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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-12-12
Chaan and Gnad Paint.

Some fifteen or twenty years ago the
commissioner of agriculture published
the formula for mixing the paint which
was used to great extent on the fenc.
inps and outbuildings of the department
at Washington. The paint is both cheap
and durable, and the materials are COM
mon on the farm or easily procured. 1t
is SO late in the season now that the
flies have disappeared, and the cool
weather will prevent the paint from
drying too fast, SO that really there is
no better time in the year to paint and
regenerate the farm buildings, which
not only tends to preserve them from
decay, but adds to their appearance
very effectively.
The recipe for making the paint is as
follows: Mix hydraulic cement or wa
ter lime and sweet skim med milk slow
ly, in bucket or suitable vessel until it
is just about the consistency Of good
cream. The cement is first put into the
bucket and the milk slowly added, stir
ring constantly and thoroughly all the
time, so that the mixture is perfectly
homogeneous or alike all through, and
the paint will have dn even flow, not
running" whom applied or becoming
streaked, which it will do if too thin.
The proportions are one quart of CO.
ment, or a little more, to each gallon of
milk. II only one person is to do the
painting, TINS quantity is enough to mix
at tune, as II too much is mixed the
cement will settle and harden, or "set"
before it all can be used. A flat paint
brush about four inches in width is the
best to put this mixture on with, laying
the pa ut on exactly as if it were oil
paint. 1t can be applied to woodwork,
either planed or rough, stone or bricks
and will wear nearly as we'll as the
best of oil paint. It forms hard, adj
adhesive coat which seems to be i'm
pervious to the action of water-or frost,
of light vellowish or stone color, very
suitable for farm buildings. Ochres,
like Venetian red, or the common yell
low, may be added, if different color
is desired, but these colors must be run
with the dry cement through a pain,
mill, SO TINT they may be thoroughly
incorporated with the paint, else those
spots where there is all. or nearly all
coloring matter and no cement, will
soon be washed off by storms.
1t is rather difficult matter to mix
colors in this paint without injuring it,
and the natural color is so suitable and
pleasing that it should be satisfactory
to everyone. When we'll mixed, with.
out added color, this skinned milk
paint has a good body" makes s
smooth, satisfactory finish on wood
stone or brick buildings, and wears ad
mirably. The cost, as will be evident
to any farmer, will not be one-fourth
the cost of oil paint and it is full as good
| and durable. 1t must be we'll mixed
and well put on.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-12-12
Making the Most of SKINNED Milk.

Making the iMOSt Oh SkiAuIneu nhk
The old fashioned farm rule was that
every cow kept for making butter
would warrant the. keeping of another
SOW and pigs. Not that the skim milk
wonld alone furnish sufficient feed for
these. It would not at first, and as the
PIGS became larger, and the cows milk
GRADUALLY decreased later in the season,
the discre pancy became all the greater.
INT the skim milk and buttermilk
made a basis. They gave the pigs the
kind of food that made growth, while
thev could fill up on various other foods
to exnand the stomach and make fat.
The addition of wheat bran and ground
oats to the milk makes it the best posi-
bic food for growing pigs. Ii given a
RIM at pasture or in a bearing orchard,
. litter OF pigs may thus by fall bring
nearly as much from the skim milk as
the housewife has with great labor made
from the butter. AT eight or. nine
months old these pigs thus fed will
have vigorous digestive organs and
take readily to corn feeding. But 1t is
not good policy, at least in warm wealth
ar to feed corn to a pig not yet six
months old. In winter some corn may
he a necessity to promote warmth; but
# n'nst be supplemented for growing
MOS with other and less fattenlng 1ood.
Hillsboro recorder., 1888-03-08
aIIome Sweet Home. y

George Melville Is known to fame
principally as one Of the survivors Of the
Inflated jeanette Polar expedition. His
return to America from that terrible
voyage was one of the inspiring causes
that led the rich Washington banker,
w. W. Corcoran, to have brought back
10 America the remains Of the sweet
song writer, John Howard Payne. 1t
happened this way: r. - !. &.
When Lieutenant Melville and his
companions reached Washington after
their rescue they were given a reception
by the principal citizens Of the Capital.
An escort met them at the depot on their
arrival, and, headed by the famous Ma.
rine Band that furnishes the music Of
the White House, the procession started
up Pennsylvania avenue. It was alright,
sunny day and the wide street was
crowded. When the band moved along
the avenue II played the heart-touchine
tune OF "Home, Sweet Home,n and Il
filed the air with the old.timed music
that has found an echo In every heart foI
so many years.
In the first carriage rode Lieutenant
Melville, and with him the rich banker.
Mr.. Corcoran had known and befriended
John Howard Payne in the struggling
days Of the song maker, and the tune
awoke old memories in the rich mans
heart and suifused his eyes with tears.
lie thought Of the man whose tender
lines and sweet music had brought joy
TO so many breasts, and remembered that
his bones lay mouldcriDg in q foreign
land, homeless even in death.
Then and there he resolved that all
that was mortal Of John Howard Payne
shouldfnd and m abiding place here at
home That night he wrote 10 Secretary
frelinghuysen about the matter, and the
Government lent It's aid through the
United States Consul ut Tunis, near
which place the almost forgotten grave
was located. The details were soon per.
feeted, and one bright June day In fss3,
the remains Of the dead poet arrived in
this country and were given a resting
place in the land he loved 30 we'll.
Mr. Corcoran bore all the expense AZ
tached to the transfer, and Il was the
old familiar tune ringing out along the
avenue on that pleasant day when AIel.
vile came home that first awaked Ia his
heart tho resolve TO give a lasting burial
place TO the poets remalns.-Nes YoyI
Graphic.
Hillsboro recorder., 1888-03-08
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS oFINTEREsT RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN. .
Bitter Cream.

A correspondent writes to know wha,
makes his cream turn bitter. It is sweet
when skinned, is keptin nice cellar,
where there are no vegetables, the cellar
has brick walls, and is declared we'll
ventilated; but in 81 hours after skim.
ming, the cream turns bitter. Without
actual inspection Of all the surroundings
and conditions, it is difficult to give the
cause for certainty. In this case, it is
probably fungus growth in the milk,
the seeds Of the fungus plant falling in
the cream while the milk is set, or possibly
entering the systems of thscows through
the water they drink, the food they eat or
the air they breathe. Possibly heating
the milk in hot-water bath from
1S0 to $50 degrees before setting, might
remove the difficulty. If the tempera-
ture Of the cream, before or after skim.
ming, is subject to sudden and extreme
changes, this may cause the development
of bitter principle. Or, If the souring
of the cream is carried too far-that is,
to the point of alcoholic fermentation
this will give it bitter taste. If the
bitterness comes from eating bitter food,
or from some of the cows giving bitter
milk--as they sometimes dot ought
to show in the milk when first drawn.
Perhaps our correspondent can find in
these suggestions hint that will
lead to the discovery of the cause of che
bitterness. With all our knowledge and
the manifest progress in the art OF dairy
ing during the last two decades, there is
still wide unexplored region for inves-
tigation, and it is to be hoped that some
Of our recently-established Agricultural
Experiment Stations will soon take up
the subject Of milk in an intelligent man.
ner and give us some additional light on
it.-Prdirie Farmer.
Hillsboro recorder., 1888-03-08
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

The slate is unknown in Belgian bar
rooms, the law prohibiting credit for
drinks.
In the year 1915 the royal head Of
France paid $4,000 to have corn re-
moved from his toe.
"A Milford PENN correspondent says
that thirty feet at bound is no uncom-
mon jump for wildcat.
A thread has been produced from the
common nettle so fine that length Of
sixty miles weighs only two and half
pounds. ~ -
An elephant lives 400 years; a whale,
800; tortoise, 100; camel 40; horse,
25; bear, 20; a lion, 90; an OK, e5; a
cat, Is; a dog, a, sheep, 10; squirrel,
8; guinea pig, Z.
At the mouth of the Congo there is a
remarkable submarine valley. just at
the mouth of the river il Is 1,452 feet
deep, and it can be distinctly traced for .
hundred miles out to sea.
During her twenty years of married
life Mrs. John Guest, of Wichita, Kan,
has presented her husband with twenty
two children. She has twice given birth
to twins and once to triplets.
The Berlin beer drinkers are the fast,
est in Europe. In certain saloon me-
chanical lion roars when q new cask is
tapped, and that incites every one to fin
ish his glass and ordera new one.
The natives of Central Africa had
never before seen woman who wore
skirts and long hair until Mrs. Hobub,
wife OF the explorer, came among them,
and they regarded her as supernatural
being. M.
The Oldest piece of carpentry in the
world is wooden throne which be-
longed to queen Of the eighteenth
Egyptian dynasty. Its more than 1000
years old, and was recently presented by
Jesse Haworth, q collector, to the British
museum.
A Hannibal (Mo.) man says that he
went into the woods few days ago and
painted black circle on the end Of log,
and when he went back to the spot an
hour later he found 800 dead rabbits
there. They had mistaken the circle for
hole in the log and dashed themselves
to death against it. ~..1.<...
A traveller on a Georgia railroad
wanted to get off at a station where the
train did not stop. II was after dark.
and so when the conductor would not
agree to stop for him, the passenger
went to the front platform of the rear
car, drew the coupling pin, set the
brakes, and when the car stopped jumped
of.
A queer custom prevails among the
Indians Of the Kuskowim country. It
seems that If q native woman is agree
able to change of husbands, the ques-
tion of her possession is decided by a
wrestling match between the two rivals,
in which the victor carries off the
woman. The vanquished combatant
does not appear to entertain the slightest
feeling of anger or resentment against
his more successful opponent.
The die Of the Goddess Of Liberty used
on our coins was first cut by Mr.. Spencer,
the inventor Of the Spencer la.he. He
cut medallion Of Mrs. Washington, wife
Of General Washington, and some Of the
6rst issue Of coins were struck with her
portrait. When General Washington
first saw them he was much displeased,
and requested that the figure be changed.
Mr.. Spencer then placed cap on the
head, altered the features q little, and
called it the Goddess of Liberty. It has
been used ever since then without
material alteration.
Hillsboro recorder., 1888-03-08
IIouses MIthont Mindons.

There are In France 27g, $40 apart
ments, providing accommodations fol
over 100000 persons, which rooms ar,
entirely destitute of any other means oI
admitting light and air than by the door
In Paris alone the number Of families
thus lodged reaches q total Of 27,lsg
There arc in London over 60, 900 fami
lies who live 10 cellars under the mos
unfavorable conditions as regards salu
brity. In Berlin there ere $4,000 fami
lies who occupy only portions Of rooms
Ofttn sort of shelf on which father
mother and children sleep, one over ii.
other. Bostoa 7faascripi.
Hillsboro recorder., 1888-03-08

Much has been written and said about how
30 make home happy. .1he moralist and the
preacher have hackneyed this theme until 1t
would seem nothing more remained to be said.
But the philosophers have gone far out Of their
way to account forthe prevalence OF ill-sorted
couples and unhappy homes, and have over
ness Of married life can be traced directly TO
those functional arrangements to which w0-
men are suject. In nine cases out OF ten the
irritable, dissatisfied and unhappy wife Is q
trial OF DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription will
produce more domestic happiness than a mill
ion sermons or philosophical treatises. ltcures
a Ihose pecLnar weaknesses 4 ana ailments IN n,
by druggists, under positive guarantee from
the manufacturers, that it will give satisfac-
tion In every case or money will be refunded.
See guarantee printed on wrapper enclosing
bottle.
Hillsboro recorder., 1888-03-08

To the Edltor:-Please inform your readers
that l have positive remedy for the above
named disease. BY its timely use thousands OF
hopeless cases have been permanently cured.
shall be glad to send two bottles of my remedy
FREE TO any OF your readers who have con-
sumption II they will send me their Express
and Il. o. address. Respectfully,
IA. Sk0CUAi, NJ. q, ISL Pearl st., n. Y.
Hillsboro recorder., 1888-03-08

~, bul Wit IIlAI IItIIt EtrUhg. =,
This is especially true OF purge. The aver
age man or woman does not precisely banker
for il, as rule, but when taken, wishes II to
be prompt, sure and effective. DIR. Pierce's
Pleasant Purgatiye Pellets leave nothing TO be
desired in point of efficacy and yet their action
Is totally free from any unpleasant symptoms,
or disngresable after-efreets. Purely ycgcta-
BILE, perfectly harmless.
Hillsboro recorder., 1888-03-08
Guarding aeains. the Swine Plague

The State Veterinarian and Livestock
Commissioners Of Nebraska have issued
the following circular on preventing the
introduction and spread Of the swine
plague: Whether the rayages Of hog
cholera can be prevented by inoculatson
is stiilyery questionable. II has never
been satisfactorily demonstrated that any
benefits can be derived from this method.
nor does ]. seem probable that iaocula.
tion can be made practicable. II, there.
ore, farmers and swine. breeders apply
such rules as are herein suggested, they
would be able 10 reduce their losses 10 0
minimum and cope successfully with the
disease. II an outbreak exists separate
all healthy from the diseased hog. as
soon - poss bic. The healthy hogs
should be removed 10 n new and unin.
fected pasture or pen aud carefully
watched By an attendant. Should any
that have been thought 10 be well be.
come weak or appear TO be sick, ailing,
or of their feed, take them out aud kiil
them. All diseased hogs should be killed
and cremated as son as possible. Sec.
tion !, chapter 5, laws u 1885: can
act TO prevent the spread of hog cholera
makes Il the duty Of owners Of swine
dying from hog cholera 10 either bury
or burn them within twenty.four hours
after death on his own premises" I.
ndghbors would sec 10 The enforcement
Of this law they would IN all probability
save themselves frequently from serious
losses, and would he doing the public q
great service. II your hogs are healthy
Il is advisable never 10 allow new hogs
70 intermingle with them In the herd IN
I'll after having them subjected 70 q strict
quarantine Of not less than seven weeks.
Neither il II advisable to allow anyone 10
70 into hogpens after returning from an
infected place without first changing
their boots. There should be hut one
attendant 10 look after sick animals,
who, during snch service, should not be
allowed 10 leave the place. Hogs should
never be watered at stream II & comes
running from where the disease Il known
10 exist. Dogs Or other animals belong.
ing to infected farms should not be Ill.
loved TO roam about ai will where hogs
are kept, IS they may carry the infestion
20 them. " these rules ave carefully OBJ.
served there need be little fear of hog
cholera causing any serious loss OF
spreading 70 any alarming extent.
Hillsboro recorder., 1888-03-08

Are the months In which to purify the blood for at
other season IS the body so susceptible TO benelt
from medicine. The peculiar purifying and reviv-
ing qualities OF Hoods sarsaparila needed TO
pei disease and fortify tho system against the deb
tatlng effects OF mild weather Every year increases
the popularity Of Hoods sarsaparilla for It Is Just
what people need at this season. II Is tho Ideal
spring medicine II you have never tried IT, DO so.
Hillsboro recorder., 1888-03-08
March April May

Hoods sarsaparlais prepared from sarsaparilla.
Dandcllon, Mandrake, Dock, Juniper Berries, and
other wen known vegetable remedies, in such pecu-
liar manner as TO derive the full medicinal value Of
each II will cure, when In the power Of medicine.
scrofula salt rheum sores. boils pimplss, humors
dyspepsia, bIllousness. sick headache, indigestion,
general debility catarrh rheumatism kidneya
complaints IL oyercomes that extreme tired feeling
Hillsboro recorder., 1888-03-08
About Narrowing.

II is laid down by a writer in the
dmerioJR C,fltiea'or as good husbandry
that grain and corn should be often
narrowed, and the argument is used that
it disturbs the soil and takes out the
grass and weeds; again, that this can be
done with perfect safety and without in.
jury to the future crop.
Now let US take corn, for instance.
It is said that this should be often har-
rowed, and that it may be done without
injury until the corn is at least six
inches high. To stir the soil often is SO
important q matter as to admit of no
doubt. Equally important is it to re-
move the grass and weeds; but is a
harrow the implement with which to
perform this workl
II it be said that to harrow a field of
young corn or grain will iniure it some
and benefit il more, and upon the whole
the benefit would outweigh the injury,
this would be proposition which, while
open to controversy, would still be en-.
tirely different from the one laid down
as good husbandry. 1t would seem as
though grass or weeds with their numer-
Gus roots must adhere TO the soil as firmly
as young corn with its one root,
or at most its very few roots.
II so, whence comes all that nice dis
elimination on the part Of the harrow
tooth to destroy the one and do no in
jury to the other7 Will not a blow
from harrow tooth do as much violence
TO the tender blade as would a blow from
hoe or club or n falling hail.stonei
To be sure, il is said the teeth of the har-
row must be slanting. On the other
hand, il the teeth are sufficiently slant
ing TO disturb nothing, then the work is
useless. Again, IL the teeth are suffi-
ciently uplight TO affect the grass and
weeds in any manner, how can they run
over the field without affecting the corn
in like mannerl When in the parable
the servants Of the household fnstinc.
lively asked permission to go forth and
gather up the tares the answer was:
'Nay, lest while ye gather up the tarcs We
root up also the wheat with them" II
may be said that the Testament is not an
authority upon agriculture, yet it is a
book which we reverence and beliye, and
Ifabmit that the direction therein given
Is much more sensible than that Of the
late uninspired writers on this subject.
Hillsboro recorder., 1888-03-08

Counties thousands mourn" because they
have not sent for free pamphlet on Taylor's
Hospital Cure for Catarrh, ga B'way, New
York. e
Hillsboro recorder., 1888-03-08

Its thousands or cures are the best advertise
rnent for DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
Hillsboro recorder., 1888-03-08

Mothers, oyerworked Men, and for all diseases
where the tissues are wasting away from the
inability 70 digest ordinary food. or from over.
work OF the brain or bod all such should take
SC IT'S EMULSION of Pure Cod Liver OIL with
Hypophosphites. II used the Emulsion on a
lady who was delicate, and threatened with
bronchitis; II put her In such good health and
nesh, that must say il is the best Emulsion 1
EYER nsed."-L. p. WADDELI, MID, Hugh's
Hillsboro recorder., 1888-03-08

The loss In the last PENNSYLVANIA coal strik,
amounts to near "a, ,o0, 900; the miners lost half
Hillsboro recorder., 1888-03-08
MAN wants bud IIttle here below,

Newcastle, Cal, has q fig tree IA feet In
circumference, covering 200 feet of surface.
Hillsboro recorder., 1888-03-08

Your poor wear ed wife losing sleep night
after night nursing the little one suffering
from that night-fend 10 children and horror
70 parents, GROUP, should have q bottle OF
Taylor's Cherokee Remedy OF Sweet Gum and
Mullen, an undoubted Group preventive and
cure for coughs, colds and consumption.
Hillsboro recorder., 1888-03-08

The Merced irrigating canal, In California,
has been opened. IL Is Tmiles long.
Hillsboro recorder., 1888-03-08
Hoods sarsaparIIla

Tor many months ff,red greatly. Ny whole
system seemed to be be entirely run down. my am
blton was gone. had pains in my back and feeling
OF lassitude which ! could not throw on ! was
treated unsuccessfully for kidney trouble. One day
at by brothers saw ostle OF Hoods sarsaparilla
and determined 10 try It. Before the first bottle was
taken candidly y was relieved. have used the
medicine OF and on ever since. and recommend It
for kidney or liver complaintsD Mrs. W. H. sTRASG,
9s1 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn. NY.
Hillsboro recorder., 1888-03-08

Best, easiest 20 use and cheapest. Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh. By druggists. 5Oc.
Hillsboro recorder., 1888-03-08
Consumption surely Cured

Since the War, farm property in Illinois has
fallen of SsO0,000 600.
Hillsboro recorder., 1888-03-08
PuriHes the Blood

"seyen years ag J, while my little boy was playing
in tho yard. he was bitten BY . spider. The poison
entere his blood, and sores soon broke out about
his body they itchcd terribly ani caused him intense
suffering. Several times succeededin healing the
sores up but in spite Of oil we could do trey would
soon break out again Finally We tried Hood'sSarsa
parlla, and he took one bottle and oneth rd Of an
other. when the sores disappeared. Hehasnot sore
spot on him now. ana consider him perfectly
cured.n WIN. II. u. WARD. Downington, Penn.
Hillsboro recorder., 1888-03-08

stresses, "shop-girls," housekeepcrr, nurl-
Ing mothers, and feeble women generally.
DIR. pierccs fav0rite Prescription r the
greatest earthly bonn, being uuequaisd ag
40 appetlxing cordial and rustomtlyc tonic.
IL promotes digestion and assimilation Of
Indigestion. bi0ating and eructatlons Of Eas.
Hillsboro recorder., 1888-03-08
Hoods SarsapariIla
100 Doses One Dollar

Sold by all druggists si six for o.. Prepared only
byc.L HOOD co. Apothecaries. Lowell. Mass.
Hillsboro recorder., 1888-03-08
TIE WRONG DISEASE

Mrs. y Y. MoR1Aa. of M. " T.erthoson ~.
Gdd L5lsigiy M1ssr saygs Tive years n90 1
Having exhausted the hkill Of thras phyai-
clans. was oofnplctely Discouraged, ana 70
Hillsboro recorder., 1888-03-08
oUTGRoWTH OF "A VAST EYPrI

VfROFntIiiR tonic, It
inparts strength % tho
whole system, and 20 tho
uterus. or womb aIiti ~
appcnaages, Ia partlcn-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-01-14
RAILWAY LEGISLATION.

The Ohio Legislature is again strug-
CLING with the railway fare problem, g
bill having been introduced to reduce
the rate to 2 cents a mile. A railway
official is quoted as saying: 81 do not
think that if the bill is passed it will
materially affect the railroads. 1t
would be natural to suppose that it
would reduce the earnings at first, but
the new conditions would readily adjust
themselves. 1t would largely increase
the amonnt of travel. A uniform rate
|of 9 cents per mile was fixed on New
York roads by the Legislature of that
State, and slough there was considera-
bic complaint from the railroad coua-
|panies at first, the plan is working very
satisfactorily now"
But is it question of whether it
will be better or worse for the rail-
Pods? That question should not
6gAre in the matter. justice and
light are the only things that can
be taken into consideration. and I'M
fortunately these are rarely regarded
By Legislatures which set out to at
Jack railways. The Ohio newspapers