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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-09-08
Growing POmpeii.

| From the New York Journal of Commerce.
1t seems odd to speak OF dead city
as a growing one. But that is exactly
the case with Pompeii. There are
many cities in Italy that do not grow
half as fast as the one buried by the
ashes of Vesuvius 1900 years ago. A
person visiting it at intervals Of a
year notices a marked enlargement of
it's boundaries. The Italians, you
know, are the champion dlggers.
They make the shovel fly when they
attack the grave of Pompeii. We saw
gang of them at work there. A gov
eminent overseer watches them like
hawk. He wanted to be sure that
they pocketed no jewelry, coins or OBJ
iects of art or utility yielded by the
excavations. The only produce of
was a bit of iron, which the guide
called q hinge, and the fragments of a
small marble column. The spades
busily piled were gradually bringing to
light beautiful house. The floors
were mosaic, with simple but graceful
designs in scroll pattern-nearly as
fresh of color as if laid yesterday.
The walls bore frescoes of fainter tints
-grinning masks, fawns, cupids, birds,
fish and fruit. 1t had evidently been
the home OF a well-to-do citizen of
Pompeii. The nervous movements of
the workmen betrayed their anxiety.
They were hoping at every moment to
make a valuable "fnd." Perhaps
they might hit upon great iron chest,
studded with round knobs like boiler.
and full Of gold, money or ornaments,
or they might strike another wonder
in marble or bronze, or they might be
startled by coming suddenly upon q
skull or other human remains. In the
latter event the work is suspended till
careful inspection is made. The re-
sponsible and intelligent person in
charge proceeds to ascertain if the
dead Pompeiian had left q mould of
himself or herself in the plastic ashes.
If so, he prepares mixture OF plaster
Of Paris, breaks q hole in the crust,
and slowly pours in the liquid till the
mould is full. When it has hardened
the casting is tenderly removed. Lo
there is rough image, showing some
poor creature in the agonies of death,
prone on the floor, face downward.
Thus, most usually, were the inhabit-
ants Of the doomed city caught by the
destroying angel. The skull, or leg,
or arm, or whatever other part Of the
skeleton has not relapsed into it's orig
inal dust, may attach itself to the
plaster cast In the proper place, or
may require to be Joined on by par
donable restoration" In either case,
the effect is thrilling in it's horrible
reality.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-09-08
Oatmeal for Breakfast.

For some years g. great many Amerl-
cans particularly in the East, have be-
gun their breakfast with oatmeal.
Very few of them liked it, and they
could hardly have told why they ate
it, unless from a vague notion that it
is healthful. It's introduction to our
tables probably arose from the fact
that it had previously found its way
to the tables of the English, from
whom we seem to have borrowed the
custom. Whether oatmealis or is not
wholesome is g. matter of opinion,
many persons strongly unfolding the
negative. Many delicate persons who
had long eaten it because they had
been advised to DO so found them
selves so weak that they felt con-
strained to give it up. Afterward they
gained perceptibly, causing them to
conclude that they exhausted so much
OF their strength in digesting the meal
that they had very little for their 9th
er functions.
Oatmeal is now going out Of fashion,
rice, farina, hominy and various prep
arations of wheat taking it's place.
We appear to be welded to some form
of farinaceous food, though there is
grave cause for doubling whether it is
good for the majority of constitutions.
We get as queer ideas of food as we do
of finance and fashion, and follow the
ridiculous often, without suspeeting
that it is so. Oatmeal used to be
mainly fed to horses-everybody re-
members DR.. Johnson's gibe at Scotch
men and there is no solid reason for
believing that it ought not to be large
~ confined to them still. The ancient
saw, "One mans meat is another
mans poison" may be remembered
in these days with benefit.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-09-08
Won Ranke.

"reminiscences of the eminent histo-
rian Won Ranke are now in order. A
writer for BIackwood says of him: Long
ago, about the time of the great war, I
often met him, most commonly in the
Thiergarten, the small fgure-he was
not much over five feet-and the Pc
culiarly finely poised head with the
clear outline of the face, readily recog-
nizable from affair. He had g. curious,
very old old fashioned way of saluting
ladies, even out Of doors, with kiss
on either cheek, after first asking per-
mission in formula which carried one
back to Minna Won Barnhelm and
Chodowiecki:s drawings. So kindly
and so funny, too, it was. He was
very small in stature, but few men
have made such majestic impression.
The head was superb-fnely chisseled,
with q great arched forehead, exceed
ingly mobile lips, covered only during
the last few years of his life by long
white beard, and very bright eyes,
with an necessarily inquiring and
keenly interested look. seemed to
look before him, to recognize and to
welcome"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-09-08
DOWN THE STREAM.
BY ELLEN W. CAREY.

A maiden stood upon a shore,
And heard a lightly dipping oar.
The morning light was flushing clear;
A thrush was loudly Warbling near.
A boat came gliding dowR the stream,
With ripple soft, and plash and CLEAN.
She ne'er had seen the youth before,
He ne'er ad touched upon that shore;
But when she saw MIN up the stream,
Fresh from the mountains early gleam,
The old, old, woodworking spell
Around them both like magic fell.
And ere his boat had drifted by,
A change came over wood and sky;
The old, familiar stream and shore
Took on a hue unknown before.
He lightly drew his boat to land,
He lightly reached to ner his hand,
And, leaving all that they had known,
The two went down the stream alone.
The boatman's arm was good and strong
The boatman's oar was tough and long.
The maiden's face was sweet and fair;
She felt nc fainteSt fear or care.
She smiled upon her boatman true,
And said, 81 trust my life to you,
The thrush sang on the bank alone;
The maiden down the stream had gone.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-09-08
strong for him. Mr.. banks had come


home.
They lookup the poor body, bruised
and battered, but invested for the first
time in the eyes of those who knew it
with dignity, and as they bore it
across the threshold there fell from
the pocket string of discolored blue
beads.
A little later they knew all there was
to know of the pitiful story. His fell
low-workmen had gathered on the
wharf Saturday afternoon after work
to watch the freshet. Oneby one they
scattered to their homes up and down
the river, and neighbor seeing Mr..
banks, called to him to come; but he
shook his head, saying he was not 60
ing home till his work was finished. So
they left him there looking down the
river towards his home. One hour
later the wharf was swept away. No
one knew what had become ofthe soil
tary fgure-save One. And as the
poor body, without volition of it's
own, was guided through food and
darkness to it's home, who can deny
that the spirit-too weak to shape it's
own course-was borne on infinite pity
into the eternal home?
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-09-08
A Great Te1e9raphing Feat.

From the New Orleans Times-Demecrat.I
An Englishman after having seen the
operations of the pneumatic tube for
carrying parcels in New YORK, said: ST
have seen just one thing more wonder
full than that. I have talked by
cable from London to Calcutta,
India, over 1000 miles of wire.
Two years ago [ called upon
Managing Director w. Andrews, of the
Indo- European Telegraph Company,
at 1S Old Broad Street, London. 1t
was Sunday evening, and the wires
were not busy. Mr.. Andrews called up
Emden, g. German town. Give me
ODESSA he wired; in q few seconds we
got the signal from the Russian seaport
city, and asked for Teheran, the CAPT.
tai of Persia. Call Kurrachee,' said
Andrews. In less than half a. minute
we were signaling that Indian town.
The signals came at the rate of fifteen
words in minute. After learning that
the London office was testing the long
wires, Kurrachee gave US Agra, and
we chatted pleasantly for few minutes
with the operator on duty. there. In
a short time the operator switched US
on the cable to the Indian capital,
Calcutta. At first the operator there
could not believe he was talking to
London, and he asked in the Morse
language: is this really London, En-
gland?' 1t was wonderful achieve
ment. Metallic communication be-
tween the capital of the English nation
and the seat of her government in In
dia, 1000 miles away as the bird
flies"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-09-08
Pushaluck's Romance.
from the New York Times.

lETOm the New I Ork Times.
A comely damsel OF 10 summers,
mailing from Newark, N. j., had been
continually noticed about Buffalo
Bills Wild West camp at Erastina,
Staten Island. She was there the day
that the show was opened, and since
that time she has never failed to pat
ronize it two or three or four times a
week. The comely young damsel's at
tention seemed to be riveted upon the
fascinating person of a Pawnee Indian
named Pushaluck, the best looking fell
low in the camp, not excepting the Eu-
ropeans and Americans. Pushaluck
spoke g. little English and a great deal
of Indian. Healways fingered as pear
the comely young damsel as duty and
fences permitted. Soon the inhabit-
ants Of the Wild West smelled a rat.
In other words, they became con-
WINGED that Pushaluck had fallen a
victim to New jerseys charms.
Yesterday Pushaluck disappeared
from the camp, and it was considered
more than strange coincidence that
the comely young damsel was not to
be seen on the grounds. 1t was subse-
quently ascertained, by dint of very
Oo"AOIOA AuQuA1y: CudU CAO SII AdO OIL
rived in the morning, met the somber
Pushaluck, and together they had
taken the train for New York. News
OF the elorement spread in the camp
like the proverbial wildfre. OF course,
every one was interested, and every
one had more questions to ask than
could be conveniently answered. Buf-
falO Bill was in towering rage when
he heard Of the romance. He swore in
good round Indian. 1t appears that
he is under contract with the govern
ment to return Pushaluck, with the
other Indians, to the reservation, in
good order, at the expiration OF the
term. To return Pushaluck as Ben
edict would not be, in Buffalo Bills
opinion, to return him in good order.
Buffalo Bill instituted numerous in
qulries yesterday with a view to dis
covering the whereabouts of the runa-
way, but met with no success.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-09-08
Milk as a Pork Producer.

An English writer who claims to
know from careful experiments, states
that one bushel of Indian corn will
produce twelve pounds of pork, and
that four or five times the weight of
corn in skinned milk will produce the
same. Thus 200 pounds, or 25 gall
Ions, of milk will produce as much
pork as one bushel of corn. From
our own observation we doubt If the
average feeder obtains IL pounds of
pork from bushel of corn, but under
favorable circumstances and judicious
feeding, this might be fair estimate.
The estimate on the meat producing
quality of milk would Indicate that it
is usually moderated in this respect,
and should receive more attention.
There is certainly no better food for
the growth of young pigs.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-09-08
IG Had to be Abandoned.

A newspaper correspondent says:
Westbrook's Pond, in Blooming Grove
township, Pike County, Pa, is a small
body of water fed by spring brooks.
Fifteen years ago it was alive with i'm
mense brook trout. They were fire.
quently taken weighing over three
pounds. A mile from Westbrook's
Pond is Lake Giles. on the grounds of
Blooming Grove Park Association.
In 1872 q man working at West
brooks was employed by parties own
ing pond in the vicinity to take pick
erel from Lake Giles and stock their
pond with them. The work was done
at night. The man transported the
pickerel in tubs and passed West
brooks pond on the way. He had
spite against g. member of West
brooks family, who was a great trout
fisherman, and in passing the little
pond he turned q large number of pick
erel into it. In three years there was
not a trout in the pond, but it was
alive with enormous pickerel. In hope
of destroying the greedy newcomers
the pond has been drawn off three
times, and wagon loads of pickerel
U6K0u OuU' Lie OOOOOud VI GuIS pOuQ
and the brooks above it were thor
oughly lined and allowed to remain
dry for weeks. A few weeks after the
water was let into the pond again, aft
er each drawing, the pickerel family
was found to be at home there again,
and to-day it is no trick at all to take
three and four Founders at a troll.
Allhope Of destroying the pickerel and
restoring the pond to It's old-time
greatness as trout haunt has been
abandoned.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-09-08
Strength of Submarine Cables.

A submarine cable, according to the
Manufacturers Gazette, is by no
means of uniform strength, the thick
ness depending to alarge extent on the
depth of water. For instance, a shore
end in the shallowest water, and sub
ject to the greatest danger from the
anchors OF vessels. will be the heaviest
portion, sometimes going as high
as twenty-sev tons to O. knot.
In forming the shore-end cable, the
core is covered with hemp and q
double sheathing of iron wire, the in
ner sheathing being of twelve wires of
g. diameter of O.165 inch, and the out
ar sheathing fourteen wires, with q di-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-09-08
FARM AND HOME.
Treas ure.

The flowers planted in the flush of spring,
Have budded, bloomed and withered long ago;
The grain my lavish fingers used to throw,
Long since was reaped for others garnering
Yet am rich amid my nature dearth;
Ny gold Is where the rainbow touches earth.
Ny wealth is molten of full many an ore,
Dug from the sacred caverns of the past;
Stored where the presents quiet light is cast;
Piled in the Promised-land that lies before.
All blent together, all of priceless worth,
All hid Just where the rainbow touches earth
And Memory, Faith and Hope it's guardians are
AS holding Loves strong hand l make my way
Knowing near a little every day
The one sure goal where, passing DER the bar,
find, in all the glow of second birth,
Ny treasure where the rainbow touches earth.
All the Year Round.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-09-08
Cause of Badly Favored Butter.

A prominent dairyman, claims in q
recent number of the Guernsey Breeder,
that milk taken from COWS we'll along
with calf, will often cause a faint and
early putrefaction of butter and
cheese manufactured from milk of
which it is a part. The same fact
appears to have been noted by q num-
Der OF dairymen in the West, and may
be accepted as fact. We have often
heard butter-makers complain Of an
unaccountable bad flavor in their
product during the winter months,
when their facilities for keeping milk
at q proper temperature were good
1t was doubtless largely due to the
fact that q majority of the COWS were
"strlppers. In one case recently re-
ported, the butter from dairy became
rancid few days after making. An
investigation developed the fact that
there were two COWS in this dairy that
were seven months with calf. On
leaving their milk out, the product
was all right.-Prarie Farmer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-09-08

the next two above, at the outer or
corner teeth above. At the two
center teeth below lose their cuts, at
10 the next two below, and at II the
outer or corner teeth below After a.
little practice the close observer can
scarcely make a mistake. The changes
that occur are the same in all horses,
or nearly so.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-09-08

The full-grown horse possesses twen-
ty-four back teeth; that is, six in each
side of each jaw; these are called
molars or grinders. He has twelve
front teeth; that is, six in each jaw.
Mares have no tushes. The foal has
either at his birth or shortly after
ward eight milk teeth; that is, four in
each jaw; BIT about IL months two
more milk teeth come in each jaw.
These remain unchanged till be is 3
years old. The mouth of the yearling
and 2-year-old cannot be COMPOUNDED.
The yearling mouth shows no signs Of
use, and the corner teeth are shells
only; at 2 years old these teeth are
strong and we'll grown, and the corner
teeth are filled up. A little before 3
years the center teeth OF each jaw fall
out and are replaced by permanent
ones. A little before 5 the two re-
manning teeth are shed and in their
place come permanent ones. The up
per milk teeth usually fall out first.
Thus the mouth is completed as to its
front teeth; the corner tooth, however,
is but imperfectly developed, being at
present shell only; this shell at 6
years old has filled up and is a COM
plete tooth. This is the difference be-
tween a 5 and 6-year-old. The
tushes appear between 81 and years
old, and they take nearly two years
to arrive at their full growth. These
teeth, as the horse grows older, get
blunter and shorter, and so to an ex-
perienced judge are sure Indication
of age. Up to 6 years old the mouth
is in distinct and periodical state of
structural change. There is no diff
Guilty in determining the age up to
that date. After that the age must
be judged by the shape of the mouth
and the appearance of the teeth called
the mark. At 6 years of age the cuts
leave the two center teeth above, at
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-09-08
Managing Milk and Cream.

It is we'll known that good butter
can not be made from bad cream. The
milk must be drawn from healthy
COWS, and from the moment it leaves
the udder until the cream is churned,
must be kept free from communicating
influences. Prof. l.. B. Arnold gives
the following rules for it's management:
i. To make the fnest-favored and
housekeeping butter, the cream must
undergo g ripening process, by expos
ure to the oxygen of the air while 1t Is
rising. The ripenlng is very tardy
when the temperature Is low.
2. After cream becomes sour, the
more the ripening the more 1T depre-
GATES. The sooner it is then skinned
and churned, the better; but it should
not be churned while too new. The
best time for Swimming and churning
is just before acidity is apparent.
3. Cream makes better butter to rise
in cold air than to rise in cold water,
hut it will rise sooner in cold water,
and the milk will keep sweet longer.
4. The deeper milk is set, the less
airing the cream gets while rising.
5. The depth of setting should vary
with the temperature; the lower 1T is,
the deeper milk may be set; the higher,
the shallower.
6. While milk is standing for cream
to rise, the purity of the cream, and
consequently the fine flavor and keep
ing of the butter, will be injured if the
surface of the cream is exposed freely
to air much warmer than the cream.
z. When cream is colder than the
~S-xA,
and impurities from the air. When
the air is colder than the cream, it
takes up moisture, and whatever es-
capes from the cream. In the former
case, the cream purifes the surround
ing air; in the latter case, the air helps
to purify the cream. The selection of
a creamer should hinge on what is
most desired-highest quality, or great
est convenience and economy in time,
space and labor.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-03-31

II is wonderful how inclined merchant,
and other business men in country town.
are mo odds how sensible on other subjects
to advertise in or on any and every cOnreiN-
able Catct-penmy arrangement that comes
along. Hotel registers, p0>totlce directo-
rieS. wOOden yardStiCk>. dcpot signs. circu,
programmes. the gutter Snipe" that litter,
your yard. and even on an ADVERTISING
sheet with nothing in the world thereon buj
advertisements. I"u don't catch good hu>-
ineSs men in large cities IN owing away
money in any such nOnSen>Ical ways. II
intelligent business men will stop Just Il
moment 10 think on this important subject
in which they are 80 greatly interested. they
cannot but admit that advertising i valuabl,
IN proportion to the character of the medium
through which it reaches the public. Lei
them reflect for moment As I" what kind
Of advertising attracts their attention. l.
II the catch penny arrangements named. Ul
i II au attractive advertisement IN a web
established. largely circulated newspaper
which would lind it, way into all the thrifty
households of the region. where the farmer
the mechanic. the tradeSman and Others
live, and into the families of the wealthy
and Tefnet-all who have articles tO buy ana
the money with which Ia buy them? Ad-
VertiSlmg. dS a Legitimate business pXpeIi>,
should be given the same attention and $rri
Gus consideration a. any other branch of -
business mans business. and when this j.
done there can be full reliance that il will
pay an hundred fold lis cost. The Shrewd-
t-~t business men of the nation have fully
demonstrated this. Ia their own >ati~fa,
tiun. Nsuin GuzCttC.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-03-31
TRAPPING IN BRITISH AMERICA,
Away from Civilization A Dangerous
Calling Visiting the Traps.


The rrapper's lie is, perhaps, the most
iesoiste one led by white men. Away
from civilization, away from friends and
ueig hbors, he pursues his dangerous calling
in mid winter, through banks Of snow, amid
storms OF wind and rain, exposed ever to
the fury OF the elements and TO the Savag.
attacks Of wild beasts A trapper. TO lie
>uccessful, must necessarily lie isolated
from his neighbDrs for there are mona
other in the remote interior but those who
follow the same vocation. and so, If man
wishes 10 insure profitable winter he
travels entirely alone. His traps often eI-
tend over a run Of - 10 100 miles long and
md these he visits III rotation as often as
Ne can.
His method VI procedure is. aS follows:
Having selected a range, he builds hut in
about As convenient site a. he can select
and then lays his trap, which branch out
n either side, in the ravlus, of the
numerous ,treamS. with which that
country is waterei HIS headquarters i
rather pretentIous shanty 1t Is built OF
tOgs, and has Il fireplace III it made of mui
and stones. This l. actually hIs Distributing
point, an this Is where he stores hi. pro
visions. Then following his range, he buIld,,
about days journey distance from each
tner, tiny bark shantIeS, in which he leaves
provisions. and sleeps during the night
by September every preparation Is ma ie
for the wlnter'o work; and early i'll OCtub.r
commences his dreary campaign against
the fur producers Ling before the sun /,
up when the dim northern light Is begin-
ming to brighten the forest gloom. the trap
per starts from his hea lquarters. HI
puttt Is but hight cun>i>tlng solely of a
blanket, for, should hi, caches be full. ht
would have q load, perhaps, too heavy for
pIm to carry. Arriving at his first trap, h.
has to examine II; and, if bats bs eaten, he
again rebaits it and sstS it more carefully;
then the next may have game, and, if so.
there is more rebaiting to be done and the
animal has 10 BE- promptly skinned. as the
process Is much easier when the animal l.
warm. Hence, all over his long course.
stopping at every quarter of IA mile or 30
uis tedious range Is not covered TIL the
week has paSsei
Coming to his headquarters be deposits
his furs thus taken during the W ok, and
again startS out on bis long and dismal
journey. The ranges Of each trapper are
as much respected as if he had purchased
the territory outright and also had posss
4 armed men protecting his trap They
run no fear Of robbery. though they may
be away from headquarters for a week pr
ten days at Il time ami the nut be loaded to
the roof with the most valuabl' furA