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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-02-24
Poultry Notes.

Give your fowls warm cooked food
in the morning, q little meat scraps or
some other form of animal food at
noon, and whole corn at night. Gather
the eggs as soon after laying as posi-
BILE. Frozen eggs may lead to egg eat
ing, and the best cure for this PERM
cious habit is prevention. Saveup the
scraps from the table to give with the
morning meal. Do not forget the veg
etable food, cabbages, boiled turnips,
potatoes and other vegetables. Fine
ly-chopped hay is good. See that
your fowls have clean drinking vessels
and warm water these frosty morn
ings if you expect eggs. Powdered
charcoal is of great assistance in keep
ing the fowls in good health. Look
out for frozen combs. A little glvcer-
inc or vaseline will help to heal them,
but the house should be made warm
enough to prevent such occurrences.
A little sulphur given to the fowls will
be of great value.
Keep the fowls busy. Make them
scratch for living. Spread leaves or
straw over bottom of their pen and
sprinkle little grain among the leaves
or straw. Keep an eye out for any
sign Of disease and remove the affected
individual. Fresh air is indispensable.
If the thermometer drops very low
you can admit the fresh air sparingly
at night, but in such cases, as well as
in all others, the house must be aired
out thoroughly during the day.
Mistakes are made with the nests of
sitting hens. Too many are made
that are so small that the hen is un
able to perform her duties of sitting
down upon and stirring the eggs with
out smashing one or two. A roomy
nest should be supplied-not too large
having a bottom of rather soft ma
terial resting on dirt, with plenty of
straw we'll packed about the sides.
Such nest, especially early in the
season, is very desirable, retaining as
it does the heat for much longer time
than a carelessly made nest OF loose
hay in box. The best receptacle for
a nest where one has plenty of room is
an ordinary flour barrel. Cut in the
side a hole large enough for one hen to
pass through, and then hinge a small
door to open and shut at pleasure
The advantage of such a nest is that
nothing can be more secluded. There
are no draughts of cold air sucking
through the cracks into the nests.
They are easily inspected if not made
too deep, nd there is ample space for
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-02-24

misshapen hands to his companion In
the earnestness of his appeal. He
made a queer, unkempt figure in his
unaccustomed posture, with the fires
leaping light behind him.
NO" said Lowell.
Briggs resumed his recumbent posi-
ton, with a resigned air. "Fust time
[ been on my knees in more'n thirty
years., he muttered, can now it don't
do no good"
The hours wore on and the stars in
their eternal courses shifted over the
lonely cabin. The wind of the night
beat against therotten roof and shook
the boards with rude hand. There
were Thousand voices in the plain
tive wailing, and all of them sad.
Over miles and miles of bad lands they
had come, steppes untrodden by the
foot OF ought save the beast of prev
and it's prey. The tones had gathered
all the mournful things in the course
OF It's tremendous sweep, and told them
to the watchers. They spoke of tor
rid suns, OF freezing cold, of days of
hunger, thirst and despair, Of DAYS of
savage battling with the more savage
wilderness, of midnight foray, of theft.
of murder, of white bones bleaching bv
the lonely trail, of the cry of the lost
in the darkness, of the wall for help, of
that which makes the prairies of the
West at once horrible and beautiful.
They told it all to the men.
1t wss near the middle Of the night,
and through the narrow cracks in the
wall the young moon sifted in. Briggs
turned, half rose, sprang to his feet
with terror in his eyes. ''They're
comm" he stammered, II hear the
hoofs." A moment later and the
sound grew stronger, became separate,
swelled into long roll and roar.
With savage cry a dozen horsemen,
possibly more, dashed up the slope
and Numbered at the door. Briggs
fell crouching by the fire. Lowell,
with quick realization of his doom,
and desperate desire to die like a.
man, seized blunt knife from the I'M
painted table and stood like wild
beast at bay. The frail wood snapped
under the weight OF pushing shoulders,
and men masked and heavily armed
trooped In. "There he is" said one,
"shoot him like a dog!" With the
words the steel weapons flashed in
the freight. A hoarse cry sounded,
OF warning, of supplication, of terror,
of triumph, and Briggs, in front of the
man who had reviled and succored
him, sank down with the bullets in
his breast.
'Don't shoot again !" he cried, ''fur
the dear Gods sake, gentlemen, don't
shoot againl It's my doin's. 1 told
i'm ter come. told i'm it were g. big
business. He'll leave right away.
don't shoot againl;'
How it happened Lowellnever knew.
He saw the hurryingforms press back
ward through the door, and he was
alone with the man who was dying for
him. He bent over him, and tried to
staunch the blackish torrent that
streamed over the ragged shirt. He
looked wildly into the bloodshot eyes
that we're straining into the gathering
shadows.
otis fur wat " are, an wat I
mighter been, T.o'ull," gasped Briggs.
81 didn't min yer hard words; t'were
yer helpin' ham / loved"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-02-24
Winter Feeding Expensive.

Much OF the stock feeding in our
Northern states is done at time whom
severe cold requires a large consump-
t1on OF TODD to maintain animal heat
When we remember that the consnmn-
ton of carbon for this purpose takes
just so much from the same substance
changed into fat, it will be seen that
the winter feeder IS too heavily weighted
TO make any very decided success.
With hogs this is everywhere recog-
nized as true. The bulk of the pork
product is usually marketed on the
first approach of cold weather. The
price may, and often does, advance
after this, but not generally enough to
pay for the extra expense. And if the
pork Is put in the barrel it can be kept
Tor the higher prices expected later in
the season at no cost other than the
thrilling one of barrels and salt.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-02-24
Hunger the Cause of IrritabIl,t

Never go out of the house until you
have eaten something is very sensible
advice. 1t Is constantly reiterated by
parents who have the physical well
fare of their children at heart, wheth-
er they live in malarious districts or
In salubrious localities. This sage
precept is accredited to an ancient
Arabian philosopher, who said, ''My
son, go not out of the house N the
morning till thou hast eaten some
thing; by doing SO thy mind will be
more firm; and shouldst thou be
insulted by any person, thou wilt
find thyself more disposed to sui
fer patiently; for hunger dries up and
disorders the brain" Hunger dinin-
ishes the bodily strength, thus irritat-
ing and embedding the mind. # study
has to be done in the dark winter
mornings, have the rooms warm and
some light food prepared for the stu
dent. Irritability is often the result
OF hunger. Some persons, who are
naturally amiable, will become disa-
greeable snarlers when they are hun
cry. A dear old lady once told me
that in the course of her life she had
always traced every feeling of irrita-
bility to hunger. The instant she felt
the slightest inclination to be dissatis-
fed with matters and things she i'm
mediately had something to eat, and
thus averted disagreeable results.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-02-24
THE WAY TO SING.
BY Fl. 81.

The birds must know. Who wisely sings
Will sing as they.
The common air has generous wing;
Songs make their way.
No messenger to run before,
Devlsing plan;
No mention of the place, or hour,
To any man.
No waiting till some sound betrays
A listening ear;
No different voice-no new delays
II steps draw near.
Z" What bird is that? The song is good"
And eager eyes
Go peering through the dusky wood
In glad surprise.
Then, late at night, when by his fire
The traveller sits,
Watching the fame go brighter, higher,
The sweet song fits
By snatches through his weary brain,
To help him rest.
When next he goes that road again,
An empty nest
On leaf1ess bough will make him sigh
All, me- last spring.
Just here heard, in passing by,
That rare bird sing"
But while he signs, remembering
How sweet the song.
The little bird on tireless wing
Is borne along
In other air; and other men,
With weary feet,
On other roads, the simple strain
Are finding sweet.
The birds must know. Who wisely sings
Will sing as they;
The common sir has generous wings;
Songs make their way.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-02-24
FARM AND HOME.
The Forsaken Farmhouse.

Inc EOrB9k0n FARMHOUSE
Against the wooded hill it stands,
Ghost of O. dead home, staring through
Its broken lights OF wasted lands
Where old-time harvests grew.
Unploughed. unsown, by scythe unshorn,
The poor forsaken farm-ields lie.
once rich and rife with golden corn
And pale green breadths OF rye.
OF heathful herb and flower bereft,
The garden plot no housewife keeps
through weeds and tangle only left
The snake, it's tenant, creeps.
a lilac spray. once blossom clad,
Swaps bare before the empty rooms;
Beside the roofless porch sad.
Pathetic red rose blooms.
His track, in mould and dust or drouth,
On floor and hearth the squirrel leaves,
And in the fireless chimneys mouth
His web the spider Weaves.
The leaning barn, about to fall,
ResounGs no more on husking ewes;
No cattle low in yard or stall,
No threSher beats his sheaves.
SO sad, SO drear! it seems almost
Some haunting presence makes it's Sign,
That down yon shadowy lane some ghost
Might drive hisspectral .kine
John G. Whittier, in the Atlantic.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-02-24

A DISAPPOINTED litigant, in a case
before Judge Emery, at the supreme
court, after the verdict, went out in
to the attorneys room, says the Lew
1ston journal, and was noticed to be
looking intently about the room.
Whats the NATTER" asked one of
the attorneys from around the check
or board. ''Not MUCH" was the re-
ply, "only Pm afraid I've lost my hat
as well as my suit"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-02-24
Bows on the Farm.

Glow shall we keep our boys on the
farm ?" is q question asked in all direc-
tions, and find the followingresponse
to the point: Make farm life attract
i've. There is no other SO important
secret. What are your boys doing
these winter evenings? Are they at
the grocery Or at home? Have they
social privileges or are they compelled
to shun society, and content them
selves at home with nothing to employ
their idle moments? Are they lovers
Of music? Provide some musical in
strument and instruction. Make them
love home, not hate it. And be sure
that you, parents, never give them OPP
portunities to say: eff Ihad pleasant
and enjoyable things at home, and op-
portunity for mind improvement, in
stead of q dull round Of idleness and
inactivity, never would have left the
farm.5 Some do say that.
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any hen within the barrel. A door
prevents the hen from looking out
much better than wire screen. A hen
that cannot see all that is going on
outside is less restless.-Tbe Po17trv
World.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-02-24
Take an Inventory.

Before the LIST Of April, every year,
every farmer should take an inventory.
Business stocks, manufactures or
goods in which they are dealing, take
their yearly inventory without
fail. l think the farmer rarely
does. The fact that his farm
remains about the same from year to
year seems to me to be no excuse.
His live stock areconstantly changing,
SO are his tools, his harvested crops,
his debts, his credits, and his cash on
hand. A yearly summing-up of these
is good landmark for him, and if
kept in q little book by itself, one year
can be compared with another, and
the difercncein values noted. / don't
believe any man OF property is justified
in keeping his business all to himself
during his lifetime and leaving no
record of it at his death, as SO many
have done. A simple yearly record
like this, if man is taken away with
out timeto arrange his business affairs,
would often save quarrels and many
dollars besides. Take an inventory
now.-N. S. Plat, New Haven Coun-
ty, @.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-09-23
AMMONIA IN BAKING POWDERS
Scientific american,


Among the recent discoveries in science
aud chemistry, none is more important
than the uses to which common ammonia
can be properly put as a leayeniug agent,
aud which Indicate that this familiar salt
Is here after to perform an active part in
the preparatiOp of oar daily food.
TIE carhouatc Of ammonia is an sx-
esedlpgiy yUiasiia substance. Place a
small portion OF 1t upon knife and hold
over flame, and it will almost immedI-
ately be entirely developed into gas and
pass Of into the air. The gas thus forrQ,
ed is a simple composition of nitrogen
and hydrogen. No residue Is LEFT from
the ammonia. This gives it its superior
ity as a leayening power over soda and
cream of tartar nsed alone, and has in
duced it's use as a supplement TO these
articles. A small quantity of ammonia
III the dough Is effective III producing
bread that will be lighter, sweeter, and
more wholesome than that risen by any
other leavening agent. When it is acted
upon by the heat of baking the leavening
gas that raises the dough is liberated
In this act it uses itself up, rs It were;
the ammonia is entirely dItfuSed, leaving
no trace or resldupm whatever. The
light, fluffy. faky appearance, SO desir-
able, in biscuits, ETC., and SO sought
after by professional cooks, is said to be
impaired to them only by the use Of this
agent.
The bakers and baking powder manu-
facturers producing the finest goods have
been quick to avail themselves of this
useful discovery, and the handsomest and
best bread and cake are now largely ri Ell
by the aid of ammonia, combined oi
course with other leayonlng material.
Ammonia is one of the best known
products of the laboratory. If, as seems
to be justly claimed for it, the apphca
ton of its properties TO the purposes of
cooking results in giving us lighter and
more wholesome bread, biscuit and cake,
:. will prove boon TO dyspeptic human
ity, and will speedily force itself into
general use III the new field TO which
science has assigned II.
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Mems Neckwear.

One reason why the making of mems
neckwear has become so cheap IS that
many married women and young girls
of fairly well-to-do-families wish to earn
something for pocket money, and,
thinking this light and not unpleasant
work, take it home and do it. They do
not depend upon that for their bread,
and so do not have the same reasons for
trying to uphold the price, which is
now less than half what it was three
years ago. The women and girls who
work at cravat-making are generally Of
a superior class, mostly such as have
seen better days, and are ill-ftted to
battle for justice, or of those who do not
really need money and do not realize
what a dreadful struggle it would be to
live entirely from the product of their
work at this trade.-N Y World.
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A story is told of a girl who has
steady company in The person of a
young man who is forever and forever
a-kissing her. She likes a share of this
sort OF sweetmeats. but quite frequently
it pals on her taste. He invited her to
ride the other moonlight night, and she
accepted, fully realizing that she would
be made the target Ct no end of oscula-
tory practice Out on the road, in the
moonlight. the young man handed her
the reins, placed his arms about her
waist and then drew near to her. She
said nothing. Handing back the lines.
from somewhere beneath her wrap she
drew out base ball catcher's mask,
strapped it to her face and reached out
for the lines.
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According to writer in French in
dustrial journal, the greatest Inclina-
ton on any European railroad worked
by ordinary locomotives is on the two
miles between Engheim and Mont
morency, near Paris, being 40 feet in
the 1000, or an angle of 2 deg. 35 min.
Grades of 80 feet to the 1000, or deg
are found on several roads. The grade
of the Simplon road, the highway over
the Alps, with the least slope, is only
deg. to the 1000, the maximum slope
that can he Travelled on a highway be-
ing set down as 132, or y deg. The
grades on cable or cog-wheel railways
are. of course, considerably greater;
that OF the road mp the Swiss Rigi from
Vitzman is, in the steepest part, 250 to
the 1000, while the maximum on the
Mount Washington Railway is esti-
mated at $50 and 375, this latter being
the steepest railway with a central
toothed rail, and the steepest of any
kind in the world, except the cable
road up the cone OF Mount Vesuvius,
which has the extraordinary inclination
OF $50 to the 900.
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EXCITEMENT IN TEXAS.

Great excitement has been caused in
the vicinity of Paris. Tex, by the re-
markable recovery of Nr. j. E. Corley,
who was so helpless he could not turn in
bed, or raise his head; everybody said
he was dying of Consumption. A trial
bottle of DR.. Kings New Discovery was
sent him. Finding relief, he bought a
large bottle and box of DIR. Kings New
Life Pills; by the time he had taken Two
boxes of Pills, and two bottles of the
Discovery, he was we'll and had gained
in flesh thirty six ponnds." Trial Bot.
tina of this Great Discovery for Con-
sumption free at Il. Hinrichs'. 2
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Pie factories are among the miscel-
laneous industries of New Haven, en-
ploying many hands, The pie factory
of one man alone turns out many thou
sand pies daily. These factories ship
pies all over New England, to New
York, and to many other points. New
Haven Is pie center, as well as a local
point of learning. refinement and aris-
tocratic exclusiveness.
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To the cleaning gate of Gods Heaven 81

To the cleaning gate of Gods Heaven she
went,
The songs OF His angels she nearly heard:
And now, as we look in her pearl-pink face,
our hearts within US are strangely stirred.
So little more, and, all mystery past,
This girl had been wiser than all the WISE
Did her soul hear something tongue may not
tell
As il gazes at US through soft blue eyes2
And who might have been in the heavenly
choir,
Must shrink from the shadow of pride and
wrong,
Must walk in the light of the cleaning gate,
In step 10 the air of the angels song.
So this young life must hencefOrth bear -
A solemn sweetness a tender grace,
as of one who turns to her daily task
From kneeling awhile in Gods Holy Place.
The Ouiver
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Rucklin's Anica. Saliva

The BEST SALvE in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions,
and positively cures Piless, or no pay
required. 1t is guaranteed to give per.
feet satisfaction of money refunded.
Price 25 cents per box, For sale by Fl.
Hinrichs.
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Miss Nina Bachelor of Lo,

Miss Nina Bachelor of Louisville was
recently married in Paris to Viscount
Adrien Arnaud de Folard. The lady is
the beautiful and talented artist whose
painting, "Alas. poor Yorick," was ad-
mired at the last Salon. The bride
groom is heir to a sugar plantation on
the Island of Mauritius, which is said to
yield $4,000 year income His sister
Is the Comtesse de Mirman of Mont
pelier
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SCuALIlZ & KIRWAN,

A TTORNEYS AT LAW. OFFICE IN FRASS' 5
2 BLoCK. South Eighth Street, Nanitowoc
Wisconsin. mayll
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DIR. WATROUS.

nENTIST, Torrison's Block. Nltslized al
ciyen G.- the yaiulpss extraction OF teeth
An ,r0rl, dona in the very best manner and guar
Anteed Ofice hours: Z TO u A. N, and TO
n Evenings, : TO s. Sundays, TO 10 A: N. sRt
3r04P NJ German spoken. 3Du4yof
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FOR SALE.

A new safe of the Mosler & Go. manu-
facture, weight 1000 lbs. The safe has
meyer been used. Enquire at Pilot Office.
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VIM. RAHR'S SONS,

DREWER AND MALSTER, CORNER SIXTH
Il and Washington streets, South side. The
highest cash price pad iUr Barley.
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CH r NASH

a TTORNEYS ANDCOUNSELORS AT LAW
"A ONCE over First National Bank, Eighth :
Collections promptly attended to.
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TERMS, TWO DOLLARS PBR YEAR
NICHOLAS MICKERT.

z-oTARY. PUBLIC AND MONEY BROKER
~ I.eraI papers drawn and money loaned Or
+ood security, Manitowoc. Wis.
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CHAS. Il. SEEGER.

DENTIST. OFFICE UPSTAIRS IN ANDER-
P sons Block, Corner South Eighth and Quay
Streets. Nanitowoc, Wis. Prompt attention viii
be given TO all work entrusted 70 me. apr21-Sl
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G.. A. FORREST,

TTORNEy AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
= Ofce in Carus' Block, first floor, in door
.eadiug to County Judges office, South hlghth
attended To. JULIO
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q. G., SEDGWICK,

4 TTOPNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
n once in Torrison's brick block, north end
sth street bridge, Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Collec-
tions promptly attended to.
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II e. g w. !. TURNER,

4 TTORNEYS AT LAW, OFFICE on STH
a Street, South side, over Kehlers store, Man
towoc, Wisconsin.
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W. A. WALKER,

A TTORNEY At LAW Office IN T. c. Shove
"A Banking Co.'S. Bank BnildiHg, souih Slde'
CaleeLioms p-ompIly attended 10. JAM
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Happiness

results from that true contentment which
indicates perfect health of body and mind.
You may possess it, if you will purify and
invigorate your blood with Ayers Sarsa-
parilla. Z. N. Howard, Newport, n. H.,
writes: GO suffered for years with Scrof-
ulous humors. After using two bottles of
Ayers Sarsaparila, /
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I ID MARKHAM.

TTURNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
n ohice, in Torrlsons Brick Block, Eigntf
street. Manitovoc, Wisconsin.
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AT Home

without it. As liver medicine and
general purifier of the blood, it has no
equa'." Mrs. A. B. Allen, Winterpock,
Va, writes: "My youngest child, two
years Of age, was taken with Bowel Com
plant, which we could not cure. We tried
many remedies, but he continued to grow
worse, and finally became so reduced in
flesh that we could only move him upon
apillow. 1t was suggested by one of the
doctors that Scrofula might be the cnlse
of the trouble. We procured bottle of
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r s. LUHNANN NJ d

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. OFFICE AT
i Residence Of Dr. +. Simon, Hancock street.
near the court house, Manit0wOc, Wis. del5
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S2OOOO As. i: Z; 4:
you in work that will at once bring you in money
faster than anything else in America. All about
the S2oa,GJJ in presents with each box. Agents
wanted everywhere, Of either sex, Of all ages, for
al the time. or spare time only to work iur At
their homes Fortunes for al workers alb
solutely assured Don't delay. Ii. HALLkTT "
Co, Portland, Maine.