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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-30
Art that Pays.
From the Art Amateur.


The most profitable pen-and ink-work
demanded by publishers is in original
illustrations for stories, poems, etc.,
where the artist must rely upon the re-
sources of his imagination to give in
SEPARATION to his hand Of course, those
which best illustrate the ideas of the
writer are most acceptable. Again,
sketches OF scenery, copied from pencil
sketches, or drawn with pen by sour
special artist on the spot" are in great
demand, and are very remunerative to
those who succeed at it. 1t is hardly
necessary to add that the best prepare
ton for his work is constant drawing
with the pen from nature, both figures
and landscapes.
Another class of work-that of MAX
ing drawings directly from photographs
lis profitable, because it can lie done
so rapidly. This work is very largely
applied to magazine illustrations. For
example, writer on travel sends to the
editor the photographs of scenes with
which he desires to illustrate his article.
Thirty years ago these photographs
would have been sent to an artist, who
would have drawn them in reverse up
on lockwood block and then have
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-30
How to Cure a Cold.
From the Youths COMPANION.

From the Youth 3 Companion.
When one becomes chilled, or takes
cold, the mouths of my1iads of little
sweat glands are suddenly closed, and
the impurities which should pass off
through the skin are forced back to the
interior OF the body, vitiating the blood,
and putting extra work on the lungs and
other internal organs.
Just Ueneatn the surface of the skin,
all over the body, there is a network OF
minute blood vessels, finer than the
finest lace. When one is chilled, the
blood is forced from these capillary yes
sells into one or more of the internal
organs, producing inflammation or con-
gestiOn, and thus often causing diseases
dangerous to life.
The time to treat cold is at the ear
liest possible moment after you have
taken it, and your prime object should
be 10 restore the perspiration and the
capillary circulation.
AS soon, then, as you feel that you
have taken cold, have a good fire in
your bedroom. Put your feet into
water as hot as can be borne, and con-
tanning a tablespoonful of mustard.
Have it In vessel SO deep that the
water will come up well toward the
knees. Throw a blanket over the
whole, to prevent rapid evaporation
and cooling. In from five to ten min
utes take the feet out, wipe them dry,
and get into bed on Which there are
two extra blankets
just before or after getting into bed,
drink large glass of lemonade as hot
as possible, or glass of hot water con-
tanning a teaspooniul of cream of tartar,
with little sugar if desired.
Should there be pain in the chest,
side Or back. indicating pleurisy or
pneumonia, dip small towel in cold
water, and wiring it as dry as possible.
Fold the towel so that it will cover lit
tie more surface than is affected bv the
pain. Cover this with piece of fan
mel, and both with oiled silk, or better,
with oiled linen, now wind strip of
flannel foot wide several times around
the chest.
The heat of the body will warm the
towel almost Immediately, the oiled
linen and flannel will retain the heat
and moisture, and steaming the part
will generally cause the pain to disap-
pear.
Should there be pain or soreness in
the throat you should treat it in SINH
ar manner with wet compress and fan
mel bandage.
Eat spsringly of plain, simple food.
Baked apples and other fruit, bread and
butter, bread and milk, milk toast,
baked potatoes or raw oysters may be
eaten.
By following the above directions in
diligently and faithfully on Will ordin-
arily check the progress of the cold, and
prevent serious, possibly fatal, illness.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-30
FARM AND FIRESIDE.
After Frost.


When the leaves are off the bushes and the
quails begin 10 pipe
An the hickory nuts are fallin' an the pawpaw's
good an ripe,
An the twigs you step SO careful on are sure to
snap an crack,
An you whistle to the setter an the squirrel jaws
you back
o. thems the kind O. days fer me to meet the
risin' sun,
With huntin boots an trousers an q double
barreled gum
When the woods full o. happy sounds of ev-
cry sort an type,
An the leaves are Off the bushes an the quails
begin to pipe.
There's kind o. freelike feelin broken loose in
side o. you,
An you want to boiler awful but you know you
dassen'tto
Fer the frosty woods is allus full O. skeery heart
From the fussy little partridge, with its whizzn,
whirrn' wings,
To the PIN long tailed cotton tail, at goes a.
skipping hence.
An the frisky little chipmunk on the top rail of
the fence.
Where he giggles tillhe doubles up as if he had
the grippe
begin to pipe.
There's sort o. dreamy sadness, too, Teller Of
With his game Dag full O. pheasants an the setter
at his heels,
AS he plods acrost the medders at the settin' o.
the sun,
An he thinks O. them dead pheasants at the
bangin' of his gun,
An he has some queerish notions bout the SOU Is
O birds an men,
An the happy huntin' grounds ats in the ever
Fer he's marked the day behind him with aw-
full ugly stripe
When the leaves are off the bush as an the quails
begin to pipe.
-Edacin s. HOPKINS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-30
Alcohol and Longevity.

The British Medical Association ap-
pointed commission to inquire and
ascertain the average age of three class
es of drinkers; to wit, total abstainers
from alcoholic beverages, moderate
drinkers and sots. The commission re-
ported its observations upon 4, 234 deaths
divided into five categories: |. Total alb
stainers; 2. Habitual, temperate drink
ers-those who consume q moderate
amount of alcoholic liquors; 3. Careless
drinkers-those who do not mean to get
drunk, but are simply imprudent
drinkers; 4. Free and habitual drink
ers; 5. Decidedly Incorporate drink
ers-sots. According to this classical
ton, the average age reached by each
of these categories is as follows: First
class. 81 years % days; second, SO years
Is days; third, SO years 81 days; fourth.
81 years, SO days; fifth, So years 8 days.
From this the curious fact is brought
out that the teetotalers are the shortest
lived, the sots having but slight ad-
vantage over them in the average dura-
ton Of life. The moderate drinkers
reach the most advanced age.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-30
HINTS TO HOUSEkEEPERS.

DOES everybody know that the best
covering for poultice or a mustard
paste is tissue paper?
USE silver spoon when cooking
mushrooms. The silver will be black
ened If any injurious quality is pre-
sent.
Do not be deceived by agents who
have superior furniture polish" for
sale. Use linseed oil, there is nothing
better.
BE ashamed to iron q limp shirt
bosom Men do not 30 much care for
q polished shirt front as they do for a
stiff one.
THAT hands may be kept smooth in
cold weather by avoiding the use Of
warm water. Wash them with cold
water and soap.
THAT the best and most convenient
cover for a jelly tumbler is thin paper
fastened over the top of the glass by q
rubber band.
IT is good idea for tall woman to
board a little higher than ordinary. 1t
will save many backache.
USE great care in serving food for the
table, as the smallest spatter OF grease
or gravy changes the appearance and
GLASSES and dishes wipe to perfection
dish mop, soap shakes aud an iron dish
washer. These also expedite the labor,
as very hot water can be used.
A FEW years ago a fashionable table
was 80 piled with high dishes that it
was Impossible to see ones vis-a-vis
without peeping under the heavily la
den silver and glassware. Now table
Is considered vulgar when not laid in
low, simple manner.
THAT pleasant raiuy-day work for the
older children is to be found in the
making of scrap book of the portraits
OF noted men and women; the portraits
to be obtained from publishers cata-
logues, magazines, newspapers, and
other available sources.
THAT essence of peppermint, applied
with the fnger-tips over the seat Of
pain, gives relief in headache, toothache
or neuralgia pain in any part of the
body. Care must be taken not to put
it directly under the eye, on account of
the smarting it would cause.)
WHEN decanters and carafes become
so discolored inside that shot or fine
Goals will not cleanse them, fill the bot
tie with finely chopped potato skins,
cork tightly and let the bottle stand for
three days, when the skins will fer
ment. Turn out and rinse. The bottle
will be as bright and clean as when
new.
To tie shoe 80 it will stay: Tie a
simple knot. Then start to tie bow
knot, but before drawing down tight
take the last part of the bow made, put
it over, then under the knot, and pull
down tight, az you would finish bow
knot. This will unite as easily as regu-
lar bowknot, but of itself will not come
united.
In canning tomatoes peel whole toma-
toes and crowd them into cans, pressing
them down slowly. Put board in o
the bottom of boiler and set the cans
on the board. Fill the boiler with cold
water to half the height OF the cans, lay
ing the tops of the cans on loosely, let
ting them remain until the water has
boiled twenty minutes. Then remove
the cans, and if they are not full fill
with hot water and seal at once.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-30
Paint on Houses a Health Agent.

Statistics show that people live longer
in brick house than in stone, and that
wooden houses are the healthiest. This
suggests tie idea Of using paint on ma
sonry. An authority states that 100
years ago it was fashionable to paint
brick buildings white. and many charm
ing structures remain to attest the value
of coat of paint in preserving the ma
sonry, and it's pleasant, home-like effect
is foil to the vines and shrubs with
which even city houses are now COM
monty adorned. If it should prove, as
might be easily ascertalned, that the
painted brick houses preserve their in.
habitants more efectually from sickness
and premature death than the un-
painted ones. it would be worth while
to revive the ancient fashion, and, with
our greater resources in the way of ma
terials and ideas, exterior coloring
might become as important an accessory
to the architecture of the twentieth
century as it was to that of the twelfth
Oh thirteenth.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-30
He SHALL GIVE HIS ANGELS CHARGE
BY HATTIE BELL WHEELER.

BY HATTIE BELL WHEELER.
In our work through the day. or in nights slum-
Der deep,
God sends his bright angels, watch DER us to
keep,
In our sorrow or trials they always are near
To com'O-t and shield us, to guide and to cheer.
All! angel land guiding through dark walls Of
lie,
We thank Thee, oh God that in Thy love Thou
dost spare
To us those bright angels from Thy home "oer
there
For we need them SO much while we are left be-
low,
For our trial life here hath so much of woe
In that promise of Thine we can rest SO secure
And troubles of life will help to endure
In all of lilies burdens we'll but lay at thy feet.
With all of its joys-its submission complete
Thou alone knoweth all o our sorrows and grief.
Thou alone for rose sorrows can send relief.
All our grief Thou canst turn In moment to
Our enemies plans Thou canst surely destroy,
AID the loving angels which to us Thou dost
send
viii guide oil the way to iifes journeys enc
And we need so much guiding to keep the right
way,
FOR from the straight path we are SO prone to
stray.
Blu: think sometimes we're permitted to leave
The true road of life because tbs so broad;
But the one, alas which leads so far from God.
Aud ere we travel it far some rank poison vine
Which grows near the wayside will round US en-
Irvine,
There's more thorns than roses and the road
bed Is mre,
And our feet OF that broad, tempting road will
soon tire.
Then the angels draw nearer and whisper a
word
Which by the tired traveller 40 gladly is heard.
t'Return,'' they will whisper, and the wise eer
give heed
And false steps retrace with the angels to lead.
Then. tho narrow the way which we walk. twill
be free
From all that can harm, and ahead we can see
The rays of light beaming from iaith's beacon so
bright,
And with that in our view we need fear no nignt,
And with Heaye n ahead, and Gods angels to
guide.
Wen reach Heavens home over there to abb de
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-30

given them into the hands of wood
engraver. Fifteen years ago the service
of draughtsman would not have been
required. The wood engraver would
have taken them first and have photo
graphed them in reverse upon the
block and then have engraved them.
[ his method is also practiced now to
some extent, but is being rapidly super
seeded by that of sending the photo
graphs to the artist, who copies them
in pen and ink, and the photo-engraver
reproduces them mechanically for about
one-tenth the price the wood-engraver
would charge.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-30
Use Your Eyes Carefully.
From Cassell's Magazine.

From CaSselPs Magazine.
Sit erect in your chair when reading,
and as erect when writing as possible.
If you bend downward you not ONLY
gorge the eyes with blood, but the
brain as well, and both suffer. The
same rule should apply to the use of the
microscope. Get one that will enable
you to look at things horizontally, not
always vertically.
Have a reading lamp for night use.
N. BIN reading the light should be
on the book or paper and the eyes in
the shade. If you have no reading
lamp turn your back to the light, and
you may read without danger to the
eyes.
Hold the book at your focus; if that
begins to get far away get spectacles.
Avoid reading by the Pickering light
of the fire.
Avoid straining the eyes by reading
in the cleaning.
Reading in bed is injurious as q rule.
It must be admitted. however, that in
cases OF sleeplessness. when the mind
Is inclined to ramble over a thousand
thoughts minute, reading steadies the
thoughts and conduces to sleep.
Do not read rnuch in railway car
riage. l myself always do, however.
only in good light, and I invariably
carry good reading lamp to hook on
behind me. Thousands of people would
travel by night rather than by day if the
companies could only see their way to
the use of the electric light.
Authors should have black-ruled pa
per instead of blue, and should never
strain the eyes by reading too fine types.
The bedroom blinds should be red or
gray, and the head of the bed should
be toward the window.
Those ladies who not only write bet
sew should not attempt the black seam
by night.
When you come to an age that suggests
the wearing OF spectacles let no false
modesty prevent you from getting u
pair. If you have only one eve an eye
glass will do; otherwise it is folly.
Go to the wisest and best optician
you know or and state your wants and
your case plainly, and be assured you
will be properly fitted.
Remainder that bad spectacles are
most Injurious to the eyes, and that
good and well-chosen ones are decided
luxury.
Get Gair for reading with, and if
necessary a acng- distance pair for use
out of doors.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-30
To Fatten An Old Animal.

How to quickly put flesh on poor or
on an old animal is told by Prof. E. W.
Stewart in the Country Gentleman as
follows: ''Cut clover Cor COW peal
short, say one-half inch, take cheap
molasses and dissolve one pint in one
gallon of water, and sprinkle this upon
three pounds of the cut clover, with
two pounds of buckwheat flour and two
pounds of wheat bran. Feed this
amount to each horse or animal three
times day-commencing with little
less per day for two or three days."
The Professor says Ae put 100 pounds
additional weight upon a horse thin in
flesh, in thirty days, by feeding him
said ration.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-30

AS the pastures are still furnishing
abundant grass feed, these should be
saved until after frost has injured the
grass.
While there is no better time to sell
farm produce than when it is ready for
market, as general rule, squashes are
an exception if the farmer has place
to store them where they can be kept
without freezing until winter. Few
people are in the habit of laying in Il
winters supply of them at one time,
preferring to buy as they need them,
and are willing to pay higher prices
later in the season.-American A9ricultur-
iSf.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-30
squashes and Pumpkins.

First among the tasks that belong to
this month is the duty of harvesting
such vegetables as will not resist the at
tack OF the frost. Squashes and pump
kins should be athered at once If it is
not already done. Those which are full
ly ripe should be stored in dry, warm
room until they are taken to market.
They should not be put in cellar, or
allowed to lie upon the ground any.
where. It will improve the quality of
the flesh if they are exposed to the sun
and to dra is of air when it is dry and
warm. At any rate it will harden the
she'll so as to induce longer keeping.
Partially ripe onesa should be put
upon a platform out. OF doors, where
they will have the full benefit of the
sun and the air. They should be COW
cred at night to protect against freez-
ing.
Unripe squashes and pumpkins make
a good feed for mich cows. For this
purpose they should be cut open and
the inside taken out, as they have a
powerful result upon the kidneys,
which usually results in dim nlshing the
flow of milk. They should be cut in
such pieces that they can readily be
eaten without any danger of choking.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-30

The Italians Of New York have rails
ed $1,000 of a proposed $4,000 Tor q
monument to Christopher Colu nj bus.
This excess over the regulation New
York proportion of non-performance
produces demand that the World g
Fair project there shall be placed under
the management OF the banana and
peanut interest.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-30
Making a Living in California.

Cnder this heading the Tulare Regis
ter Gays: The man who proposes to
settle in California need not lose any
sleep over the problem of making liv-
ing while his trees and vines are coming
into bearing. So long as butter,
cheese, eggs, poultry, etc., are shipped
here from the East, where it costs more
time and money to produce them; 80
long as ordinary picked pork is worth
from eighteen to twenty-five cents a
pound; 80 long as most of our vegeta-
bles are raised by Chinamen-a live
man need not be long in finding the
means to make living while waiting
for the orchard to reach the age of
bringing in the golden twenties. The
only perplexity is in the choice Of the
many avenues of profit, not because
there are none. These matters are 80
patent to every resident of the state
that in the ordinary course Of furnishing
information to home-seekers it is
scarcely thought necessary to mention
them. Whenever a man is found who
can't make good living in California
the world will not lose much if he don't
make one at all.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-30
Farm Machinery.


Even small farm must have more or
less machinery, while on large one
the investment must be heavy. Under
any conditions, more machinery will be
destroyed by rust than by wear. A lit
tie care will prevent this. Melt togeth-
er over a gentle fire pound of lard
free from salt and lump of rosin about
the size of hickory nut. When the
whole is melted, remove it from the
stove and stir it slowly until cold.
Keep this covered from dust. When
ever any machine, from an apple parer
to threshing machine, IS out of use,
clean it by scraping with wooden
knife whitfield from any hard wood !;
use an old rag and rub over the part
liable TO rust with this compound; give
all such parts a thin coating. If used
on every farm it would save the country
millions of dollars. dgricaA-
catIturist.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-30
Fall Flowing.

Except the lightest sandy soils, all
level land will be benefited by fall
blowing. When well plowed, and to a
proper depth, the plowed ground will
not wash even by the heavy winter
rains. That the land will leach and
lose its fertility is mistake. Nothing
will be lost n any case except the nj
trogen. which exists in the form of III
trio salts, and, as q rule, there is no
danger OF this because of the almost en-
tire absence of this form OF nitrogen in
the land. On the contrary, it Is for
the purpose of developing this scarce
plant-food in the soil that fall blowing
Is desirable. The turning over of the
soil aids in the change of the abundant
inert nitrogen, which is mostly COM
bined with the carbonaceous organic
matter in the soil, into soluble nitrates,
and this process goes on slowly during
the fall and early spring, and where
the ground is not frozen even during
the winter. Consequently the land 10
brought into more fertile condition by
the fall blowing, and besides this gain,
there is another of much importance,
viz: the spring work is forwarded so
much, and the crops may be put in so
much earlier.-American Agricuuurist.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-30
Small Savings.

A rather irritable farmer annoyed by
the fowls on his grain mows. picked up
a club and slaughtered dozen of the
hens. To his wiie's remonstrance he
declared that the fowls were great
damage and of so little value as to be of
no account at all. The woman was.
however, able to show in reply a good
ly roll of bills she had slowed away as
the receipts from the poultry and eggs
she had sold. Chickens, as rule, are
wasted to great extent for want of the
care that might easily be given them,
and as regards the little food they may
steal, this is not one-tenth as much as
is stolen by rats and mice without any
complaint or notice. Moreover, the
waste of small grain and other food that
might be turned into products, is suffi-
cient to amount to a very pleasant sum
of money every year.