OF our readers
to our advertisement in another column
of a special offer we make them, to fur
nish them the DODGE Cry TINES
dubbed with the LEAvENwoRTH DAILY
TINES, both papers one year for So. or
the DODGE CITY TINES and the LEAv-
EEwORTH WEEKLY TINES one year,
both papers, for $500. This is an I'M
precedented offer and our readers should
avail themselves of it. The LEAvEN-
WORTH TINES stands at the head of
Kansas newspapers and should be in
every home. You cannot expend few
dollars to better advantage than to
avail yourself Of this offer and secure
two firss-class newspapers for the price
Of one. Send in your subscriptions.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-11-26
Prairie Fires.

The sky is Illuminated every night
with the light from prairie fires, and
the air is filled with smoke from the
burning grass. The Caldwell Journal
says many destructive prairie fires have
been reported in the past week oc occurring
on the cattle ranges of the Indian Ter
ritory. In the Oklahoma country much
valuable territory has been burned late
ly. The troops captured one man in
the act of burning the grass in that
country. The fire started by him burn
ed up & lot Of government hay and wood,
as well as a let of range used by Indian
and government stock. He will prob
ably have an acre Of trouble getting out
Of this scrape. There will be one or
two first-class hanging bees if the men
who prcsist in burning the grass are
caught.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-11-26
The Santa Ee Change.

The Denver train, under the. new
time table to go into effect on the 10Th
will shorten it's time between Kansas
City and Denver two hours and thirty
minutes. It will leave the main. line at
Florence, where supper will be taken,
aud cross to Ellinwood on the Mcpher-
son & Marion branch. This train will
90 local work to Florence, and on the
Mcpherson to Marion, and make only
two stops in Kansas west of that point,
at Dodge City and Coolidge. a local
train will work from Florence to Wich-
ia and also to Ellinwood from Newton,
to connect with the Denver express.
The Usage City "plug' will iup only
to and from Topeka and Kansas City,
the time being nearly the same as now.
Arrangements have been made to break
fast the Denver train, bound east, at
Lyons. passenger cars having been tenn
porarily fitted up for that purpose. An
eating house viii be built as soon as
noSSiblp
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-11-26
Our Railroad.

Tha following is clipped from the
Red Cloud Chief of the 18th:
A letter Of recent date from A. NJ.
Wassam, of Eureka, Kansas, one of
the officers of the Chicago, Nebraska,
Kansas & Southwestern railway, to one
of our business men, announces the fact
that the prospectus of that road will
soon be ready for distribution, and that
the officers we're now busily engaged in
pushing the road to the full extent.
President Hill and Dr.. Wassam are, or
hope to convince capitalists that the
proposed route is one Of the best open
lngs for a railroad that has eyer been
trapped by any such organization, all
of which can be fully verified by any
man who will investigate the route, ly-
ing as it does in country that is Won
derously growing, and filing up with
enterprising people from one end Of the
proposed line to the other.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-11-26
From kingman West.
[Wichita Eaglc.]

A proposition is being submitted in
Pratt county for the extension of the
railroad west under the name of the
Kingmap, Pratt and Western railroad.
The distance from kingman to the Ar
kansas river directly west is about sew
ty-fvc miles, running through the Gen.
ter Of Pratt and nearly through the cen
ter Of Edwards. This is a line of road
for which there is strong demand, and
it is one which will be built sooner or
later. In fact we have often wondered
why the people of Pratt and Edwards
did not take the step now proposed.
Such line would enable them to reach
the principle railroad competitive point
in the state by the shortest and most
direct route. Wichita will hail the
building of the proposed road with no
little satisfaction.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-11-26
C0RBITT.

Give Us fair count
On the move-Freemore to Ford City.
Prairie fires are numerous.
-Corbit paralyzed the Peoples ticket.
Where oh where is 1.-THE Rio Rustler:
Z Gone to Ryan to be. seen no more"
Charles Herzer, of Freenore, has moved his
residence and business house to Ford CITY. The
remainder of Freemore will follow soon.
The young folks had quite pleasant time at
Lafayette e. Sparks one evening last week.
Thomas ]. Wilson has left us to reside in Ford.
Corbitt's loss is Ford's gain.
-Apperson s. Russell sold fine farm last week
to William wintermyar, OF Plymouth, Ill.
Prof. NJ. L. Sweeney writes that he will be
out soon to permanently locate in Rio or Ford.
Mr.. Herzer, now of Ford City, lost several
stacks Of hay in the recent prairie fires.
George D. O'Leary lost valuable mare the
sOth. Quite number OF horses have died in this
vicinity within the last 30 days.
john ". Hughlett has moved his building to
Ford City. At present he is in Illinois, but will
return shortly and put up substantial business
house John is rus.ler.
The new settlers should bear in mind that the
TIAEs is the most reliable paper in the county,
and always advocates the best interests Of the
people.
Gilbert L. Davis, our reliable lumber merchant,
has closed ont his business here and gone to Ers-
ley, where he can be found by his old friends ct
the Office of Thomas Doad.
Something much needed in this part Of the
township is good school. There is none nearer
than Ford City, distance of miles which is too
far for the children to 90 in cold weather
The citizens of Corbitt were panied to hear Of
the sudden death Of Amos ". Small, of Ford City.
Mr.. Small was one Of the pioneer settlers in this
part of the county and possessed sterling qualities
OF both head and heart. His acquaintance, though
but short, made him many warm personal friends.
Won BIsHAGK
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-11-26
S. GALLAGHER, Dr., County Clerk

s. GALLAGHER, Dr., County Clerk.
If one-half Of your tax is paid or before De
cember Doth, 1855, the other half may run until
June goth, 1856, without penalty. II the whole ia
paid before Dec. 10Th, 1885, rebate Of 5 per
cent. is allowed the last half If the first half
is not paid by Dec. 2Oth 1885, it al becomes due
and penalty of per cent. is added on the 21st
day o; Dec, another penalty March 21st 1885, if
not paid before that time, and another penalty on
June 21st, 1885, if not paid before then. On the
10th of July, 1885, the Trcasurcris required pub
lish lsit of all real estate which the tax Of 1895
has not been paid, for sale for taxes Of 1855. II
said tax is then not paid by the first Tuesday in
September following, he is on that day required to
sell the for said taxes. If your personal tax
becomes delinquent, the law requires the treasur-
to Issue warrant to the sheriff on January 10th
following its delinquency for its collection.
r. w. EVANS, Treasurer.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-11-26
FORD CITY.

Ford still growing.
Several OF our citizens were at Dodge City last
week.
Ford Town Company stock has raised fifty per
cent. within the last three weeks.
Ed and James Pcndle:on spent most OF last
week at Dodge, as witnesses in the Dosset: trial.
Tho Misses Herzer, formerly of Freemore,
have moved their house into Ford, and are now
citizens of orr town.
MIR. and Mrs. BeGsnett, of Ohio, and friends of
Mr.. Park Murphey's, have lately come to the
country.
Miss Kate and Maud Rhodes, lately residents
on the Mulberry, few miles west of Ford, have
proved up their Claims and returned to Illinois foI
the winter.
A Thanksgiving ball was held at Ford last
Wednesday evening. a very enjoyable time was
had and the best of music furnished.
Several farmers near here have lost horses
within the last week two. 1t is thought by
some too much sod corn is being fed.
Lawrence 4 Salby are now supplied with the
new school books, and parents will find all the re-
quired school books at their store.
Our schoo! is prospecting nicely; there are now
We are pleased to the school so well attended
Our citizens need not complain because they
are compelled to eat salt meat constantly. We
now have new Feat market, where fresh beef
can be had at all times.
The singing held in the school house last Sun
day was grand success. Several wagons full CT
young people came in, apd filled the house to ovcl
flowing Mr.. Frank Apperson conducted the ex
ercise, and the result much of a success
that another appointment was made for next Sun
Gay, at 3, p. m.
Last Wednesday the citizens Of Ford and the
surrounding country were startled by the sad news
Of the death of Mr. Amos W. Small. Mr.. Small
was one of the first settlers in the country and the
founder of the town of Ford. He had surveyed
the claims and located settlers throughout this en-
tire part Of Ford comfy, and consequently was
well known. The news of his death spreaded like
the wind, far and near, and on Wednesday Il large
number of the citizens assembled at the hotel at
g. D. M, and carried his remains to the last resting
place.
Mr.. Small was a young man OF an active ana
stuGious nature. He had won for himself the re-
spcct and admiration Of the entire community, and
his death will be mou1ned by eli who knew him.
NEXO.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-11-26

We have heard it said that the new
comcrs are going to burn the range, in
order to drive the cowmen out of the
country. Now We do not shink that
there is man so unjust as to even think
of so doing. We think that all, both
the new and the old settlers, will do all
they can to preveEt fire. and should
one get out we think all would turn
and extinguish it as soon as possible.
regardless of the locality, which would
be right and neutrality-suspicious. in
Garden City Sentinel.
New settlers should understand that
burning the range will be detrimental
to their interests. The prairie fires pro-
duce dry weather. There is law
against setting out prairie fires, and
the offenders ought to be made to feel
the penalty of the law.