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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-06-13
IN REVERE.

Beside SIGHT gave sat one day,
The grassy glebe around grew rank and tree,
The kiss of autumn sweet was on my cheek.
silent sat, when 10 beside me stood
One strange and fair. Had l him ever known ?
So still he came, so deep was my reverle,
l knew not he was there. "And who am !"
In questioning words he to me speaks at last
HAST though no place in memory for me?
He at my side did now so closely stand,
/ tain would grasp his hand In greeting iree'
But, gesturing away, he unto me:
zone day / thought thou didst me deadly
wrong
Nav start not so hear patiently nor fill
Afresh the cup both drained in days now dead.
Each long loved one, and she-she loved but one !!
He knowest thou, or shouldst know now. was.
Thou won her from me; won her then thought,
By arts most base. Long since l learned the
truth;
Found then how wrong 1 was how true thou
vert
l come to ask forgiveness: Canst thou give ?''
Reaem bered all She whom laid away
These many years agone ere white my hair,
Late learned Lob, so late loved me, but less
Than him who stood beside Then to him:
stWhere learned thou this Methought thou,
too, hadst gone
Unto thy narrow home. Forgive ALL
Then reached me frank his hand, and strangely
said:
This long I've known; 1 learned it since OF
her"
1, rising, fain would fee as from one mad,
But when once more he. smiling, to me
turned,
[, reassuYed took in my hand his palm
When. 10 it softly melted n my grasp;
His face still smiling sweet. blent into air;
stood a one Together were the dead
"A nericdn Magazine
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-06-13
HOTSEWIFELT MATTERS.
RAISED DOUGHNUTs.


A little less than one-half cup of
melted lard rubbed into one cup of
sugar, one cup Of warm sweet milk, one
half cup Of yeast, one egg. one-haH tea
spoonful of baking soda, a little salt,
and nutmeg or cinnamon; let it rise till
light, then turn out on warm dough
board, but do not roll at all; let it rise
till light, then fry.
PLUM PUDDING.
One pint of chopped suet, one pint of
tart apples, one pint of raisins, one pint
of currants, one-half pint of sugar, one
half pint Of sweet milk, one cup of cit
ron; beat eight eggs and mix with the
above, and add sufficient -four to make
it stick together; boil three hours in a
cloth bag, and serve with sauce.
MINCE PIES WITHOUT MEAT.
Three pounds of apples, three pounds
of raisins, three pounds OF currants. u
pounds of.suet, u pounds of sugar, and
little mixed spice; each to be we'll
chopped, and then mixed together with
little chopped candied peel, few
pounded almonds, and half pint of
liquid currant jelly.
CORNED BEEF.
Boil until soft enough to remove the
bones; place in an earthen dish, and
Place a plate on it and heavy weight;
have sufficient water so that when the
weight is on it will come to the top of
the meat; let it stand until cold, then
cut in slices.
sTEWED PADDOCK.
Place the paddock in a pan of sailed
water and simmer one hour. Lay the
fish, minus the head, on platter; pour
over it drawn butter; then spread with
mashed potatoes enough to cover it
nicely. Over the potatoes spread the
whites Of four eggs. Put in the oven
and bake light brown.
DATE PIE.
One pound Of dates, one quart of milk
and three eggs. Season the same as for
squash pie It needs no sweetening.
Put the dates in the milk and heatuntiI
they are soft enough to sift. This makes
two good sized pies. Use one crust, the
same as for squash.
MACKEREL BALLS.
Let the fish stand in water over night:
in the morning pour some boiling water
over it; pick it carefully from the bones
and add an equal quantity of cold
mashed potatoes, two beaten eggs and a
pinch of pepper. Shape into balls and
frV in hot butter
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-06-13
A Lightning Plug.
From the Detroit Free Press.


Down on the docks the other day they
were talking about schooner which had
been struck by lightning on Lake Erie,
when the reporter singled out an old
bald-head and said
Capt. H, it seems to me I've read
or heard of your brig being struck"
eyes, she was" answered the old fab
ricator, after taking time to outline the
lie he was to tell.
"Where was it ?''
"Of Point Aux Barques, about fifteen
years ago. Very strange case that.
Probably the only one of the kind ever
heard Of"
Give US the particulars"
We'll, we we're jogging along down
when thunder storm overlook US, and
the very first flash of lightning struck
the deck amidships and bored a hole as
big as my leg right down through the
bottom Of the vessel"
''And she foundered, of course ?''
"No, sir. The water began rushing
in and she would have foundered, but
there came a second flash, and bolt
struck my fore-to'-gallant mast. 1t was
cut off near the cap, turned bottom end
up, and as it came down 1t entered the
hole and plugged it UP as tight as
drum. When we got down to dry-dock
we simply sawed off either end and left
the plug in the planks."
"Did you ever swear to that, Cap
tain ?"
81 did, but it was before notary who
afterwards went crazy, and have new
er been quite satisfied. Is there no.
tary here among us?'
There was none, and while the report
e1 was out looking for an official of that
sort the old liars took drink and scat
tered for the day.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-06-13
He Was Well Named.
From a Washington Letter.

The Baptist brethren who held con-
vention in this city enjoyed hearty
laugh at the expense of one of their
number, Isaac Waters, the piano manu-
facturer
The President gave an audience which
lasted several hours, to such of the
delegates as chose to call at the white
house and pay their respects. When
Mr.. Waters stepped forward to grasp
the Presidents hand he remarked
''Mr. President, my name is Waters. /
am the worst Prohibition crank in New
York city,"
"Well, said the President, solemnly,
and with marked emphasis, "you look
it, and I may add that your name fully
bears it out"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-06-13
How a Contractor Makes Money.
From the New York Evening sun.

From the New York Evening Sun.
Standing at a window In the law office
of T. McCants Stewart, five stories from
the ground, on Cedar Street, a reporter
was admiring the tall building TO the
left on the opposite side of the street,
and commenting on the Improvement
a new structure would make, which is
now IN course Of erection, when Mr..
Stewart remarkek:
''See my watch. It is just two min
utes of II O'Clock. Two minutes after II
the boss of the 100 laborers and masons
on that building will blow his whistle
for the men to stop for the dinner
hour"
The reporter produced his watch also,
and exactly two minutes after Il O'Clock
by the two timepieces the boss blew his
whistle.
IT have observed that fact so many
times that am sure there is method in
it," said Mr.. Stewart. II became GU
rious to see what time the men were or
dered to work, and invariably the whis-
tie blows three minutes of O'Clock. In
that-way the contractor gains five min
utes day on each man, 80 minutes a
week, 120 minutes a month and ,440
minutes or three days year.
NOW, say that this contractor en-
ploys, in one way and another, 100 men
the year around, and that he gains five
minutes day or three days year on
each man, what does he gain? Well,
say he paws these skilled and unskllled
workmen 50 a day. On one man he
will make S. a year, and on 100 men 5000
year. That is not SO bad, is 1t =
The reporter said nothing but he did
an immense amount OF thinking
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-06-13
FARM AND FIRESIDE.
Patience With Love.

They are but such tiny feet;
They have gone such a little way to meet
The years which are required to break
Their steps to evenness and make
Them go
More sure and slow.
They. are such little hands,
Be KIND. Things are so new and life but stands
step beyond the doorway. All found
New day mas found
Such tempting things to shine upon, and so
The hands are tempted hard, you know
They are such new, young lives;
Surely their neWness shriveS
Them we'll of many sins. They see so much,
That, being immortal they would touch,
That if they reach,
We must not chice but teach.
They are such fond, clear eyes,
That widen to surprise
At every turn; they are so often held
To suns and showers-showers soon di PEELED
By looking in our face
Love asks for so much grace.
They are such fair, frail gifts
Uncertain the riffs
Of light that lies along the sky
They may not be here by-and-bye,
Give them not love- but more-above
And harder-patience with the love.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-06-13
He Stole the News.

An enterprising Dartmouth freshman,
with taste for electric experiments,
tapped the wires of the Western Union
Telegraph Company recently and con-
nected them with an instrument in his
room. 1t was quite source of amuse-
ment to him to sit quietly at home and
learn all that was going on in the outer
world, but the company finally discov-
cred the scheme and now things look
far from promising for the young scien-
fist
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-06-13
Do Sheen Paw Z?

One year ago 1 owned a flock of SO
sheep, and | have that number now,
and during the year [ sold $50 pounds
of wool at 269 cents per pound, VIII ch
amounts to $SS.77; eighteen wethers at
81 per head, $500; one ram for $40
and one ram lamb for $500, making
total of $171.77. / have not bought any !;
the natural increase of the flock kept
up the number, and Landing time is al
most here again. AS you see have
not received any fancy prices, but sold
on the market and without grain.
Well, you may want to know what
stock [ keep. [ call them Ivanhoe
sheep, and for wool and mutton they
are hard to beat. l have bred this
flock up from natives, using CotsWold
and Southdown rams When [ COM
menced eighteen years ago my sheep
only sheared three pounds, now they
will go over ten pounds and tie end is
not yet. They will still do better.
They are looking we'll wintered on hay.
They have been sheltered. | believe
it pays to keep sheep, as the above will
prove to any man, if kept right. [ have
had a larger income from my flock this
last year than I could have sold the
flock for a year ago, and still have the
flock left, and am looking for another
crop of lambs soon. have no use for
man that says lizard times; sheep
don't pay" and will 90 half mile to
kick one. Nv advice to farmers is, i'm
prove your stock and improve your
self, and you will be a benefactor to
your race.-P. II. an the Journal Of Agr5-
culture
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-06-13
Better Pastures.

There is not sufficient care and skill
exercised in the starting and perpetu-
atom of pastures. There is in most
cases neither enough seed nor a suffi-
cient variety, to make a. pasture which
will cover the ground and keep it moist
and mellow. And the pastures are
cropped too short, letting the sun burn
and bake the soil and dry up vegeta-
ton. We venture to say that most
Iowa pastures could be made to pro-
duce three times as much forage as they
do. One variety of grass fourishes and
will produce rich and tender pasture at
one season of the year, while
another season, and yet one will not
crowd or interfere with the other. One
variety of grass will push its roots along
close to the surface and attract all of
the plant food in its appropriate depths.
And other varieties will send their
roots deep after water, nitrogen and
other plant food. THUS it is seen to
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-06-13

have perfect pasture, there should be
variety in the number of grasses sown.
Besides the pasture must be fed if it is
expected to produce ample products.
This is greatly neglected, and as con-
sequence taxes have to be paid on, and
capital invested in, one hundred acres
of pasture, when the same amount Of
grass could be raised on forty. It is
therefore important that pastures
should be amply seeded in variety and
quantity, that it should not be fed too
short, and that it should be literally
fertilized. Then each acre will render
more profit with less labor than any
other acre of crops on the farm.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-03-02

The Policies of The
Washington Incon-
testablc, etc.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-03-02
Linen Department.

Our stock of Flannels was never more COM
pete In fact, this is one OF our specialties.-
Don't fail to see our Anti-Rheumatic Red
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-03-02

know lady who for years, during the
winter months, rose at night after her hus-
band was asleep, and noselessy opens a
window about two inches, top and bottom.
Ifhe knew of it he would declare 1t gave him
cold if he did not know of he was not affect
cd, except that he would get up particularly
bright and well and frequently remarked to his
wife: you see it is all nonsense, your idea
about opening the windows such weather as
this. have no headache, never felt better
in my life, and if you would tell the truth you
would say the same. His wife, who always
rose first, closed the window rs noiselesly AS
she opened ii, and turned ON the register,
had the self restraint to say nothing, know
ing that argument could do no good.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-03-02

Your stomach of course. Why? Because IL II Ia
out OF order you are one of the most miserable
creatures living Give 1t a fair. honorable chance
and II 1t is not the best friend you have in tho
end. Don't smoke in the morning. Don't drink
In the morning. If you must smoke and drink
wait until your stomach is through with break
fast. You can drink more and smoke more in
the evening and 1t will tell on you less. II your
food fermcnts and does not digest right,-if you
head, coming up OF the food after eating
Biousness, Indigestion, or any other trouble
of the stomach, you had best use Green's August
Flower, as no person can use 1t without imme-
date relief.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-03-02
Cool and Calm.

Two farmers occupying adjoining estates,
rather naughty in stock rivalry, and studi-
ously stiff and short with each other, met by
the roadside, and the following interchange
occurred: Good morning" "Good morn
ing" "What was it you gave your horse
when he had the bots?" Spirits of turpen-
tine" Good morning" Good morning"
Second meeting, the next day "Good morn
ing" Good morning" odd you say you
he had the bots ?" Eyes, sir, ""I gave my horse
spirits of turpentine for the bots, and he
died" $50 did mine" "Good morning"
Good morning"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-03-02
Bush Mill at Private Sale
For Sale!
One of the Most Desirable Farms in
the State of Maryland.

The proprietor, j. b. Weller. offers at Private
sale the farm where he now resides. known as
me 'hetreat Farm" formerly owned and occu-
pied by the late VIM. f. Pannol, containing
l27 Acres of Land, More or Less.
Equal in produciiveness to any farm in tho
county, ana for location cannot be excelled. 1t
" completely enclosed with tirst-class post and
rail fence, and divided into seven fields, with
rst, class fences; all the fields are in good grass
1 ~, ~ THE MANSION, containing 1G
fkSZtnnsSStA 81 rooms. Water below and above,
kHss,,AAasEEytA Bath Room and Conservatory, Is
E4slfI45&2s situated upon a high eminence
EASEMENT and surrounded by spacious
lawns with shrubbery of all kinds. Also a fine
Grove of acres. From the observatory have a
fine water view for % miles in extent, embracing
bush RIVER as IT emptes into Chesapeake Bay.
The p, w. and Is. Railroad is in plain view rs II
crosses Bush River bridge. The station ut Per-
rymans miles distant. Also the ID. and o. Rail-
of Fruit OF all varieties natural to this climate
A good TENANT HOUSE, containing Rooms,
with good water at the door, a large Spring and
Stone Dairy, good Carriage House, Wash House,
two good Ice Houses, and all necessary outbuIld-
ings. Two very extensive Barns, and Shedding
capable OF storing 100 tons of hay and any
amount OF Fodder and Straw. StablinR for 20
head OF horses, and stalls for IS head of Cattle,
and Sheep House to accommodate 200 head.
This place presents nm opportunity seldom af-
forded to any gentleman wishing q first-cass
private residence.
For further information apply in person or by
letter to tho owner on the premises.
j. Is. WELLER,
0iec Hartford Furnace p. o., Md
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-03-02

but oh! what damned minutes tells he DER
who suffers, but waits who writhes, yet means,
before he makes up his mind to send out fer Just
twenty five cents worth of Salvation Oil, the
pain cure
They say the average politician is getting hoarsc
talking about tariff and no tariff: but he cures
his cold every night with DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup,
and begins atrosh next morning with The lark.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-03-02
white and Souud Tt eth.

A very simple, and harmless means for pre-
serving the teeth, white, sound and strong. In
vest % cents in Il bottle of Minot's Dentifrice
use according to directions, and n marvellous
change in your teeth, mouth and gums will
result. Sold everywhere.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-03-02

ALI signs fail"-except pimples and blotches.
Those never fail TO indicate an impure condition
of the blood. which may he thoroughly cleansed
and removed by the use of Ayers Sarsaparila.-
Tho most efllcacious and economical of blood
purifiers
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-03-02

Time softens all th;ngs'-except the
young man who parts his hair in the middle
and whistles on the street cars. Nothing
can make him any softer than he is.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-03-02
The Egis & Intelligencer
Bel Air, Nd, March 2, 1888.
CHRISTENING.

To-day saw little calm-eyed child
Where soft light rippled and the shadows tar
Tied
Within the church's shelter arched and asled-
Peacefully wondering, TO the altar carried;
white-robed and sweet. In sembance of flower,
White as the daisies that adorned the chancel !;
Borne like a gift-the young wifes natural
DOVER
Offered to God as her most precious hansel.
Then ceased the music, and the little one
Was silent; and the multitude assembled
Hearkeped and when OF Father and of Son
He spoke, the pastors deep voice broke and
trembled.
But she. the child, knew not the solemn words,
As helpless as the cry of frightened birds.
Whose untried wings for fight are unavailing.
How like in this, thought. to older folks
The blessing falls We calIit trbulation,
And fancy that we wear a sorrows yoke
Even at the moment OF our conservation.
-UdTpfT'S Magazine.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-07-20
The Little Leper Girl.

The case of Minnie Scholz, the little
leper girl who came here from Honolulu,
is one that is far from creditable either
to the humanity or OfficialdOm of San
Francisco. OF course it is not to be ex-
pected that we will permit any influx of
lepers from elsewhere. There are quite
enough in the country at present and no
effort is made to find or segregate them.
They are permitted to live undisturbed
among their friends, who conceal the
existence of the lOathsOme disease. If
energy is to be expended in the eradica-
ton of the disease, then let our officials
commence work with those who are af-
flicted at home. The unfortunate Min
ME SchOlz merely came here on her way
to Germany, where it was proposed
that she should be treated by
DIR. Aiming, a gentleman who has
had large and successful experience
with leprosy. She had no intention of
remaining in this country, and her
father merely desired to take her to her
destination by the quickest route. To
have gone by Australia would have been
a longer and more expensive journey,
and the father could i'll afford either
time or money. Yet the life of his child
was at stake, and it must have been with
painful feelings that he watched the pro-
CeedlngS OF our officials. His family
secret was exposed to the world and
made a subject for discussion in every
home. The faint of the disease will re-
main with his family forever, though
the disease itself may never make its APP
pearance in any other member of his
family. 1t would have been far more
humane if the father had been permitted
to take his little one, as he desired,
quickly out of the country, and obtain
for her the best medical assistance
This could have been done with perfect
safety, and with every guarantee that
they had left the country. Nobody need
ever have known of their arrival or de-
parture, and such a course would also
have been far more dignified than to
have our officials haggling over a ques-
ton OF authority and precedence in
order to puff themselves with PRIDE
(San Francisco News Letter.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-07-20
Portuguese Letters.

Mr.. EDITOR: shall not hesitate a
moment to call the attention of the
Postmaster-General to a proposition
which l trust will receive his promptest
possible attention. 1t is the delivery of
the Portuguese letters, which is as vet
not carried out with that delicacv and
secrecy which is bestowed on letters OF
people of other nationalities, and is dis
creditable to our otherwise improved
mail service.
A Portuguese calling for a letter at the
Postoffice is handed out by the officiating
clerk a large bundle of correspondence.
from among which to select those as are
meant for him, or as the caller other
wise may see fit to appropriate. This
promiscuous handling arises from the
fact of there not being a single
employee in the office, who understands
that language, whilst the fact of the
Portuguese colony being very numerous,
their correspondence quite large. calls
for the special engagement of a Young
man of their nationality in the Postal
Department, so as to properly attend to
the wants of these people, who frequent
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-07-20
A Little Kingd ON.

The smallest kingdom Oh earth is
Tavolara, an island in the Mediterranean
Sea, whose ruler, King Paul L., died sew
eral months ago. OFF the northeast coast
of the island of Sardinia lies the much
smaller island of TavOlara, five miles
long and one broad. Its possession and
absolute sovereignty were formally grant
ed by King Charles Albert, of Sardinia,
to the Bartoleoni family, and for more
than half a century Paul l., King OF
Tavolara, regned over it in peace. On
the 3Oth of May last, King Paul was
compelled to 90 to the. mainland to seek
treatment for heart disease. Finding
that science was powerless in his case
the King returned to his island to die in
the midst of his subjects, who are forty
in number. He died sitting in his chair,
like the Emperor Vespasian, vainly en-
deavOring to write a will. He was 78
years old. The forty subjects of Re
Paolo, as they called him, lost in him a
benevolent and industrious monarch.
Tavolara is smaller State than even the
Republic of San Marino, lying east of
Italy, which has twenty-five square
miles and 5000 people; the principality
of Monaco, on the French coast of the
Mediterranean, near the Italian frontier,
which has eight and One-half square
miles and $500 inhabitants; or the Re-
public of AndOra, lying between France
and Spain. which is 600 square miles in
extent and has 1000 people.-[The Am
PricaO