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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-21
Taking Medicine in Water.

The CroOkston, Mimi Times weaves
a readable little romance about Uncle
Tim Sullivan, ex-chair.lan of the Coun-
ty Board, VINO runs farm in the west
ern part Of the county. Uncle Tim is
one Of the most robust of Western
farmers, andealthough well advanced in
years, has never Known a sick day up to
few days ago. when feeling little I'M
der the weather, he concluded to 90 to
Grand Forks and consult doctor. A
prescription was com pounded at a drug
store, and Uncle Tim was given a small
vial with instruction to take teaspoon
full of the medicine in water, every
three hours. He took the medicine
home, but his wife had,qgone out to
visit a nelghbOr. SO he concluded to
take the first dose during her absence.
A rain barrel filed with water stood at
the corner of the house, and stripping
off his clothes. uncle Tim got into the
barrel up to his chin, and was about to
pour out tablespoonful of the medicine
when his wife returned. rssfa5f5s, 4 4
For goodness sake, father, what are
you doing there p" she exclaimed, as
she saw his bead at. the top of the bar
rel. 4..;..,
"Sure. I'm following the doctors or
ders. said Tim.S "He told me to take
tablespoonful OF this medicine in water,
every three hours, and I'm Just going to
take my first Dose" go -.
Mrs. s. saw the joke, and it was too
good toskeepa She told the boys when
they came. to supper, and Uncle Tim
Will never hear the last Of it, ......s ,>
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-21

From the Montana Wool Grow,

From the Montana Wool Grower
About the first error the lamb makes
in life is to mistake the shepherd or his
dog Tor its mother, and many are the
maneuvers that must be gone through
with to make the new arrival follow the
right party. His next error is likely to
be an attempt to walk on air when he
comes to a place where he should 60
down hill. Histen minutes experience
in life has made him believe that all the
earth is d level plain, and in broad day
light he steps off the top of a hill just
as serenely as man steps off the top
landing of the stairs in total darkness
when he Is certain that the stairs are yet
twenty feet away. The result is great
surprise to man and lamb in each in
stance.
The lamb picks himself up, and con-
tinues down the hill; he soon comes to
the conclusion that everything is down
hill in this lie, and not on the dead lev
ell. Upon getting to the foot of the hill,
he still tries to continue downward, and
as result runs his nose into the ground
and looks surprised again. He now
comes to a place to get up hill, and goes
up Just as our man starts to 90 upstairs
in total darkness when he thinks the
stairs are still twenty feet away.
There is only one thing that is 500
times as funny and provoking by turns
as lamb, and that is 500 lambs together
when they are about month old The
shepherd sits down and watches the 500
lambs all in q bunch by themselves,
playing, running and frolicking, and he
laughs. When he has tried, and tried
in vain, to get the same 500 across
bridge or into corral he sits down
again, but he does not laugh this time.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-21
The Anroyances of "a. Prince.
From Temple Bar.

2
A PRINCE like other men, must do
most Of his work for himself or it will
be badly done. if he retires for short
time to the seclusion of some private es-
tate things 60 wrong and he is quickly
summoned back to his round of snowy
and irksome duties. His head aches,
but he must show himself amiable with
everybody. He is tired of talking, but
he must find something pleasant to say
to the dozens of people who, wherever
he goes, are introducedto him., He has
seen enough of exhibitions to sicken
him for lite, but he must appear to take
an intelligent interest in all these shows
and cram himself for conversations
about them with specialists. He must
know the exact measure of complimen ts
which are expected by various eminent
artists, authors. inventors and manu-
facturers. He must have read, or pre-
tended to have read, the military tao
tics by this or that distinguished gener-
al, especially if that general be for
eigner in the service of an allied power.
For is he not himself honorary colonel in
a half dozen foreign regiments, whose
uniforms he has to wear upon occasions,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-21
FARM AND HOME.
God Knoweth Best.

God Knoweth Best.
Some time, when all life's lessons have been
learned,
And sun and stars forevermore have set,
The things which our weak judgments here
have spurned-
The things Ger which we grieved with lashes
wet
Will flash before us out of lies dark night
AS stars shine most in deeper tints of blue;
And we shall see how all Gods plans were right,
And how what seemed reproof. was love most
true.
And we shall see how, when we frown and sigh
Gods plans go on as best for you and me;
How, when we called, He needed not our cry,
Because His wisdom to the end could see.
And even as prudent parents dlsallow
Too much OF sweet to craving babyhOod,
So God, perhaps, is keeping from us now
Lies sweetest things because it seemeth good.
And IT, sometimes, commingled with life's wine
We find the NORWOOD, and rebel and shrink
Be sure wiser hand than yours or mine
And 1t some friend we love is lying low,
Where human kisses cannot reach his face,
Oh, do not blame his loving Father SO,
But wear your sorrow wiki obed1ent grace!
And you shall shortly know that heightened
breath
Is not the sweetest gift God sends His friends
And that, sometimes, the sable pail of death
COnceals the fairest boon His love can send.
If we could push ajar the gates of life.
And stand within. and all Gods workings see,
We could interpret all this doubt and strife,
And for each mystery could find key.
But not to-day. Then be content, poor heart
Gods plans, like lilies pure and white unfold.
We must not tear the cose-shut leaves apart;
Time will reveal the calyxes of gold.
And it, through patient toll, we reach the land
Where tired feet, with sandals loose, may rest,
When we shall clearly know and understand,
think that we will say, "God knew the best p
Saturday Globe.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-21
In the AdirOnUacks
Corr. ST. InuiS Rannhlin

COrr. 81. Louis Republic.
A young man in camp on q small
that ran close by. AS motionless as a
statue in the front of the boat, with
the bulps-eye lantern throwing its light
over his head, and his guide in the stern
padding without the slightest noise-as
Is wholly necessary-the young hunter
had his eyes fixed on the shores for the
unwary but sensitive deer. Suddenly
be saw ball of fire directly ahead of
him. He raised his rifle and was about
to shoot, when his common-sense told
him that no animal could have such an
eye as that. Hardly had he lowered
his rifle than sharp crack pierced the
air, the lantern over his head came
down upon him, and he was lett in
language more eloquent than poetic, to
whoever fred that shot not to fire
another. The next instant boat ran
up alongside of the young mans, and
in the bow of it he discovered fine
looking girl with jacket buttoned up
about her ears, peak cap pulled down
over her forehead, and rife balanced
across her knees. He laughed at the
idea of her shooting the lantern off his
boat. but she was almost in Mysteries
I'm SO sorry and ashamed" she
SAID, L never shOt deer, and sup
pose / had the buck fever, and didn't
know lantern from the moon. Can
you ever forgive me, sir?"
OF course she was gracefully forgiven.
Chow did you find your way here?"
asked the young man.
"Oh, Pm living at the little hotel
down on Big Upper Lake, and my
guide brought me up tonight. My
brother is rowing down the river, and
will meet me at the carry after we have
finished hunting" ie
II think I'll be down to the hotel to-
morrow" said the young man, who was
a plunger.
"But you won't tell on me, will you? ?"
cried the girl.
''That depends" replied the youth.
The guides padded the boats ahead
in opposite directions.
Have you seen deer tonight ?" call
led back the girl.
''Yes,, indeed" was the reply, "I've
seen darling"
"Oh, pshaw," was the response to
this.
The young man is now down at the
hotel every day, for the girl who came
very near killing him is the belle of the
neighborhood, and they are holding
prolonged dialogues about deer hunt
ing-Or something else.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-21
He Accepted the Situation.
From the Denver News.


A resident of Denver tells the follow
ing: after sharing the fortunes of the
confederacy for four years under the
leadership of Gen. Sterling Price, at
the close OF the war [ found myself
resident of Kansas City. | was glad to
see peace under almost any terms and
therefore promptly accepted recon
struction, so called, but for my part I
could see nothing to reconstruct after
the surrender. It was different with
my wife, who, like most Southern
women, required time to be reconciled
to the fact that the cause was lost. She
had not quite forgiven the Yankees and
still chung to the stars and bars. When
the first Fourth of July after the war
was approaching we had three children,
the elder Of whom had learned to read
quite well. Seeing the children of our
neighbors getting flags and fireworks,
our two youngest approached the moth
er and besought her to buy flags and
trecrackers, but before the maternal
head of the family had time to respond
the elder child ch1med in: yes, mann
ma, l want a flag, too The mother
reached up to little shelf that held
our scanty library, for we were very
poor then, and handed to the elder
child Pollard's Southern history of the
war, and exclaimed: Read chapter
in that, and then tell me if you want
Yankee flag I had been an attentive
listener from behind newspaper with
out saying word, but thought the time
had come when I should speak Drop
ping the paper. L said: Mamma, this is
our country. and there is but one flag,
and that flag is our flag; our children
must grow up under that flag, and they
OF hc %nr1 hi TO = A
our children had flags as well as. fire.
works, and since that time they have
regularly celebrated the Fourth Of
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-21
The Shah's Pocket handkerchief
From the St. James Gazette.


q A statement has been going the round
of the papers that the Shah's standard
of cleanliness is not up to the European
mark. The, truth is, that he is scrupu-
lousy thorough in his additions and
fastidiously clean. But Oriental man
ners and customs are SO little under
stood here that even the additional dis
order created by. frequent ablutions is
invidiously criticised, whilst the Shah's
use of a pocket handkerchief is openly
denounced. The Shah never carries a
pocket handkerchief; he is always
numerously attended, and his servitors
at moments notice supply his wants.
His hands are always encased in ex-
quisitely fitting kid gloves. When he
attendant, who hands him paper one.
He uses it once only, and then treats it
as We do a toorhpick- HE throws it
away.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-21
AT FORTY. FIVE.
BY. R. ]. BURDETTE.

BY. R. ]. BURDETTE.
"Haltl" cry the bugles down the columns
And nothing 10th to halt and rest am I.
For summers heat hath somewha. taxed my
strength,
And long the dusty ways before me lie.
The dew that glittered when the echoing horn
h Called reveille to greet the waking day;
The cool sweet shadows of the CHEEKY morn,
The birds that thrilled the bugle's rounoelay;
The scented violets with eyes of blue,
That breathed sweet incense when we trod
The wild wood buds and blooms of brightest
Fair prophecy of Bouor's radiant crown;
And all that made the earlier marching light,
Have passed like incense of the rosy hours,
And many beaten field or fercest hight
Lies between MONDAY and auroral flowers.
For all its promise, morning brought us care,
Soon its songs and pleasant shadows passed;
Our ambushed foes lurked in each woodland
lair;
On every smiling plain we saw them massed.
Our standard gay, wars bright heraldic page
Our uniform with gold and silver drest,
Are rent and torn in battles furious rage.
Blood-stained and marred with dust each gilt
tering crest.
The light young hearts that made jest of life,
And laughed at death when we broke camp at
dawn,
Changed are their merry songs Tor shouts OF
strife,
Or hushed where yalor mourns comrade
gone.
And lettering here awhile at crest at ease,"
/ note the shadows falling to the east;
Behind me, plume crowned, looms the hill
whose trees
Promised glory, wealth and love, and
peace.
Leckoned us on, when morning time was bright,
To certainty Of victory and rest
And now-'ts afternoon; twill soon be night;
And have passed the green hills waving
crest.
Forward ~ the bugles call: ready am I;
For though my st-p hath lost its springing gait
I am more prompt to march; quick TO obey;
Less apt TO question or to hesitate.
Yet, when some belted trooper gallOps by,
lift my eyes, warned by the swift hoofs
tramp,
And hail him with the infantry mans cry
"Ho, comrade, tell me, how far is't to camp?
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-21
An Original Way OF Undressing
From the Detroit .Jo1rna

From the Detroit Journal -
A Bay City policeman found pair of
boots on the sidewalk few nights ago.
A little further on he found pair of
socks. Then he found coat and pair
of trousers in an alley. and still further
on he found the man asleep in a hall
way. He had undressed in sections.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-21

AN ingenious device for preventing
the odor of cooking from escaping into
a room has been patented. The inven-
ton is of the simplest possible descrip-
ton and consists of 8 hood with folded
siaes or leaves, which covers the sides
hood and is carried directly into the
chimney. sIia 5e.e.ss.ss.s
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-21
And you shall shortly know that heightened
Multiplying Potatoes.

A writer in the London Garden gives
an account of the method he adopted
to increase high priced potato. The
variety was the kind known as the
Pride of America, of which he gave
something like dollar for two tubers,
one of them large and sound and the
other small and diseased. Early in
March they were laid in pan, covered
with fine soil, and set on a small stag
ing in his peach house. They soon
sprouted, and when the sprouts were
three inches long, they were carefully
pulled off and the tubers returned to
the soil. The sprouts were potted off
singly, in good, loamy soil, previously
warmed, 33-inch pots being used. They
were set on the front staging and wa
tered. They soon became well estab-
Iished, and were transplanted. The
tubers gave second and larger crop
of sprouts than before. and these were
treated like the first. A third but
smaller crop of shoots was obtained.
All the plants formed a row in the gar
den fifty-one feet long, on deep-dug,
thoroughly ground, eight
inches apart. Inverted flower pots
protected them from any threatened
frost, and evergreen branches were
used for the same purpose later on.
Two bushels were obtained from the
one pound of seed. The above is sub
stantially the process given in the Gar
den, greatly reduced and condensed;
and it may afford useful suggestions to
those not familiar with the process
adopted by the gardeners for rapidly
increasing rare and costly sorts.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-21
A Cheap Elevator.

A Berlin inventor has devised a sim
pie and inexpensive elevator for private
dwellings, in place of the ordinary stair
case, which may suggest to some in
ventor better means OF accomplishing
the same object. The Berlin invention
is on the principle of the inclined rail-
way, and the motive power is furnished
by the city water, which is applied in
the cellar; each flight mas its separate
chair, SO that, for example, one person
can ascend from the first to the second
story while another is on his way from
the second to the third, or still another
is descending from the fifth to the
fourth. The chair, being only of the
width Of the human body, leaves a free
passage for any who wish to walk up or
down instead ofriding 1t is set in mo,
ton by a simple pressure of one of its
arms, and after it has been used it slides
back to the bottom step, its descent be-
ing regulated in such manner that the
passenger is carried with entire safety.
The motive power is, of course, more or
less expensive, according to the cost of
water, this being, it is stated. at Berlin,
at the rate of a little more than one
tenth of cent only for each trip.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-21

IS JUDGE KEkrLEY.r of Iowa, who has
made q personal inspection of the
schools of Alaska, reports that there are
about fourteen schools in the territory.
three of. which are tor white children.
the rest being for natives, =
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-21

snip. onion and beets will mature about
this time. Look out for the English
sparrow ard other birds that delight in
such food as ripened seeds; gather
them before they are wasted by wind or
rain.-Cor. american Garden
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-21

THE favorite boating costume for sea-
side wear is of dark green or admiral
serge, with vest, shoes and long, loose
Swedish gloves of plain tan kid.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-21
Sense of Smell i'm the Horse.

The horse will leave musty hay I'M
touched in his bin, no matter however
hungry. He will not drink Of water. OBJ
]ectlonable to- his questioning shifts or
from a bucket which some other odor
makes offensive. however thirsty. His
intelligent nostril will widen, CULVER
and query over the daintiest bit offered
by the fairest of hands A mare is
never satisfied. by either sight nor
whinny that colt is really her own un-
til she has certified the fact by means
of her nose. Blind horses, as a rule,
will eallop wildly about the pasture
without striking the surrounding fence.
The sense of smell informs them of its
proximity.
Others will, when loosened from the
stable, 60 directly to the gate or bars
opening to their accustomed feeding
grounds; and when desiring to return,
after hours of careless wandering, will
distinguish the one outlet and patiently
await it's opening. The odor of that par
ticular part of the fence is their guide 10
it. The horse in browsing, or while
gathering heritage with his lip, is guild
ed in it's choice of proper food entirely
by it's nostrils. Blind horses do not
make mistakes in their diet. In the
temple Of Olympus bronze horse was
exhibited, at the sight of which six real
horses experienced the most violent
emotions. ELAN judiciously observes
that the most perfect art could not imi-
tate nature sufficiently well to produce
80 perfect an Illusion. Like Pliny and
Pausanias, he consequently affirms that
lin casting the statue magician had
thrown hippomanes upon it," which by
the odor of the plant, deceived the
horses. and therein we have the secret
of the miracle. The scent alone of a
buffalo robe will cause many horses to
evince lively terror, and the floating
scent of a railroad train will frighten
some long after the locomotive is out of
sight and hearing.-Horse and Stable.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-21
The Plum Curculio.

Prof. Forbes gives an account in elm
sect Life of some experiments in plum
curculio, from which it was learned
that they would eat the petals of roses
and the blossoms of bush honeysuckles
and snowballs, so that it seems not i'm
probable that the beetle gets only a
small part of its subsistence from fruit
trees. 1t is therefore worth while to
make the attempt to attract the adult
insect to other plants than the peach or
plum, for the purpose of poisoning it
there. This is especially worth trying
late in the season, when the use OF ar
senites upon fruit might be dangerous.
There is no longer any doubt that very
weak solutions of London purple or
Paris green will be fatal to the beetle.
It is true also that the leaves OF the
peach are liable to be scorched by
mixture of London purple, even when
applied at rate of one pound to 200
gallons of water.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-21
Regularity of Habit.

One of the most difficult of all minor
habits to acquire, says an able writer,
is that of regularity. 1t ranks with that
of order. The natural inclination of
most persons is to defer until the last
possible moment, or to put off until an
other time, where this can possibly be
done. Yet habits of regularity contrib
ute largely to the ease and comfort of
life. A person can multiply his eff
cheney by it. We know persons who
have a multitude of duties, and who
perform a vast deal of work daily, who
set apart certain hours for given duties,
and are there at the moment and at
tend rigidly to what is in hand. This
done, and other engagements are met,
each in order, and vast deal accom-
plished, not by strained exertion, but
trained to this that at certain hours of
the day it will turn to particular line of
duty, and at other hours to other and
different labors. The very diversity is
restfUl, when attended to in regular or
der. But let these run together, and
the duties mixed, and what before was
easy is now annoying and oppressive,
and the exact difference between many
is at this point. There are those who
confuse and rush, and attempt to do
several things at once and accomplish
little, while another will quietly pro-
coed from one duty to another, and
easily accomplish a vast amount of
work. The difference is not in the ca
pacity of the two, but in the regular
methods of the one, as compared with
the irregular habits of the other.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-11
ANNAPOLIS. MD. FRIDAY EVENING. OCTOBER II, 1889.

soia ii auction. ar before. If they are
disabled SO as to be unfit for service.
When sold the officer puts another brand
on The horse. masking il impossible for
the horse t. lie sold 10 the government
nj sntae other point. Condemned ami
mails .la not bring very much. They are
worthless for carriage purposes, and are
tn, much warn out t0 be st for the more
arlmons work Of street car hauling.
r ev arr usually sold to contractors.
who employ them nl hauling small loads.
Isat the army horse does not last long
after he drops out Of the service. Usu-
ally he does not amount to much when
the government has no further use for
Iii services. and his career thereafter IL
as short as il is uneventful. Washing
ton Post
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-11
uaere.n the Anrorn9

The aurora borealis is phenomenon
that for years has been conspicuous By
its absence from these skies. Time was,
and that not so long ago. when the
northern heavens presented spectacle
of weird, bewildering beauty. Why this
dearth Of electrical display The earth
and the heavens and the sun and the air
are the same. to all appearances. Yet
the borcan horizon is innocent Of its
shifting canopy Of northern lights. Nor
has there been any reason given by scien-
tific men FOR this disappearance. Big
spots on the sun come and 60. Their APP
pearance has been in former years found
to be coeval with the aurora, but the rule
has not held good for decade. Have
the thousands of dynamos that have
come into existence in that time ground
out such a lot of electrical energy that
there is not enough left in the atmos-
phere to fit out single display in the
northern heavens? Pittsburg Bulletin.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-11

Edgar r. Lincoln. OF Topeka, Kan,
has taken out more patents during the
last two years than any man in the coun-
try. His inventions cover all fields, and
he has patented almost everything, from
an improved electric light to celluloid
toothpick. Like great many inventors
he finds it difficult to make money out
of his cleverness. Other men reap the
profit Of his brain effort. His latest de-
sign is a toboggan brake. Il enables q
toboggan to stop in the middle of the
steepest incline instantly If any obstruc-
tion suddenly appears on the chute
New York Telegram.