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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-24

quantity of corr ensilage to maintain a
flow of milk and yield of butter fully
equal to and rather more than that pro-
duced by feeding dry fodder corn.
Second, that the dry matter of ensilage
has not shown higher feeding value
than the dry matter Of caretully-cured
fodder corn.
THE American Cultivator advises
farmers to have roofs of their barns
painted as a means of preserving them
from decay. The falling drops of rain,
break, making a "fuzzy" surface which
holds water and induces decay. Paint
entirely prevents this so long as it lasts.
1t is cheaper to keep the roof covered
with some inexpensive paint than to
have the labor and expense of renew
ing shingles every few years.
A WRITER in a London paper says:
ST stated last week that in former days
tame turkeys were fed with walnuts to
give them the taste of wild turkeys. In
Italy turkeys are always fattened with
| walnuts. Thirteen days before a tur-
key is to be killed one walnut is stuffed
down his throat. Each day he is given
an additional walnut, and on the TWEEN
ty-ninth day he has tN enty-nine wal
nuts. He is immensely fat. I have of.
LOh NOAtOOlCo, dQO0 UuO W1lbOIg Willy OUR
turkey breeders do not adopt this
plan"
AN Illinois fruit grower is said to have
forwarded the apple production of a
young orchard very much by planting
only sixteen feet apart, requiring four
times the usual number of trees. The
redundant mes are girdled when large
enough to bear; this both checks their
growth and hastens fr~uitfulness, and
they give a good return of extra fine
specimens before it becomes necessary
to remove them out Of the way of the
large permanent trees, then only be-
ginning their yield.
POULTRY can be best applied
now. 1t is a very difficult manur to
%pulverize, and when composted with
coal ashes it is very hard. BY spread
ing it on the garden plot the snow and
rain will soften the Jumps, which are
broken to pieces by the first hard frost
that follows. Alter the Jumps have
been frozen and soaked two or three
times they will be rendered very fine.
If the application is delayed too late in
the season the droppings cannot be. as
intimated, mingled with the soil as is
done by exposing them to the frost.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-24
Benefits of Going Barefooted.

I consider the following, taken from
the London Lancet, very sensible and
worthy the respectful attention of par
ents. / have ever found the writer's
views confirmed by personal experience
with my own children:
Children who are allowed to 90 bare
footed enjoy almost perfect immunity
from the danger Of cold by accidental
chilling of the feet, and they are alto
gether healthier and happier than those
who, in obedience to the usages of social
lie, have their lower extremities per-
manently invaded and, so to say, care
fully swathed and put away in rigid
cases. AS regards the poorer
classes of children, there can
be no sort of doubt in the mind of
anyone that it is incomparably better
theyshould 90 barefootedthan wear boots
that let in the wet, and stockings that
are nearly always damp and foul" There
could be added to the above the testi-
mony of many eminent physicians, who
give as an additional reason the impossi-
bility Of a child's foot growing naturally,
shod, as it has to be, with the conven-
tiOnal shoe,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-24

he frequents, and he is very particular
about being let severely alone. He
shuns hotels, and always secures a fur
nlshed room in some quiet neighbour
hood n takes his meals at a restau-
rant. He lever pays a CEN for
anything that is served him in
the line of wet goods, but in
variably says, Just remember that, nv
boy;' and when he is about to leave
town ne calls for his bill. and, no matter
the amount, pays it like a man. When
he arrives here for his periodical set to
with spirituous, malt and various bever-
ages, he will stride into our place, look
all around the room, wait until there is
scarcely any one present, and then,
walking up to the bar, will say to the at
tendant soto voice:
Have you any Mumm
Eyes, SIR
"Six bottles on ice, please"
After this he will walk out and won't
return for probably two or three hours.
Then back he comes, draws a chair up
to a table, and tackles the well-iced
Mumm, and he gets away with it. too;
there is positively no limit to that mans
capacity. and he grows boisterous
or disagreeable. He will sit a whole
afternoon and evening drinking wine,
and walk out late apparently straight as
a string. About 10 the next morning he
makes bis appearance. and, taking his
seat, calls for a large dish if ice
cream and a tumbler half full of bour-
bon whisky. After being served
he takes a spoon and slowly transfers
the cream from the dish to the glass
until the latter is full with the mixed
liquor and cream. This he slowly sips
until the glass is empty, when he re-
peats the performance sometimes seven
or eight times. Another popularity of
his is to buy imported cigars, break
them in two and chew them. Alter
spending a week or ten days in our
midst the old gentleman takes a Turk
ISL bath, pays his score, takes the train
for his home, and shaking off MI. Hyde
becomes DR.. JekYlL once more.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-24
The Ruling Habit.

Judge Kelley, the Pennsylvania Con-
gresham, chewed tobacco constantly for
owe fifty years. He had a piece of the
weed in his mouth always-even going
to sleep with a guild folded in his cheek.
he had to submit to a terrible operation,
the cutting of the cancer from his mouth.
On the morning when the surgeons
were going to operate upon him, the
judge put a piece of tobacco slyly into
his mouth. His daughter detected it,
and urged her father to take it out.
"My daughter" said the sturdy con-
gresham, "those doctors will be here to
cut me up in just about one hour; they
tell me that the chances are that | may
die under the operation; now before I
die 1 mean to have one more good
chew"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-24
Opium Eating IN India.
From the London Globe

~ kAS AOAoOh
In almost any village of Guzerat, if
not in all. you may see among the Hin
docs the ~istless, apathetic manne and
dull, sleepy eyes of the opium eater.
Anywhere there it is only necessary to
ask for a little kasumba to be offered it
on ali sides. The mode of making that
drink is not pleasant to see. A little
crude opium is produced, and placed
on a small ball of raw cotton. The max
er holds this in the palm of his hand
and pours a little water on it. He
kneads theeopium into the wet cotton
and goes on pouring water until the cot
ton is saturated with brown fluid. He
then squeezes it out, as if from a PONCE
into the palm of his hand, and you are
invited to sit on the ground while he
pours the dirty stuff into your
mouth from a still dirtier hand. The
opium eater is always dirty. These
people ask but little food. Opium eat
ers have no appetite. They will work
just as much as they are compelled to
do in order to procure their drug.
Ask them why their fields are unculti-
waited or half titled and they say:
Look at the labor we should have to
foot after another, silent and half
given to an inquirer, who asked if the
people were we'll off, was: ''How could
we be when opium is SO dear?" No
wonder the active little Mahrattas
walked through this country. More
than half the outlawry of the province
is due to opium smuggling. Where tn
~cultivators have managed to keep to a
certain extent free from the opium
fend they are invariably well off.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-24
How His Wives Got Mixed.
From the Dahlonega (Ga.) Signal

from Inc OdnlOueBa (Ga.) Signal.
While out walking with a friend we
came upon a graveyard all by itself. [
noticed three white marble slabs in q
row and asked my college friend who
was planted there. He told me they
were the three wives of a man living
near there. They had all died in Daw-
son County, and after the old man
moved to Lumplin he concluded to re-
move the remains of his dead consorts
hither; SO he had them unearthed and
all placed in the same wagon for trans
portation. On the journey, however,
the remains of the three got a little
mixed. and he was unable to recognize
their features by their bones. He sort
ed them out the best he could and plant
ed them. This was the story as told by
my friend. He then asked me to 90 in
and read the %epitaphs. / did so, and
here they are: "Here lies Sarah, and
perhaps a portion of Martha, wife of
-. Died on DEFENDERS, 1852. Gone
to rest" The next one read thus:
Sacred to the memory of Susan Jane,
second wife of -. and also a few
bones of Caroline and Martha, who got
mixed with her in the transportation.
She died in March, on the 10th day, in
1859. Asleep in Jesus" The third
reads: "She is gone. Sacred to the
memory of Caroline, third wife of
-, and a part of the remains of both
Martha and Susan Jane, who are mixed
along with her." There is no date to
this one.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-24
Poetry and Science.
From an Exchange.

James Payn, the novelist, is editor of
the Cornhill Magazine, London. Next
door to his office a medical journal has
its sanctum. One day Mr.. Payn's door
was cautiously opened and a pale-faced,
l~ong-haired individual entered. II
have brought a little thing about sarco-
ma and carcinoma" said the visitor.
very sorry, sir" said Pawn, "but we
have all the poetry we want" "This
isn't poetry !"' exclaimed the visitor, lit
is an essay on two varieties of tumor."
"Oh, l beg your PARDON" said Payn;"I
thought they were a pair of Italian low
ers." The long-haired man was a we'll
known medical professor who had en-
tered the wrong Office.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-24
THE MUSICIAN.

When some great master lets his soul go free
On wings of music, which beat silent air
Until q rose tint bushes everywhere,
And heaven is bursting with the melody;
Or when a Patti, or q Ger.ter, sings.
And ears are lips, which drink the liquid sound
Until the soul in music's spell is bound,
And life forgot, with all the care 1t brings;
Then have / thought no greater art could be;
Though ] should live for ages, and should hear
The best that ever came to mortal ear,
No sounds more sweet would ever visit me.
And yet. dear heart, thy hand, love taught, just
now
Woke sweeter music laid upon my brow.
Good Housekeeping.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-24
A Love.

The whole world may be against a
man, but the m who loves him viii
stand boldly forward as his champion.
No matter how vile a man may be, if a
woman loves him she exalts him to the
rank of a demi-god, and refuses to see
the clay feet of her idol. When he is
forsaken by all she still clings to him.
When all others frown she still smiles
on him, and when he dies she adores
and reverences his memory as that of a
martyr of circumstances.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-24
No fewer than 1000 horses are slaugh-

NO Fewer Than 7,UW horses are slaugh-
tered yearly in the market of Berlin.
Four thousand seven hundred pigs an
nually pay the debt of nature in tribute
to Berlinese appetites and find their
way to the table in shape of either
sausage or ham. Beside devouring this
porcine host, that city stands account
ant yearly for the violent death of 49,
500 head of cattle, 131 800 calves and
$4,000 sheep, besides a multitude of
minor animals.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-03-28
MACAUlAY'S STYLE.
Why 1t Can Not BE Reproduced by Hl
Admirers and Disciples.

Why It Can Not BE Reproduced by His
Admirers and Disciples.
1t has become OF late fashion to
speak Of the decaying influence Of Lord
Macaulay. In measure there is truth
in the reflection. The number Of those
who are tempted to initiate, or try to
initiate, the perilous combination of
ease and stateliress in his style, has
dwindled down to one or two assiduous
but not over-fortunate disciples.
1t by no means follows, however, that.
because 1t has ceased to be model, it
has in any degree lost its attractive
ness. 1t is no dishonor to a vanished
hero that no survivor presumed to
WELD his sword. Macaulay's style
was perfect from the pen OF Macaulay,
but 1t was not one that could be repro
duced by lesser men at will. "Soak
your mind with Cicero" was his ad-.
vice once to beginner. It was not so
easy thing to imbibe Macaulay.
What was with him effortless splendor
became with the mechanical copyists a
poor affectation. The flavor of novelty
soon left the Fictitious mimicry, and
nothing but the artifciality remained.
What was grand became grandiose;
the stately periods, the picturesque
imagery, the matchless lucidity
shriveled into spiritless array of
thin. stilted sentences. painfully simu-
lating an appearance of rich and rest
full ease.
Macaulay could be reproduced just
as little as Carlyle, and though the
copyists OF the more kindly master Of
Tended less than those who caught at
secondhand only the crabbedness and
ruggedness Of the Sage of Chelsea,
still they offended, and little by little
have wisely abandoned in despair an
enterprise on which 1t was folly to
enter Liverpool Courier.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-03-28
HUMANlTY'S AVERAGES.

Facts About the Human Body which
Every Body Should Know.
The average weight of male adults
is l30 pounds; of women, about 10
pounds. The average height of Amer
lean recruits is about feet inches.
The average height of well-built men
is5 feet9 inches; OF women, feet 4
inches One inch Of height should add
two pounds to weight. The specific
gravity of the body ranges from 0. $50
to 1880. The heart weighs 26O
grammes in women and $50 grammes
(1O} ounees) in men; the average
Weights 292 grGmmes. The period
OF its maximum weight is between SO
and 80.
The amount OF blood for the body is
one-thirteerth the weight of the body,
or ORG quarts, or II or ~ pounds.
A man dies when he has lost a fifth of
his blood. The heart with each contrac-
d0n elects ounces of blood from each
ventricie. at q pressure in the left ven-
tricle of One-fourth of an atmosphere
The heart sends all the blood round
the body twice every minute, or in
about thirty-fiye contractions. A dead
ly poison injected into vein kills in
fifteen seconds. on the average; in
jeeted under the skin, In four minutes.
A cubic millimeter OF blood contains
5000, 900 blood cells in men, 1900, 900
In women. There are 800 red cells to
every one white blood cell. The red
cells have an average diameter of
1-32OO inch. the white cells OF 1-250OO
inch. The specific gravity of the blood
ia LOSS. The frequency of the pulse
In the new born is $50; In infants of
one year. 1to, at two years. IS; at seven
70 fourteen years, IS, in the adult man,
"; woman. 80 The respiraaions are
sne-fourth as rapid as the pulse.
Medical Record.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-03-28
How II Feels to Be Eaten.

Sir Lyon Playfair recently related
that he knew three men who escaped
with their lives after being partially de-
voured by wild beasts. The first was
Livingstone. the great African trav-
eler. who was knocked on his back by
lion, which began to MUNICH his arm.
He asserted that he felt no fear or
pain, and that his only feeling was one
OF intense curiosity as to which part Of
his body the lion would take next.
The next was Rustem Pasha, now
Turkish Ambassador in London. A
bear attacked him and tore of part
OF his hand and part OF his arm and
shoulder. He also said that he had
neither sense of pain nor OF fear, but
that he felt excessively angry because
the bear grunted with so much satis-
faction in munching him. The third
case Is that Of Sir Edward Bradford,
an Indian officer now occupying q high
position in the Indian Office. He, was
seized In a solitary place by q tiger.
which held him firmly behind his
shoulders with one paw and then de-
liberately devoured the whole Of his
arm, beginning at the end and ending
ct the shoulder. He was very positive
that he had no sensation OF fear, and
thinks that he felt little pain when
the fangs went through his hand, but
is certain that he felt mono during the
munching OF his arm. Manchester
Courier. a III
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-03-28
FULL or FUN.

johnson says the greatest, magic
ians OF the age are the paper-makers.
They transfer the beggar's rags into
sheets for editors to lie on.
When bald-headed man removes
his hat to salute lady, 1t does not re-
mind one of o leafless branch, although
it's naked bow. - Salem Standard.
lis marriage q miss-takep No. not
when you marry a widow. It's not q
miss-take. buta misfortune. when you
court q rich girl and don't get her,
American Commercial Traveller.
A correspondent who is always
writing to know what to do In any
emergency wants to know what he
should do II attacked by footpads in q
dark alley. We should say that the
proper thing would be to advertise for
help. Puck.
You may bring me some satanized
crustaceans," said Miss Boston to the
waiter MIAMI gasped the astonished
menial. Don't you understand mep
i want deviled crabs" 20, yes'm!
Bring 'em right away"
"A British idea of the American
Language. Our Last Duke Ito the
Latest American Beauty)-"You are
fond OF art. Miss Ten Brock-do you
paintp" Miss T. B-"Wall. Duke,
you're playin' it rather low down. I
reckon l don't rouge, but dew pow
der."-London Funny Folks.
-Wife-"What would you do II q
lady got into horse-car when all the
seats were occupied?" Husband
'Look out Of the window, to be sure.
Do you think I'd be impolite enough
to embarrass woman by staring her
out OF countenance. Boston Globe.
The original inventor of the bell
punch sold his patent for $500. and the
company purchasing it made hundreds
OF thousands OF dollars out Of it. 1t is
not known what the original inventor
OF the whisky-punch sold his patent
for, but hundreds of thousands Of dol
lars have been made out OF that, too.-
Norristown Herald.
Not Portable Property. Mrs. Hob
son Ito caller)--"Oh! by the way, Mrs.
Van Blunt, did you know that my hus-
band left the bank, and is spending a
few days in Canadap" Mrs. Van Blunt
why, no; that is surprise to me.
And so he really left the bankP" Mrs.
Hobson-"Yes. Mrs. Van Blunt
"Too heavy, l supposep"-N. Y. Sun.
MARY, suppose you sing some
thing" "Oh, it's so late, Charlie. Pm
afraid it'll awake every one." That's
too bad" exclaimed Charlie, with
every appearance of distress but
why do you want me to sing, dearp"
she teuderly inquired. "Why. you
see," he replied, "a fellow owe twen-
ty-five dollars has been waiting outside
all the evening for me, and l thought
maybe If you'd sing little he'd 60
away"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-03-28
HEAVY STEEL RAILS.

Increasing Weight OF Engines and Greater
Speed Make Them Necessary.
The ninety-pound steel rails which
the Philadelphia & Reading railroad
has. laid on portions of its Bound
Brook route are probably the heaviest
in use within the United States. They
are necessitated by the steadily-in-
creasing weight of engines and the de-
velopment of speed which mark the
times we live in.
Accompanying the development OF
the railroad in this country" said
Chief Engineer Nichols of the Read
ing road, "there has been a steady
development OF the rail. In the early
days Of railroading the trains ran on a
thin band OF iron, which was fastened
to a strip Of timber. Out of this grew
one Of the early forms of railroad ac-
cideut The rail 'snaked up as it
was called; that is, the end sprang up
from the wooden support, and as o train
came along it was caught by the
wheel and forced through the bottom
OF the car. often impaling passengers.
Then the rail assumed its present gen.
eral form, but was much lighter than
now. The first rails laid on our main
line to Reading in the thirties, weighed
only 45 pounds to the yard. The
weight was gradually increased until,
In the development of the railroad sys-
tenn, steel rails came into use. The
first steel rails that we laid was on the
Mahanoy branch, and weighed about
Sc pounds to the yard. From that time
on we have been putting in use rails
more and more massive go, "a and 20
pounds, and now finally the Bethle-
hem iron n-works have furnished us with
a 90-pound rail. These rails have been
laid where the travel is heaviest. At
some points along the road where the
line Is tOlerably straight our trains fre-
quently go at speed Of seventy-five
miles an hour. There is tremendous
wear and tear when the modern Amer
lean engine goes at this rate, and
hence the need Of rail that will yield
just as little as possible"
Said another Official: 'The 90
pound rail is by no means the heaviest
In the world. In Canada, under
stand, trial is being made Of 1OO-pound
rails Better still, on some Of the
English roads q 12O-pound rail is not
unknown. The need OF heavy rails is
greater IN England than In this coun-
try for one reason, at least There
railroads are straighter than here, and
greater speed can be attained and
heavier wear and tear result"
Inquiry at the Pennsylvania railroad
Office showed that the heaviest rail in
use on that line weighs 85 pounds to
the yard. 1t is considered very heavy,
and is placed at points where particu-
larly fast time is made. The average
weight Of rails used is about 70 pounds,
which Is the average weight on the
Reading road as we'll. Philadelphia
Record
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-03-28
RecIps roa BEAUTY.
me H6sot Of IIabitual Nobleness ON che
Expresslon Of the Fnce.

me EfSsct Of Habitusl Nobleness on che
Exprcsslon Of the Fncc.
Looking on fine faces we admire
three things features, color and ex-
preston. The features, these forms
OF brow, nose and chin, are bequests.
coming often from far ancestors; our
colors, too, are in the main bequests,
depending on the quality Of tissue and
OF blood. the more immediate parents
give II; but expression Is very largely
own our affair. And, even with good
features, and clearest colors, expression
is ''the best part Of beauty" The play Of
thought will and feeling on the face
OF noble thoughts, firm self-controls,
and pure, unselfish, gentle feelings
we can ourselves secure, II so we will.
Ten years of habit, three years. or only
one, will affect expression much. Some
one has said that "every face ought to
be beautiful at forty" and another,
that mo old person has right to bo
ugly, because he has had all his life to
grow beautiful" That is to say, life's
opportunities of nobleness, or even
forty years Of opportunity, II we'll
used, ere enough to make so much
beauty within that 1t can not help COM
Ing through the surface in graceful
habits Of the nerves and muscles. The
TRANSPORTATION Of pleasant smile.
kindly liShtings Of the eyes, restful
lines OF belf-control about the lips,
pure shiaings Of the face as great
thoughts kindle inwardly = these
things no parent makes inevitably
ours, and no fitful week or two OF
goodness gives them, and no schooling
OF the vishge either, but only habitual
noblenessand graciousness within; and
this will five them all.
Splend6r from within! 1t is the only
thing which makes the real and last
ing splendor without Trust that in
evitable law Of self-expression. Be,
not seem! Be, to seem. Be beautiful,
and you will by and by seem 30. Carvo
the face from within. not dress it from
without. Within lies the robing-
room, the sculptor's workshop. For
whosoever would be fairer. illumina-
tion must begin in the soul-the face
catches the glow only from that side.
It's the spirits beauty that makes tho
best face, even for the evenings com.
pany; the spirit beauty is the only
beauty that outlasts the work and
wear and pain Of life. Christian Reg
lister,