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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-02-06
HINTS TO HOUSEKEEPERS.

MARBLE should always be washed with
| ammonia and water, rather than with
soap and water.
| The lustre of morocco is restored by
vanishing it with the white of an egg.
Apply with sponge.
| If brooms are wetted in hot suds once
week. they will last much longer, and
| always sweep like new broom.
A SURE and safe way to remove grease
spots from silk is to rub the spot quickly
with brown paper; the friction will soon
draw out the grease.
A GOOD furniture varnish is made of
1.-TWO ounces white wax, enc gill of oil of
turpentine; melt the wax and gradually
mix In the turpentine.
To make sealing wax for fruit cans,
take eight ounces of resin, two ounces
gum shellac aud half-ounce of bees
wax. Melt.all together. This will make
quite quantity and may be melted for
use when wanted.
To raise the pile on plush that has
been pressed down fiat, first hold it over
some steam a few moments, wrong side
down, and then run it tightly across a
hot iron. Then brush the crushed place
with stiff bristle brush.
To remove paint from cotton, silk or
wooden goods, saturate the spot with
spirits OF turpentine, and let 1t remain
several hours, then rub it between the
hands. It will crumble away without
lnjuring either the color or texture of
the article.
10 cure felOnS, mix one ounce Of Ven
Ice turpent1ne with one ounce of water,
stir with rough stick until thick; then
wrap a good coating of it around the fin
al y
wrap the part affected with a linen
cloth dipped in a tincture of lobelia.
RUST can be removed from steel as
follows: Rub the article with kerosene
oil and leave it to soak for day. Then
procure fine flour of emery and mix
with kerosene oil and scour the surface,
finishing with rotten stone. To pre-
serve from rust, heat the steel and rub
paraffine on it, and when cold, polish
with cloth dipped in paraffine.
To polish marble cut the surface with
piece OF fine sandstone, using fine sand
and water. When the whole surface
has been equally gone over take piece
of felt or old hat wrapped around a
weight, dip it in fine emery pow der, and
rub the marble until all the marks left
by the former process are worked out.
Aiterward finish the polish with putty,
powder and fine rags.
A CHEAP filter can be made by putting
piece of sponge at the bottom of large
flower pot, and filling the pot three
quarters full with clean, sharp sand and
small pieces of charcoal mixed IN equal
parts. Lay upon this mixture piece of
linen or wooden cloth, so as to hang over
the side. The water poured through this
will come out at the bottom clear and
pure. The cloth must be kept clean,
and the sand and charcoal as well as
the sponge, washed and occasionally
changed
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-02-06
A Black Eagle Assaults a Black Boy

Cairo Gill; Corr. Chicago News.
Capt Cole, of the steamer Sentinel,
while on his boat passing a point 100
miles up the Ohio River. Wednesday,
shot and crippled large black eagle
which was flying rapidly toward the
Kentucky shore. The bird was secured
but slightly injured. Its wings meas
ured exactly eight feet two inches from
tip to tip, and it. was pronounced the
largest ever known IN that section 1t was
placed in the yard of the Golconda (Ill)
court house, which is fenced with tall
iron fence, which it was supposed it
COULD not fly over. A few hours later
colored boy, eight years old, passing
through the yard, was set upon by the
feathered monster, which planted it's
talons In his shoulders and began flying
away, dragging the human burden along
with ease. Assistance saved the boy
alter he had been carried a short dis
lance. He was badly scratched and was
scared almost to death.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-02-06
Pre-Matrimonial Expense.

Pennington, Me-, has an unnatural
curiosity in the line of stinginess. A
lew days ago and had her teeth ex-
ahmed. The doctor reported them
badly decayed, but said that with
quite a sum of money he could
put them In good shape. The young
lady departed. saying she would re-
port to her husband and call again
in few days. She did SO, and ON her
second call she was accompanied by her
father. the latter telling the dentist to
go ahead and he would pay the bill.
Thinking the dentist might wonder why
he was paying the bill the father ex-
planned that the husband had said his
wife's teeth decayed before he married
her and he was not going to pay for fix
ing them up; her father ought to do it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-02-06
READING FOR THE FARMER.
What's the Use {?

What's the Use?
IF you meant to catch robin,
And instead you get a crow,
Is there any use in whining,
In lamenting and repining,
Now really want to know?
II you thought you had an orange,
And it proved lemon sour,
Would it change the acid flavor
To a sweet and pleasant SAVIOR
1t you scolded for an hour?
It friend should prove unfaithful
That you thought was leal and true,
Can you win him back by fretting
At your comrades, quite forgetting
They have not played false to you?
Will 1t ever tighten trouble,
Ever help you in disgrace,
VIII it make you strong and able,
IT you, like man in table,
SpOil your nose to spite your face?
Signing fills no purse with dollars:
Weeping neither makes nor melds;
If to-day we court Dame Sorrow,
She will clasp us fast tomorrow,
While we search in vain Tor friends.
SO III keep our faces CHEEKY
We will crush our sorrows dumb;
And with strong hearts tor life's burdens,
We will win sweet Heavens guerdons,
Taking each hoWe'er they come.
Good HOlLsekeepinu
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-02-06
Hope Deferred
From the London Telegraph


$50 to bed, sir, in the closet there, !"
said IN enraged ia her to a son who had
given him just cause of otfense; "were
it not tpat these gentlemen are present
| would give you a sound whipping, but
you shall have it before break iast to-
morrow, certain" The little rebel
went to his crib with heavy heart, and
the enjoyments of the party continued
until late hour. Just when the party
was about to break up, the closet door
was quietly pulled back, and the young
that the sentence might be put in ex-
ecution. Father, would We Just gle me
my liks this night, for / Gamma sleep
without them ?''
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-02-06
From Town Topics.

Tommy-What is that thing in the
window, mamma?
Mamma-That is a typewriter, Tom
my.
Tommy-Where does the champagne
go in it?
Mamma-Why, what are you thinking
OF, Tommy? No one puts champagne
in it?
Tommy-Oh, yes they do. Papa told
Mr.. Goltt last night that it often cost
him $40 to fill his typewriter with cham
payne. So now.
Mamma will ask your papa about
that, Tommy.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-02-06
A Fruit Question of the Future.

I use apples for dietetic purposes.
My teeth are gone and have to scrape
before | can eat them. Both apples
grew on the same tree, the large one at
the top in lull sunlight, where the en-
ergies Of the tree were concentrated in
all their fullest development, the other
upon lower branch in partial shade.
The large one had the deep characteris-
tic red of well-developed Baldwlns
The small one was much lighter colored
and might have been taken for some
other apple: Now am coming to the
point to which 1 wish to call attention.
There were only half as many seeds in
the large one as in the small one, and
they were not 80 full and phsmp; the
skin or seed pods were there, bar With
nothing In them, they were blasted or
aborted. We must recognize in these
facts the laws OF nature, and very i'm
pOrtant fact, that plants under hard
conditions concentrate their energies
upon their germs. Their past expert
ence of cosImical changes has wa1ned
and taught them to prepare for the
emergencies of adverse circumstances,
such as a glacial period or some other
revolution In nature. They seem to
have great dread and fear of extermi-
nation. Their answer to adverse condi-
tons is always uniform, and in this
same direction fuller and more COM
plete DEVELOPMENT of their germs. The
practical application of these facts to
horticulture is that we need to make
the conditions propitious.
1t is the pulp of fruits that is valuable
to us. not the seeds. Nature cares most
for germs. We must study natures
line of development and her activities,
control and turn them into channels
useful to ourselves. There is some evil
dence which goes to show that man
may finally do away with the germs en-
tirely, and develop only pulp, bat this
is long way of. But some varieties of
grapes do already show this tendency.
In the Eumelan grape we often find
that there are no seeds in the smaller
berries, but it is because the ovules
have not been tertilized with pollen,
or but sparinsly fertiliaed, perhaps, and
the fruit is much smaller than the
normal berries. Perhaps what is
known as the Zantee currant will illus
trate the topic better. This is not a
currant at all, but small seedIess
grape grown upon the shores of the
Mediterranean. venture the opinion
that this grape is defective LIN its floral
organs, having stamens without pollen
enough to fully fertilize the stigmas;
hence the imperfect development OF
the ovules. Whether man can develop
unfertilized or partly fortified ovules
into fruit generally is one of the great
questions of the future. Provided we
could do this, there would result the
greatest conservation of vital energy
I here is already a great difference n
the size OF the seeds of varieties and
species. These ten encies should be
studied and made use of by originators.
American Garden.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-02-06
wArTIN, FER THE CAT TO DIE

BY JAMES WHITCoMB RILEY.
Lawzv don't l rickollect
That ere old swing in the lanei
Right and proper, expect,
o times can't come back again;
But want to State Ell they
Could come back, and ] could say
What my pick I'D be, y jing
I'd say, Gimme the old swing
'Nunder the old locus trees
On the old place, eff you please,
Danglin there with half-shet eye,
WaiLin' fer the cat to die
I'd say, Gimme the old gang
OF baretooted, hungry, lean.
Or'n'ry boys you want to hang
When you're growed up twicet as mean
he old gyarden patch, the old
7ruan's, and the stuff we stOled
The old stompin' -groun', where we
Wore the grass off, wild and free :,
AS the swoOp OF the old swing,
Where we uset to climb and cling,
And twist roun', and fight, and lie
Waitin' Ter the cat to die !
Pears like most allus could
swing the highest of the crowd
Jes sail up there tel | stood
Downside up, and schreech out loud.
Ketcn my breath, and es drap back
Fer TO let the old swing slack,
Yit my tow-head dippin' still
In the green boughs, and the chill
Up my backbone taperin' down,
With my shadder on the groun'
Slow and slower trallin' by
Waitin' fer the cat to die
Now my daughters little James
cot kind o. baby swing
On the porch, SOS when it rains
She kin play there-little thing
And I'd limped out tother day
With my old cheer this-a-way,
Swingin' her and rockin' too,
Thinkin' how uset to do
At her age, when suddenly,
Hey, gran papp' she says to me
"Why you rock so slow?" Says 1.
t'Waitin' fer the cat to die p
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-02-06
He Paid Or anu Bore Away.
From the Lewiston Journal

An old Bucksport sea captain thus de-
scrlbes the way in watch he dismissed
an undesirable sutton Tor the hand of
his daughter the other night Il just
showed him UP the complimentary AMI
out on the gangplank leading from my
house. and gently remarked that the
wind was OFT shore, and tue sooner he
got under way the bette offing he'd
make before morning. He paid off and
bore away down the sire IT,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-02-06
Warm Stables.

A Northeast, Pa, correspondent of
the Ohio Farmer writes as follows on
this subject
AS matter of economy, without ref
erence to humane considerations. barns
IN which live stock is to be cared for
should be constructed especially to
keep out the cold. Animals must have
sufficient food to keep them warm. IT
greater amount of food is given than
is required for the purpose, the surplus
goes to create fat and add to the growth.
A current of cold air passin
through the stable, no matter how
small, carries away warmth. This
heat is generated from the bodies
OF animals and if allowed to escape
through cracks or other openings is an
actual loss. as the greater the exposure
to cold, the more food required to pro-
mote warmth. Stable floors are some
times foot or more higher than the
ground, with poor undel pinning, or
perhaps none at all. Any man who
keeps his stock IN such quarters should
be obliged to stay with them some cold
wintry night. The floor should be
perfectly tight, so that no cold air can
penetrate the smallest crack. Ventila-
ton may be provided to permit the es-
cape of impure air, and can be so ar
ranged that no cold current can reach
the animals. The increased cost of win
tering stock occasioned by cracks in
stables, it saved, would supply sufficient
means to pay for all necessary repairs
to buildings and leave surplus
Furthermore, animals in warm, COM
Portable stables are less liable to take
cold and contract disease. Tn fact
there is everything in favor of warm
stables; the health of the stock is
promoted; the same amount Of
TODD will keep more animals:
more milk can be produced, and last,
but by no means least important, there
will be a larger pile of manure. A
warm and comfortable place for poultry
must be provided also, to make it a
source of profit. The building should
have windows to let in the sun and
light, and be kept free from lice by fire.
quent applications of whitewash and
kerosene. Some farmers consider hens
of little account" letting tirem shift
Tor themselves, and roost in sheds or
any other Out-of-the-way place. When
SO treated they are usually OF very ''Iit-
tie account" and most of that is on the
wrong side of the ledger.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-02-06
horticultural Notes.

horticultural Notes.
Four canes are sufficient for one hill
of raspberries, and those varieties that
throw up suckers should be kept
trimmed down.
DIR. Hoskins urges the Vermont ex-
pertinent station to test the Russian
fruits, particularly cherries, and also
some of the Eastern European plums
and pears. The fruit possibilities of
our Northern regions are yet hardly
realized.
An onion farm of large dimensions is
that owned by Swayze & Bulgin, in
Warren County, N. ]. Their bill for
seed in 1888 was 81 1892 and their crop
was 100000 bushels. They have fifty
acres In asparagus.
An exchange very properly says:
Good drainage is an important item
with both small and tree fruits. This is
especially the case in winter, and under
no circumstances should water be al
lowed to stand around the plants and
freeze. To avoid this, provide good
drainage now.
Where divisional lines are required
on pleasure grounds, several species Of
shrubs may be used with pleasing eff
feet. Deciduous shrubs and hardy
roses which grow rapidly answer the
puI POscS WCI. AAOy ShOuIu udIuTdlly
have dense growth, and bear cutting
into shape. The old purple boursalt
rose is exceedingly hardy and a strong
grower, and taken in mass the flowers
are quite ornamental in their season.
The Madame Planter is another hardy
and strong grower, and the beautiful
white flowers are rarely equaled.
Among other deciduous shrubs answer
ing well Tor this purpose, are the bar
berry. plum-leaved spiraea, crimson
towering currant, the large panicled
hydrangea. philadelphus, Persian lilac
and weigela.
For our evaporated fruit the principal
consuming countries abroad are Ger
many, England. Belgium, Holland and
France, in which the new product has
displaced the old sun-dried fruit. There
were shipped alone to France during
1887, some $4,000 bushels of quality
known as chopped or sliced apples,
which are used chiefly for the produc-
ton of cider, cheap wines and distilla-
ton when the vineyards Of France suf-
fer from the phylloxera. Some 1900, 600
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-02-06
Diseases of Fowls.

There are so many diseases incident
to poultry that it is impossible to de-
scribe the symptoms of all in a brief ar
ticle. The disease most prevalent in
the fall, winter, and spring is roup,
which kills more fowls in this country
than cholera and all other causes COM
bined.
Roup is due to colds, and may be
brought into the flock by contagion, by
dampness, by exposure to winds, and
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-15
A BIoodless Tragedy.

The most humorous thing tina: ever | saw
In one of these institutions or, indeed in all
my Hours in a Library" was what | saw
yesterday. 1t was an establishment OF some
pretensions, and boasted Of the newest works
A gentleman of about 80 or so, with his
young wife, came in while was there, and
the way in which he looked at one book. and
took it up, and put it down again. convinced
ne that he was the author of it,
1t was not quite so certain, of course. as in
picture exhibition, where you see the origi
nal hanging dixie bit OF glass with quick
silver behind it, about his own portrait. but
it was equally clear to one in the same line
of business, who lad published Though it
may not be in the latest catalogue, a first
book himself.
What this bashful debutant wanted TO ask
q knew was whether his book was In de
mand, but being deficient in moral courage
he very naturally made his wife ask To see
that charming youns. person, with much hes
itancy and blushing, assume an air of indif
ference, rs she put the desired question to tho
Librarian, while her husband affected TO be
engaged over the index volume of the Ency.
clopedia Britannica, In dark corner Out
listening with all his ears, was as good as
any farce; but when tbs man answered
cheerfuily:
well, no ma'am; you are the first that
ever heard ask about it" it was a tragedy to
three Of ua-James Payn in London Illu,-
trated News
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-15
The 3Iinuet and Cetillon.

This Is certainly a century Of revivals The
rlinuet and cotillon are being danced, We
drink our tea out OF old china and are prouder
modern designs, we go back to Queen Anne's
time for our houses, and 20 Sheraton and
Chippendae for the designs of our furniture
AS TO our pastimes, the origin Of tennis u an
tque enough for anything: aud now we are
reviving croquet, the graceful pastime which
has been alternating. 80 70 speak for four
Teen or fifteen years sm glad that this Is
80. -hink that tennis, like other sports Is
rap.4.y acquiring a faint Of professionalism
Besides this, IL is selfish game. - far a. con
Germs the inability Of people no longer very
young TO stand the violent exercise II in
regulations, and text books and champions.
and columns all TO itself IN the papers, IL IL
becoming quite " public" g game as cricket
or football Indeed, when ! have s.-n soms
Of my friends charging across . lawn a. hard
as they could go, with face like the August
sun at MONDAY ought TO be. preparation
running down their cheeks, hair disheyeied
and generally breathless look about them.
think, as the shah does about dancing. that
lit is folly for people 70 take such violent ex-
ercise, when they can pay others 20 do 10 for
them" Croquet requires Just as careful and
scientific sying tennis, and II 1t Is not an
athletic game. IL is certainly more graceful
and quito as interesting, and wish al sue
cess &c its rival. -Katnleen In Leeds Asrcury.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-15
THE CARE OF FLOWERS.

A solution of tobacco soap viii keep the
aphis away from honeysuckles-
Cuttings should always be made from
healthy plants, otherwise they are sure to be
poor and diseased.
Florists say nothing is to be gained by
starting gladioluses in the house In advance
of the outdoor planting time
Do not wet the leaves of Rex Begonias, as
it causes them to spot, making holes IN the
leaves, and finally destroying them.
1t is the nature of the Poinsettia to drop
its leaves after blooming, when grown In the
sitting room. 1t often drops them before,
unless good deal of water Is used On its
foliage.
The peony does well in rather heavy soil
After transplanting il is often two or three
years before the plants bloom much, as they
must become well established IN their new
quarters before full crops Of flowers can be
expected
Cut flowers can be kept fresh for quite
length Of time by putting few drops of
liquid ammonia In the water In which they
are placed. This water should be changed
daily, and at each change the stems OF the
flowers should be cut an inch or two TO
present fresh surface to the waser.-Ladiss
Home Journal,
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-15
CHINESE MAxlMS.

ForbeaFohee is attended with profit.
The stroightest trees are the first felled
Life is journey and death a return home.
Causeles anger resembles waves without
wind.
A discontinued man is like q snake who
would swallow an elephant.
Kind feeling may be paid with kind feel
ing, but debts must be paid in hard cash.
The people are the roots Of the state; if the
roots are fourishing the state will endure.
II men will have no care for the future
they will soon have no sorrow for the past
Those above should not Cypress those be-
low, nor those below encroach on those above
The house wherein learning abounds will
arise; that in which pleasure prevails will
fall.
Hear both sides and you will be clear;
hear but one and you will still be in the
dark.
To be fully fed and warmly clothed and to
dwell at ease, without learning, is better than
a bestial state.
The wisest must in thousand times be
once mistaken; the most foolish in thou
sand times must be once right.
When paths are constantly trodden they
are kept clean, but when abandoned the
weeds choke them up; so weeds choke the
mind in the absence of employment.-Ex-
change
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-15
The Worlds Cheapest Restaurant.

Not far from the Rue St. Denis IS res
taurant that has few counterparts Il is
the cheapest place in Paris, aud that means
in the world I once had the honor 10 enter
tain II nyo king, since hanged, in one Of the
chief Chatham street eating houses The
Whyo bad what ne called ''corkin' good
feed" and the bill, / think. was fourteen
cents But the Paris restaurant is much
cheaper. II enjoys the tits Of An Hasard
de Ia Fourchette." In i. a huge caldrou
hangs over the FIRE. Il is fIlsd with all sorts
and conditions q eatabi>x TIE customer
paws three cents 70 the bury gentleman who
Is n charge. he receives In return a huge.
long handled fork This be Iiunge< into the
pot once-no more / did Dot try nv luck,
but found II interesting TO watch those VITO
did Il was a peculiar game q chance, AMI
those who piayed II shovel more interest ia
i. than yoa can SEC On the fa1es Of u. cara-
blsrs 81 Monaco Sometimes a lackT one
would bring Up chicken wing er a sabst2a-
tial chunk q meat, ard thereon his face
would ishi Bat -.ors oftea tns FORK would
come CD Laden with oui- potato or SINE
insignificant srfsc3e. EorcTer. that made
DO dl1sreroe. Tns plarsr had 20 be sa.sx.ed
with MS winnings c. Re woald travel 70 ttss
stree. with mere ve.ociSy than corato~- Al
together. the Pork Hazard Is acnee- place,
and Is -o-th ssslog.-PaEls Letter 20 New
Orleans Inns