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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-06
HEAD, FACE AND BODY RAW.

commenced to your Cutcura Remedies last
July. My head and face and some parts of my body
were almost raw My head covered with scabs
and sores, and my suffering fearful had tried
everything had heard of in the East and West. NV
case was considered very bad one. have now not
particle of Skin Humor about me- and my case is con-
sidered wonderful MRS. S. E. WHIPPLE.
Decatur, Mich.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-06
British Fl ECTRIC LIGHTS

Are fast taking the place of all others in factories
foundries, machine shops and mills Parties having
their power procure Electric Generator
and obtain much light al much less cost than by
any other mode The incandescent and storage sys-
tenn has been perfected making small lights for houses
and stores hung wherever needed and lighted at will
day night. Parties desiring Generators or to form
companies for lighting cities and towns will please
write for information By permission refer to
j. Caven, ESQ.,, Indianapolis.
THE BRUSH ELECTRIC co. Cleveland. 0.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-06-09
Sacrificed 10 Society.

Washington Cor. Baltimore Herald.I
1t Is not many weeks since married
lady, whose toilets are remarkable for
elegance and taste, made q call upon
the head Of q female household but re-
Gently established in the neighborhood.
In due time the call was returned, but
the new neighbor, stranger in Wash
lngton and to it's customs, was met at
the door by a servant who announced
shat her '1ady" was out. Within g.
few days the fashionable butterfly re-
peated her call and it was returned but
again she was out. This occurred sew
eral times, and at last the newcomer
was puzzled, for she declared that up
on approaching the residence of her
elegant acquaintance she had caught
sight of her at an upper window. Soon
afterward an infant daughter of the
devotee Of fashion died, and the newly
settled neighbor at once called to ex-
tend sympathy and offer any assist
ance within her power. 1t was cold
day, and she was shown into the din
ing-roOm, where the bereaved mother
soon appeared with an apollo
gy nervously made that there was no
fire made in the parlors. The follow
ing day another child, sister of the
dead infant, was taken seriously i'll,
and the neighpor moved by benevo-
lent heart and pure charity, FASTENED
to tender her services. On this occa-
sion she accidentally discovered that
there was not single article of furni-
ture in the parlors, and that the bed
chambers were devoid of the common
est comforts. All were sacrificed to
society, and as the elder sister soon
followed the babe to heaven, it is not
improbable that their little lives were
also sacrificed upon the social altar.
The childless mother soon afterward
left her husband, but her social status
remains unimpaired so long as she can
procure dresses from Worth.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-06-09
Sheep on the Farm.

Most farmers think all the profits
they get from sheep are represented
by the dollars and cents they get for
what they sell from the flock, from
time to time of wool or mutton. This
falls far short of the facts. Rightly
handled flock of sheep, while using
quantities of matter that would 9TH
erwise go to waste, like scattered
grain, vegetables, and fruits, or mat
ter that would be in the way of USE
full crops, like weeds and sprouts, will
perform an amount of labor in the
way of clearing the farm and scatter
ing fertilizers over the surface, of which
the farmer has small conception, and
at which he would be astonished if he
had it to pay for. There are very few
weeds that sheep refuse to eat. The
farmer who takes any pride in his
sheep will, of course, clear mis- farm of
burrs for the benefit of their feeces.
He will have neat comfortable quar-
tiers for the good of their bodies. He
will take care of the fine crops that
they about half make for him and
deal them out to these great econ
omists with Judgment and kindness
throughout the year. They will make
him the most thrifty man in his COM
munity and the most happy. The
farms are rare that are as we'll off
without sheep as with them. Chicago
Wool Journal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-06-09
my SHIP.
BY MARGARET LEE.

Oh, my eyes are weary waiting for sail can
not see;
Aud my heart is tired waiting for my ship to
come to me.
Such precious cargo as she bears, / N sure you We
never seen;
For she brings q Kingdom to me and 1 shall be
the Queen!
She bears freight of cherished hopes, as dear as
life to me;
A release from toll and burdens, and a life from
care set free; :,
But the choicest gift she brings me-by far OF all
the best,
oh, I'm growing so impatient for the ship will
bring me Rest.
Rest from the petty worries that harass me
every hour,
Rest from the daily grinding wants that hold me
in their power.
do not ask for riches, and a life OF naught but
ease
/ am but a weary woman-I shall not be hard
to please.
But the time grows short and shorter and my
ship still far away;
And. ah me- / am growing older, sadly older,
day by day.
And very often lately something seems to say to
me, -
BE patient; for these earthly blessings you will
never see."
ssBe brave and bear LIES burdens, for the time
will surely come,
When you lay them down fol ever-when you
reach your Fathers home"
And the dreams my soul has cherished grow faI
away and dim,
And I'm striving to be patient-though my ship
does not come In.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-06-09
A Singular Cure in Siiesia.
from Demorest's Monthly

from Demorest's Monthly.]
There have been all manner of odd
health resorts; places where people
could eat grapes, drink skim milk, or
where they could battle or walk them
selves into health. But the most sing
ular cure in Europe is that of Linde-
wiese, an obscure village in Austrian
Sllesia. People troubled with the
rheumatism, govt, dyspepsia, and
allied disorders, throng this place, and
many declare they are benefited. Six
weeks effect the cure, during which
time no water is drank and nothing
but dry bread eaten. The patients
are subjected to frequent packs in ice
cold water, which induces profuse
sweating. There are three days in the
week when drink is allowed, but it is a
fermented mixture native to the coun-
try. Every patient, of course, loses
weight, often as much as fifteen or
twenty pounds, but very many are
benefited by the entire change of life
and what they call the ''blood sweat -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-06-09
Turning States Evidence.
From the Arkansaw Traveller. j

From the Arkansaw Trave,er.1
An old negro, much alarmed, went
to O. judge and said; "Jedge, dar's er
lot er haugs been stold down in my
neighborhood lately, an fust thingyer
know somebody's gwine ter be errest-
ed. [ knows who tuck 'em, an if
you'll let me turn states evidence I'll
tell yer"
"You were concerned, eh?"
"Yas, sab; an if yer'll let me turn de
everdence I'll tell yer zackly who tuck
dem haugs."
Cali right"
"Won't do nothin' wild me?"
"Not thing"
"Will yer sw'ar it"
eyes, if necessary"
"But will yer put it in writin' ?"
eyes"
The judge drew up an agreement,
and when he had read it the old negro
said:
'Dat soun's sorter like it. Sho' dis
dockyment'll stan'?"
"Of course it will. Now tell me who
stole the hogs"
won't do nothin' wild me?"
ono"
"Well, ledge, stold dem haugs by
mersef. Good-day, sab. thank yer
fur yer kin ness"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-06-09
Cheese in Farmers' Families.

Farmers have themselves partly to
blame for the low price OF dairy prod
ucts. This is not caused wholly by
fraudulent imitation compounds, but
in part by lessened use of cheese in far
mers' families. In old-fashioned far
mers' houses the cheese press and vat
were as much part of dairy utensils
as are the milkpan creamery or churn
now. So many improvements and la
Dor saving devices have not been in
vented to make cheese manufacture
easy. But good cheese can be made
wherever the dairy numbers three or
four COWS. With these a cheese of good
size can be made daily, using two
messes of milk night and morning for
each. Use the milk without skimming
off the cream. 1t is worth more in the
cheese than in over-stocking the mar
ket with butter. Then, when made,
let the cheese be used freely on farmers
tables, as 1T used to be thirty or forty
years ago. 1t will be cheaper and bet
ter in summer than so much meat,
and this quality of cheese, made as our
grandmothers made it, if put on the
market, onght to revive the use Of
cheese by residents of cities. Poor
cheese has been responsible for de-
pressed dairy interests quite as much
as poor butter has been.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-06-09
April Fool Extraordinary
From Galignani's Messenger.

run 0dllsllduu paSSSeHB6r
A Swiss journal, the Neue Zuricher
Zeitung, published on April 1 the fol-
lowing sensational item: cat the
moment of going to press we learn
that his Holiness the Pope will arrive
here at 6 O'Clock this evening by the
ST. Gothard train, and that Prince
Bismarck will reach our city almost
simultaneously by special train. The
first story OF one of the large hotels of
the city has been retained for the
illustrious travellers, whose interview
in Zurich is manifestly destined to BE-
come an historical event."
1t is needless to say that at the
hour indicated the whole population
was on the alert, the approaches to
the station being thronged. After
waiting about for fully sixty minutes,
the inhabitants satisfied themselves
that neither the Pope nor the In
perial Chancellor had put in. an APP
pearance, and as they suddenly re-
membered the date on which this
hoax had been played upon them, not
a few swore in their wrath to- adiscon-
tinue their subscriptions to the Neue
Zeitunp .fia5 rtsf.t
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-06-09
An Abolition Argument.

Abolish the-curry -comb. It is q
barbarous feature of the stable toilet.
A handful of excelsior" agood brush,
Or wisp of hay or straw, will as ef-
fectively remove dirt from the coat OF
an animal and will not injure the skin
Or hair, which cannot be said of the
curry-comb. Rub the limbs Of your
horse with q corn cob. and polish of
with g. cloth, sponging off frequently
and drying carefully, and the animal
will make you feel proud of it's bright,
smooth coat. If you feel that you
must use O. curry-comb because your
father and grandfather used it, just
give the implement a good trial on
your own head for three successive
mornings. 1t may change your ideas
on the subject.
If you love your horses or other
stock, and allow them to move at will
around g. pasture lot, abolish the
barbed-wire fence.
Check reins should have no place
among your harness. If the horse
was properly broken they are unneces-
sary. Oh, your horse is an inveter-
ate stumbler, is it? Then iJ should
not belong to you, for no farmer
ought to own an unreliable horse.
Abolish the farm mortgage. 1t is q
cancer that is eating the life out of
you. Oh, yes, know al about that
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-06-09

bad year and the other set backs that
compelled you to "raise the wind"
You do not seem to be able to "get
ahead" yet, eh? DRAW in your horns"
a little; don't invest in that new car
riage; work more yourself instead of
simply bossing the hired man; take
the greatest possible care of your tools
and implements, SO as to make them
last longer; do not waste your means
trying to raise "2:1O" horses; work
your farm for al it is legitimately
worth; study the markets through
the local papers, SO as to sell your
crops at the greatest advantage to
yourself; watch the outgo of every
cent; save whatever you can in either
labor or material; cut off every. I'M
necessary item of personal expense,
and you will soon be in fair way to
abolish the hateful mortgage.-F0r-
est, Forge and Farm.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-06-09
Peach CulturS.


The conditions of failure in peach
growing, concisely stated are:
/. A wet soil, or one that from any
cause holds water around the roots of
the tree, whether the land is situated
high or low.
2. Excessive fertility, while the
trees are young, whether it be secured
in the natural condition of the soil or
by the ingenuity of man.
3. Severe cutting back of the young
growth each year, thus dwar6ng the
tree and robbing it of much patural
vitality.
4. Allowing the trees to overbear
and thus exhaust their vitality by g.
single crop of fruit.
5. By deficient and improper cult
walton.
On the other hand, the conditions
of success in peach growing are:
1. An elevated location that is not
subject to late frosts in the spring Or
early frosts in the fall.
2. A warm and moderately fertile
soil that is we'll drained by nature.
Artificial drainage may prove success
full, but it's utility has not yet been
demonstrated in this region.
3. Thorough cultivation without
manure, until the trees comejnto bear
ing, then combine the two so as to
supply all the depletion produced in
the soil by growth of trees and fruit.
f. Never let q tree overbear.
5. Continue cultivation until the
close of the dry season, every summer,
even il it continues until September
Michigan Horticu7turist.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-06-09
Drew the Line at Shores.
From the Chicago Tribune.l

The organ-blower in a London church
recently fell asleep during the service.
of which fact the audience became con
scious by his vigorous blowing of his
own organ. The Rev. Arthur Hail.
the preacher, after bearing it for a
while, stopped and remarked: 81 do
not object to a quiet nap on a hot
day, and am fattered at being able to
contribute to anybody'srepose. But,
while proud at being able to give the
beloved sleep, wish it to be distinctly
understood that / draw the line at
shores. There is g. man snoring in
the congregation, and shall be obliged
if somebody will waken him." The Of
fender was quickly reused.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-06-09
On Only Two Hundred a Year.

Edward Atkinson, the distinguished
statistician of Massachusetts,, has un-
dertaken to solve the whole labor
problem in this way. He demon
strates that in the city of Boston a
single man can live comfortably and
wholesomely, and even enjoy some
luxuries on 5000 per year. One room
for two persons, $50 each for rent;
clothing, $45; washing, SIS; fuel, 81 0;
food, $52-or$172 for every necessary,
leaving $28 for superhuities or for the
savings bank.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-06-09
Removal of Spots and Stains.

The following concise rules are ex-
tracted from a German journal:
Matter Adhering Mechanically
Beating, bruising and currents of water,
either on the upper or under side.
Gum, Sugar, Jelly, etc.-S1mply
washing with water at a hand heat.
Grease-White goods, wash with
soap or alkaline lyes. Colored cot
tons, wash with French chalk or full
er's earth, and dissolve away with ben
zine or ether.
OilColors, Varnish and Resins-On
white or colored linens, cottons or
woolens, use rectified oil of turpentine,
alcohol lye and their soap. On silks,
use benzine, ether and mild soap, very
cautiously.
Stearine-In all cases, strong, pure
alcohol.
Vegetable Colors, Fruit, Red Wine
and Red nixon whitegoods, sulphur
fumes or chlorine water. Colored cot
tons or woolens, wash with lukewarm
soap-lye or ammonia; silks the same
but more cautiously.
Alizarine Inks-White goods, tar
taric acid, the more concentrated the
older are the spots. On colored cot
tons and woolens, and on silks, dilute
tartaric acid is applied cautiously.
Blood and Albulninoid Matters
Sleeping in lukewarm water. If pep
sin or the juice of Garcia papaya can
be procured, the spots are first soft
ened with lukewarm water, and then
either of these substances are applied.
Iron Spots and Black Ink-White
goods, hot oxalic acid, dilute muriatic
acid, with little fragments of tin. On
fast-dyed cottons and woolens, citric
acid is cautiously and repeatedly ap-
piled. Silks, impossible.
Acids, Vinegar, Sour Wine, Must,
Sour Fruits-White goods, simple
washing, followed up by chlorine water
ii fruit-color accompanies the acid.
Colored cottons, woolens and silks
are very carefully moistened with
dilute ammonia with the finger end.
In case of delicate colors, it will be
found preferable to make some pre-
pared chalk into thin paste with
water, and apply il to the spots.
Lime and Alkales-White goods,
simple washing Colored cottons,
woolens and silks are moistened, and
very dilute citric aci i is applied with
the finger end.
Tanning from Chestnuts, Green Wal
nuts, ETC., or Leather-White goods,
hot chlorine water and concentrated
tartaric acid. Colored cottons, wool
ems and silks, apply dilute chlorine
water cautiously to the spot, washing
it away and reapplying it several
times.
scorching-White goods, rub well
with linen rags dipped in chlorine
water. Colored cottons, re-dye, if pos
sible, or in woolens raise fresh sur
face. Silks, no remedy.
Tar, Cart-Wheel Grease, Mixtures OF
Fat, Resin and Acetic Acid-On white
goods, soap and oil OF turpentine, al
ternating with streams OF water. Col
ored cottons and woolens, rub in with
lard, let lie, soap, let lie again, and
treat alternately with oil of turpentine
and water. Silks the same, more care
fully, using benzine instead of the oil OF
turpentine.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-06-09
ONE BY ONE.
BY ELLA DARE,

One by one the hours meet ia
In the shadow or the shine.
With the joy that comes to greet M
Or the care that waits in line
One by one, and not in masses.
The heavy burden we must lift.
Bravely bearing, till it passes
From us, steadily and swift.
One by one the bricks are laid in buiidin,
iii the temple reaches grandest height
with its slender spires of FURNISHED giIdinr
Pointing upward to the light.
One by one, each day will bring it's duty.
Whilst courage meets the single need.
LII all trials blossom into beauty,
Till the toiler weaves the good into the deed.
One by one, our heart beats tell the story
OF the earth-life measured there
Of its mystic web of golden glory,
wrought from sorrows falling tear.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-06-09
Skinnfng Cattle.


The depreciation in value of hides
from what are known in the trade as
'escores, /" "snips" and s'cuts" is large
and the introduction of improved la
bor-saving appliances for taking off ami
NAL skins without injury to either the
hide or the carcass has been SO slow and
Of so unimportant q nature hitherto
that the thousands of persons engaged
in theindustry on this coast cannot but
experience certain degree of satisfac-
tion over the introduction in Cali
fornia of an appliance which would
appear to be what the trade has been
waiting for all along. The invention
is called an electric siding knife; and is
like nearly all good inventions, Sim
plicity itself. being virtually nothing
more than slight alteration of the
Edison incandescent or arc light, with
the glass bulb removed. The knife
in construction resembles very much
the receiver employed in telephone Of
fees, and, like it, has a double set OF
covered or insulated wires attached to
the butt end of the handle, connected
through the body of the same to the
cutting, or, more properly, the burning
edge of the wire. which is composed of
platinum. The current is entirely I'M
der the control of the manipulation of
the knife. After the hide IS opened
in the usual way with an ordinary knife,
the current is turned on, and the re-
moval of the hide is begun in long
sweeps of the slider. The principle is
that of burning, as the platinum edge
is brought to an intense white heat,
vet the edge is so arranged and pro-
tected by nonconducting shields that
It is impossible to injure either the
hide or the carcass. In fact the hide
seems to be torn or pulled off by some
unexplained force of the wonderful
agent, electricity. 1t has been demon
strated that meat will hold it's color
better and longer where the electric
knife is used, this being accounted for
bv the fact that the pores are closed
by the action of the current, which
seems to leave O. thin transparent
coating over the entire surface. An
other advantage is that the beef, after
leaving the chill room, never "sweats, :"
as under the old system OF removing
hides. Aside from the increased speed
with which the skin is torn Off, there
is another advantage in the use of
electrici ty. It is stated that thevalue
of hides is increased from one-half to
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-06-09
FARM AND HOME.
Three Years Old.


Up in the morning early,
Breakfast and then TO play;
The house is hurly-burly
All the rest Of the day.
Cart in the hallway rolling;
Treading on pussy's tail:
Hoop in the kitchen trolling,
Upsetting pan and pail.
Outlines making racket,
knowing mamma will run
And whip 90 little acket,
Just wee bit for fun.
Night time, tired and surly,
DUSTY man" gets in his eyes;
Hates to give up so early,
YEARLY sobs and signs.
Mamma unrobes her darling,
Kissing away his tears,
Sleep ends his tired snarling,
And that's your boy OF three years.
-BOStOu Globe
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-06-09

THE Rev. Phillips Brooks is said to
exceed other men in horse-car polite
ness; for, when he rises to accommo-
date the fair sex, he always gives seats
to two ladies.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-06-09

one cent pound as the feshy side is
left as smooth and even as the inner
side OF a sleeps pelt.-San Francisco
Chronicle
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-06-09

a WELL fourteen feet in diameter and
200 feet deep has been dug at Norca-
tur, Kas.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-04
Notes.

The Exposition now has poStoffice, Yale &
Tonne Manufacturing company, of Stamford.
Conn.,, and Chicago, having placed near the
general Office postofice case that is calcu-
lated to meet the requirements of a town of
1900 citizens. E. w. Farwell has been in
stalled as postmaster, and all mail coming to
Minneapolis marked ''care Exposition" will
be distributed here.
j. NJ. Bennett yesterday returned from at
tending the Iowa state fair at Des Moines.
having been lucky enough to secure the only
advertising privilege granted on the ground.
Juan Masias, who is the first leader of the
Mexican band, appeared yesterday for the
first time, he having been confined to his
room by illness since his arrival.
Maj. Hubbard, Directors Bracket and
Palmer, Miss Bessie Everett and Mrs. Mccoy
were tn passengers in the trial trip of the
elevator.
The directors and the Mexican band yes
terday morning went to the state fair, re-
turning in time for the afternoon concert.
An old lady occasioned commotion yester-
day by getting under the descending elevator
and refusing to bulge.
Capt. Gilmore took President Washburn S
place last evening in making the address of
welcome to the editors.
general hitting exhibit of John F. Noyes
g. Co., of Buffalo, that was delayed in transit
is being set up.
Catalogues of the art gallery were placed
on sale for the first time yesterday, and sold
like hot cakes.
An extra guard has been placed around the
tower to prevent the possibilities of children
falling off.
Mrs. Logan pronounced the art gallery to
be one of the finest she had ever seen.
Secretary Byron was absent on account of
Illness yesterday.