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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-03
Eggs in the Eel.

Scientists have known that the eel ia
an reproducing fish for dozen years
or more, the Russian naturalist, Syriska.
having first figured the ovaries of the
female and the spermaries of the male.
but how and where these minute eggs
are LAID is still unknown. In October
the ees run down to salt water to breed,
and the young cells ascend the brooks
and rivers in swarms. AS they are then
some two inches long, and the size of
darning needle, it is evident that they
must have been Matched several weeks
before, perhaps in February, to have
grown so much from so small an egg.
Fred Mather, the well-known culturist,
has been estimating the number of eggs
In six-pound eel in November lin what
Is known to fishermen as "eel fat" but
which are really the ovaries,) and cred
it's that eel with fully 9,0OO,OOO, saws the
New York Sun. Under the microscope
he found that they measured eighty to
the linear inch. and, taking one ovary
and dividing it by means of the most
delicate scales known to science, he
halved, quartered, and further divided
the mass seventeen times, untiEhe had
section small enough to count the eggs
in it. This section represented 1,13l,-
or of the total number, and three sec
tions were laboriously counted under the
microscope. One of the sections con-
tanned sixty-eight eggs, making the total
8,912,896 eggs. The second held seven
seven eggs, or 1902, 544 in the whole.
The third section consisted of seventy
one, from which it would appear that
there were 1906, liz eggs in the eel.
Taking the last as the medium humber,
Mr.. Mather figures, in round numbers,
that that six-pound eel contained 9,OOO,-
600 eggs.
There have been many theories about
the reproduction of the eel, some ofthem
being wildly absurd, such as their being
Matched by fresh-water mussels. or that
the lamprey was the female and the So
called silver eel the male, etc. The
fact is that the lamprey, miscalled clam
per EEL" is form of life lower than
that of the true fishes to which the eel
belongs, and it is vertebrate with a
cartilagenous skeleton instead of bony
one, has it's skull imperfectly developed,
and bas no lower jaw. Specifically it
appears like an eel, but is not nearly re-
lated to it. Mr. Mather has done a SER
vice with his microscope in computing
the eggs in fish about whose breeding
habits the majority of fishermen are in
doubt
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-03
Cleanliness ia the Dairy.

When COWS are stabbed all night, and
the greater part of the day, it becomes
a matter of concern how they should be
Uttered SO as to secure the most perfect
cleanliness. Swamp muck dried is the
best of all absorbents, but it is objection
able as litter because the dust pene-
trates the cows coat, and however well
she is brushed, it will be falling into the
milk pail at times. Sawdust will absorb
the moisture very we'll, but it is not val
liable as manure. while swamp muck is.
Consequently I use both Of these in the
stable. Plenty of dried muck Cor peat)
is spread in the gutter, and in the ma
nure cellar, and hard wood sawdust is
spread under the cows. By a proper ar
rangement Of the floor, the stall and
the ties, and the gutter, the cows may
be kept clean, with very little currying.
The gutter should be half filed with
the dry peat, so that no liquid remains
for the COWS to draggle their tails in,
and two or three inches Of sawdust
should be spread on the floor. Hard
wood saw dust is better for the soil than
pine, which decays very slowly.
Thorough carding and brushing are
indispensable for cleanliness. The
which peels off, and the dried perspira-
ton which has disagreeable odor, and
is really an excrement, is removed. The
friction is exceedingly beneficial to the
animals, stimulating the skin, encourag-
ing the perspiration, and removing from
the blood those used up waste matters
which are offensive, and would, if not
thus got rid of, escape with the milk
This is the cause OF what has been
called the animal odor of the COWS and
the milk, and which has been truly
charged with exercising an injurious eff
feet upon the milk as a decomposing
ferment. But the true odor of clean,
healthy COW is not disagreeable, much
less fetid. Virgil wrote of the sweet
breath of the heifers, and any dairy
man may experience the same if he will
take pains to enable the skin to throw
off the waste matters which will natur-
ally pass off when the cows are free to
clean themselves by rubbing their skins,
and in other ways.
Exposure to foul air is uncleanliness.
The stables should rot only be we'll
cleaned and purified ty plenty of fresh
litter and plaster, which neutralizes the
odor of stable, but also by ample VEN
tilation with abundant space tor each
COW. A COW needs eighty square feet Of
floor space, and nine feet above the
floor, for sufficient supply of fresh air;
that is, four feet of the floor of stable
twenty feet wide and nine feet high; 80
that wide passages in front and rear of
the stalls are needed for health as well
as convenience. Good health is one OF
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-03
She Needed Sleep and it Came.
From the New York Times


The funeral of Mrs. Margaret Kemp,
who died on Tuesday at the ripe age of
96 years, will be held at her home, 81
West Forty-seventh Street, tomorrow
afternoon. Friends are invited to at
tend before o'clock.
It is noteworthy, as en- interesting in
cident in the career of this remarkable
old lady. that to the last hour of her
long lie she was in the full possession
of her faculties. An hour before disso-
luton there was no evidence of the end.
The family physician, DR.. E. A. Cald-
well. was by the bedside.
when you get to be 100 years DID,"
he said to her, humorously. "you must
get another physician. shall be too
old for active practice"
Mrs. Kemp smiled at the physician
before her, and said: ''No, doctor; 1
shall never live to celebrate my Tooth
birthday"
Nonsense" he replied. "You will
outlive me-"
There was serious expression on her
face when she said: mo, doctor; I
have lived long enough. / am tired
and feel the need of sleep. Goodbye,
DOCTOR"
One hour later the venerable lady
had passed away,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-03
Blowing w ellis.
From the Scientific American

From the Sc1entifc American.
A correspondent writes from Eckley,
Washington County. Colorado, stating
that they have 6-inch bored well over
20J feet deep-the first 5 or feet
through stratum called native lime, the
balance being clay soil and gravel-water
being found IN quicksand. The we'll
seems to act as barometer, be-
fore a storm, blowing pure-smelling
cool air with force that is heard
in a house 80 yards away; as the
storm passes, it sucks the air down with
an equal force. The country is very
level, or what is there called fiat, hay
ing sand creeks or gravelly waterways,
where water can be had at a few below
the surface, while at quarter of a mile
each way it is only found at depth of
200 feet. There are several of these
blowing wells in that vicinity.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-03
Thought He Was His Brother.
From the New York Express.

From the New York Express.
Nearly sixty-seven years ago Mrs.
Grant, the wife of Farmer Ira Grant, of
Burville, Conn.,, gave birth to boy trip
let's. They still live and are named
Matthew, Daniel and William. William
and Daniel constitute good instance
their earlier days the two peas
were frequently mistaken for one
another, and there is legend, the au-
thenticity of which could not be con-
frmed, that on one occasion when the
two brothers were sleeping together,
and one of them was to be called at an
early hour in the morning, the sleepy
triplet, suddenly aroused, repairing to
the looking-glass, became perfectly sat
isfed that he was his brother, and pro-
ceeded to scofd his mother for having
wakened the wrong man.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-03
FIRESIDE AND FARM.
The Quest.

There once was restless boy
Who dwelt in home by tie sea,
Where the water danced for Joy.
And the wind was glad and free;
But he said, Good Mother, oh let me go;
For the dullest Place in the world, know
Is this little brown house,
This old brown house,
Undea the apple tree.
ST will travel east and west;
The loveliest homes I'll see:
And when have found the best,
Dear mother, I'll come for thee
I'll come for thee in year and day,
And joyfully then we Il hasten away
From this tt g brown house,
This old brown house,
Under the apple tree"
So he travelled here and there,
But never content was he,
Though he saw In lands most fair
The cOstliest homes there be.
he something missed from the sea or sky,
TIL he turned again, with w1stful sigh,
To the little brown house,
The old brown house,
Under the apple-tree.
Then the mother saw and smiled,
While her heart grew glad and free
"Hath thou chosen home. my child?
Ah,whereshail we dwell? quoth she.
And he said, Sweet Mother, from east to west,
The loveliest home, and the dearest and BEST
Is the little brown house,
An old brown house,
Under an apple tree.
-Eudora S. Bumstead, IN st. Nicholas.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-03

the ele ments of cleanliness, for disease
OF any kind is always productive of fetor
OF breath, or exha lation, or excrement,
which being caused by wrong internal
condition will certainly affect the milk.
Clean food is another element of
cleanliness, and pure water is included.
Perhaps there is no other place except
a chemists laboratory where greater at
tentlon must be- given to secure perfect
cleanliness and entire absence from all
interfering matter than in a dairy, in
Guiding the stable as a most important
part OF it.-Henry Sewart, n, american
Agriculturist.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-03
Our Vocabulary.
From the Glohe.Demnerat

dI.
1t is worth remembering that Shake
speare produced all his wonderful PLAYS
with a stock of about 49, 90 words; that
Milton found 5000 sufficient for his
lofty and impressive purposes; and that
the whole of the Old Testament COM
prises less than $500. AS general
rule, people of the educated class do
not use more than 5000 or 1000 words
In conversation, while the uneducated
often get along, even in the halls of
Congress, with a few hundreds.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-03
He Had Smoked One.

From the Binghampton Republican.
Wlie-I noticed to-day that you have
smoked only one cigar out of that box
gave you on your birthday nearly six
months ago.
Hubby-Ah, do you think I can
smoke those, dear?' I want to keep
them as mementoes of your affection.
Wife-I assure you | would feel lust
as we'll if you would smoke them.
HuDby-But fear that | wouldn't.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-03

A SINGULAR case of illness, and one
which puzzles doctors, is that of John
McKinnon, ST., of Castine, Ne. He has
no control over his right arm and leg,
which move about systematically, and
at times violently. At first he seemed
to have but little pain, but now he
shows signs of suffering, and is losing
strength.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-03
Bushes and Weeds on the Farm.

It seems very strange thing that our
farmers should allow SO many bushes
shrubs and weeds to be growing along
puDlic highways and in other conspicu-
GUS places on their farms. What bad
effect it has on the the appearance Of
mans tarm? So small an expense
would be required in removing them
all Can it be that some farmers want
their farms to revert to wilds. They all
the time receive no profit from them, but
they have to pay taxes on them. / cannot
see why it is that farmers sometimes
increase the acreage of their land. They
do not see the extent of land which
might, with large profits. be brought
under control, and produce more on
small area with less labor, and without
extra taxes and cost.
Farmers are careless, and try to d
great deal without doing 1t we'll. Ii
they had only considered it in time,
they would have been the first to ex-
claim against the folly of RETAINING from
doing thing which could be done SO
easily, and which was of so m CHI i'm
pOrtance.
All will agree with me when I say
that if the highway is simply moved
every year clear up to the fence, no
weeds will grow they as a general
thing, but good grass, on the other
hand, will take their place and cause
as beneficial supply as any part of the
farm. Every one knows too we'll for
me to express it, that weeds and
bushes cannot live where there are
regularly moved every year. Every
one who has anv sense Of propriety
will be struck with the Jolly
of so moving a field that when the
central part Is cut Tor harvest,
streak will be left along the fence
which is not moved. Let me say to
every farmer who did not NOW up to
his fences fully last year, or who has
bushes and coarse weeds growing along
them, which are the consequence of
that space not having been mown in
years back, to do so this year; NOW all
fail to do this every year, and in a few
years he will have no bushes along his
fences, and every inch Of his farm will
pay and look better.
At the time of haying is the proper
season of the year to cut these coarse
weeds and bushes, and if cut every year
at that time they are sure to be killed.
All the larger bushes and shrubs are
generally destroyed by being cut at this
time, though very persistent in growth
if cut at any other time of the year;
moving them then generally kills or re-
duces their vitality to the lowest point.
Cutting these bushes at this time of the
year, and then if they start up at all,
throw some dry weeds or bushes on
their stubs, setting fire to them when
the new sprouts have made their ap-
pearance. has generally ample effect to
destroy them. In this way, with small
labor, the farm will be freed of its IL
conveniences, and the cleared fields and
woodlands will stand separate, and in
their proper Places. f., IN Practical
F,rrn1er
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-03

NJ. FoUoUE, French metallurgist
claimsto haye rediscovered the art of
making the famous Pompeii blue. His
process is based on mixture of silicate,
copper, and chalk, and he says that he
can produce any quantity of it at mod
crate cost
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-03
More Care Needed.

The Country Gentleman says that oc-
currences are constantly taking place
that show the great Importance of rails
Ing fruit of better quality than the mass,
and systematic arrangement for the
market. The past season great losses
have sTesulted from poor cultivation in
the first place, poor fruit as secondary
consequence, want of care in asserting
and packing, and bruised conteuts Of
the barrels or packages because the low
prices did not pay for the required
work. Cause and effect were thus work
ing together. The remedy. of course, is
to select the finest fruits, give them the
best culture, employ especial care in
gathering, asserting, and packing, and
arrange for a market long before
hand, which will not be difficult for
an orchardist who has obtain
ed reputation for honesty, furnishing
only perfect article. But great deal
of fruit is raised and managed in very
superficial manner, the owners expect
ing to make large sums of money by
large quantities, and not from the best
profits. AS an instance of this loose
way Of doing business, it was stated at
one of the Western horticultural meet
ings that few years ago, when the Chi
cago market was flooded with strawber-
ries, a carefully-prepared statement
was made that 100000 quarts were
sold in that city at a loss to the growers.
Much Of the crop was poor in quality,
badly packed, roughly handled, and !,
such as it was, brought better prices
near home than in the large city.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-03

ETHAN ALLEN. the once famous trot-
ting horse, still lives at the age of 80, at
Byfeld Parish, Mass.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-03
A Word About Celery,

William Falconer, in the Garden,
gives very interesting practical note
respecting celery. Mr.. Grant, of Ma
maroneck, N. Y, grows celery in the
good English way, two rows to the
ridge. Late in the fall he banks them
up high, and on the tops of the ridges
lays A-shaped board cap to throw off
rain and snOw-water, and over all a
thick mulching of salt hay. In digging
out celery he brings in a months sup
ply at time, and stores in frost proof
shed. Celery kept in the ridges in this
way is never apt to damp or rot off in
winter. as is often the case with celery
that has been lifted and stored in
trenches. But. then, while we get
along very we'll with this method in q
moderate way, it would be impractical
BILE on a large scale. Mr.. Grant is
emphatic in praise of Maj. Clark's pink
celery, and declares that it surpasses in
quality any other variety he grows. Mr..
Falconer, too, bears testimony to it's ex-
cellence, for he has grown it for years;
indeed, excellence of quality is pecu-
liar to all our red varieties of celery.
But many people object to the pink
tinge in the leaf celery on the table,
and to the dark color of pink celery
when it is cooked. Appearance goes a
long way in vegetables, as we'll as in
fruit; indeed, the finest appearing of all
celeries, the -blanching ones, are,
Mr.. f. thinks, the poorest in quality.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-03

Mr. 4. thinks, the poorest IN quality.
Farm Notes
All the cutting out of old canes from
the raspberries and blackberries should
be done before the spring opens. If
the new canes are cut back laterals will
be thrown out. Blackberries should
always be well cut back, in order to
have the canes strong and stocky.
All seeds sOwn, whether indoors OR
out, says Popular Gardening, should be
pressed firmly in the soil, SO as to ex-
clude the air, and thus prevent the
seed being shriveled and dried to an
extent that in four cases out of five
would destroy termination, and also in
places where termination does take
place, if the soil is left loose, the dry air
is often sufficient to shrivel up the
young plants even after they have
started.
Early in the season the fowls on the
farm can be made to do good service, if
allowed on newIy-plowed land. Chick
ems will scratch industriouslv for worms,
and the number of insects eaten by a
large flock daily is very large.
Warmth is very important for young
chicks. The early chicks pay well, and
this is the season they should receive
extra care.
The Partridge Cochin is undoubtedly
one ofour most prominent breeds. They
are we'll fitted for city or rural life.
They are extremely quiet, hardy,
healthy and good winter layer Their
flesh is good and presentable in color
the color that suits the majority of the
American people. They are handsome
in plumage and possess a good share of
useful qualities.
There is nothing a laying hen likes
better than a variety, not only of her
soft food, but in her grain. With bran
for the bulk of their morning food add
one day ground oats, another ground
wheat, with always meat and vegetables,
ii available, and the table scraps.
Wheat, oats and barley form regular
grain diet, but corn, buckwheat and
grass seeds make fine relishes.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-03

DEAREsT-I was so glad TO receive your letter
thought you had forgotten. You and sarah
both are mad. 1 thought dog days came in
August. and that is long past When shall you
recover? l am in Kansas now. l shall be in
Texas or China soon If you don't prevent ii.
What do you think of the new house on K street9
How would 1t do furnished for two?
Yours till death,
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-04-20
LOCAL JOTTINGS.

Everybody is going to ]. G. Fox's
to buy dry goods.
You ought to see the rush at J. c.
Fox's dry goods store.
Major Pinkham and his wife came
down from Ketohum yesterday, and
returned to-day.
Jos. Pinkham left to-day to attend
the meeting of the Republican Terri
torial Central Committee next Mon
day.
H. l.. Dickinson, of the Crook
Mercantile Co., of Bayhorse, and his
wife, were in town yesterday aud left
for home to-day.
Mrs. Sarah Roach will keep for
sale, to families and others, all kinds
of fine pastry, bread, etc. Her es-
tablishment is at Rupert's corner.
Gentlemen; Please call and exam
inc my new selection of choice suit
ings 1.-The very pick of the San
Francisco market.
| ANDENCON, the lallor.
Dr.. H. D. Jones, the surgeon
dentist, has removed to DR.. Burk-
hart's old Office, where he is prepared
to do all sorts of dental work at rea-
sonable rates.
Persons wishing to improve their
memories or strengthen their power
of attention, should send to Professor
Loisette, 237 Fifth avenue, N. Y.
for his prospectus post free, as ad
vertised in another column.
Go to w. S. Mack's to have you
painting, paper-hanging, calcimining
ETC., done, and carpets taken up anc
relaid. w. 5. MACK,
Agent for Singer Sewing Machines
In his old quarters, Strahorn Block
Gus. P. Glenn, after whom tn
town of Glenn's Ferry was named
was to-day committed to the Insan
Asylum at Blackfoot. Elk Sherit
D. H. Gray was also committed t
the same institution the 18th inst.
A list of jurors to serve durin
the forthcoming term of court wa
, drawn to-day by the Clerk, Sheri
5 and Probate Judge, under the dire
S ton of the District Attorney. Tt
! list was made up from that drawn b
. the Commissioners at their meetln
last January.
The finest Alternative and AM
e Bilious medicine on earth is SAMAF
T TAN NERvINE. $3.50. "The do
n tors said my child must die wi
y Spasms. SAMARITAN NERvINE cure
) him." VIM. b. TANNER,
S Dayton, Ohio.
Il SAMARITAN NERvINE cured
e friend of mine who had dyspeps
t. very badly. MICHAEL O'CoNNoR,
Ridgway, Pa.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-04-20
Alturns County Warrants at Par.

Alturas county warrants, drawn
against the current expense fund,
received at par at this office, in pay
ment of subscription or advertising.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-04-20

[rorINUEo TO SEQ . PAGE
Daily Republican., 1889-09-12

Two days of wrestling
with a whirlwind OF water.
But the Limited Sale sur-
wives. It's a good swim.
mer. And the buyers came
and went through all the
storm, but they left some Of
the Bargains.
The 0aSekeeberS
Choice" and the "Lonp
Dollar" Blankets, with their
truth telling labels,and prices
lower than you ever saw be.
lore, will go out with this
week. 1t is a special pleasure
to give You a good Bargain
in staple things of universal
use. And SO when these
Blankets are gone we will
regret that we have no
more to sell-but you'll be
twice as sorry, II you haven't
bought.
The Dress Trimmings al
Picayune prices have the
Chestnut street entrance
The last day.
Your response took u.
with a glad surprise the
other day when We said, &c
mo 'estly, "Cloth;ng for mer
and Boys" Comical, very
to think that people in th!i
town would almost star
when Wanamaker sayi
Clothing You don
want US to say 1t every da,
that would be monoton.
GUS, and when we get mo-
notonous you'll tell us t.
quit. But Clothing Adver
tislng - doesn't it wear,
you? Columns of it daily
We want Volapuk or som
other language on Clothing
English Is bankrupt.
But such a stock as w
show you this season 70
Men and Boys. such styles
The stock is worthy OF 20,
ard rs.