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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-11-19
Orchards and Wet Seasons.

That orchards should fail and become
extinct in less than ten years is some
thing that has engaged the attention of
leading horticulturlsts very earnestly,
and to learn the causes and attempt to
apply remedies has led to many expert
ments of value. This season the blight
of the pear tree has been greater than
at any previous year. and the extremely
wet weather of the spring is ascribed as
the cause, there being an undue pro-
portion of sap IN the tree. The pear
tree becomes more subject to blight
when it is forced in growth. Whether
tender wood invites an attack of blight,
or whether the hardness of the tree is
injured by forced growth, is as yet
uncertain, but the fact remains that
more blight has prevailed this year than
usual.
It is not due to the frost that the pear
and peach crops failed in this section,
but to too much rain. The soil was
constantly wet in the spring, and so
remained until late in the year. The
peach tree will not thrive in wet soil,
and if the trees do not begin to fail
hereafter it will be on account of good
undertakings, provided the grower
did not neglect that precaution and
dl1OW lOO Wt+LCI W IOuIdIh lICdI
the surface Trees that did not bear
have made wonderful growth of wood
in many cases, and are full of sap,
as much as or E feet of wood hav-
ing grown on some peach trees. Such
trees will not go through the winter as
safely as those that have made less
growth, and it is not certain that heavy
growth this year will add to larger
crop next season.
To preserve peach trees and renew
them as they begin to fail has been
successfully accomplished by that well
known fruit-grower, Mr.. Robert S.
Emory, of Chestertown, Md, who has
nearly 100000 trees of different kinds.
His plan is to remove one-third of the
tree each year. 1t is we'll known that
the fruit on the peach trees is borne on
the new wood and higher up on the
branches as the trees grow. The wood
grown this year will give the peaches of
next year. When the fruit begins to
grow near the top, one-third of the tree
is cut off and new branches allowed to
shoot out and grow.
The next year another third is cut off,
and the succeeding year the other third.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-11-19
AN ENEMY IN THE TROMBONE.
Germs of Disease Lie Dormant in Wind
instruments.

Germs of Disease Lie Dormant in Wind
instruments.
From the British Medical Journal.
The discovery Of phagocytes has been
made at an opportune moment for the
comfort of the human race, or such of
it's members as read the medical
Journals, for the air we breathe. the
food we eat, the beverages we drink,
the clothes we wear and the house we
live in seem to swarm with virulent
microbes which go about, like the
enemy of mankind, seeking whom they
may devour. DR.. Maljean, a French
military surgeon, has just discovered
that the germs of consumption NAV
lie dormant in a wind instrument till
they find a congenial soil for fresh
growth in the larynx Or lungs ofsome un-
lucky player, whose phagocyte pro-
tectors are unequal to the work de-
manded of them.
Experiments made with liquid taken
from trumpet which had been used
months before by man suffering from
phthisis showed that it was as active as
pure cultures of the tuberculous virus
One shudders to think of the poten-
TALLY of infection which may Turk
within trombone. Persons of refined
musical sensibility, however, may
possibly fortify themselves to bear this
new addition to the terrors of life by
the reflection that it tends to the natural
extinction of brass bands.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-11-19
Sticking to One Thing.

The Farm Journal very tersely says
it is "a rolling stone gathers no MOSS
that said, but the mossback is not the
highest type of man.
There are farmers who change too
much. When they read of the success
of some one in a special line, or with a
particular crop, they at once abandon
the crops they have grown successfully,
and rush with all their capital and
strength into a new venture. Gener-
ally they fail from lack of experience or
because they have looked upon but one
side of the subject. Others who have
followed mixed farming all their lives,
because crop they have been ac-
customed to grow fails to be profitable
for year or two drop it altogether, and
find that they have none to sell when
prices are high. This was SO with the
farmers who had grown it largely
dropped it altogether, and found when
the selling time came that they had
made grievous mistake. Stability is q
good thing sometimes.
What we started out to say was this:
That it is good thing to get out of the
old ruts when there is good macadam
road alongside. The opening of new
railroads affording facilities for reaching
new markets, the growth of cities in
the immediate vicinity affording home
markets for varied products, may make
a change in crops and methods of farm
ing highly advisable. The farmer who
fails to take advantage of the changed
circumstances is sure to be beaten by
his shrewder neighbor.
These suggestions are made now
because changes should be we'll con-
sidered and preparations made in
advance. 1t is none too early to pre-
pare this fall for whatever new course
is to be entered npon next spring. The
farm must be looked over carefully,
new tools may have to be bought. new
help may have to be secured, larger
supplies of manure may be needed.
Ali these things must be thoughtfully
considered.
What can you do now to make an
advance? After counting the cost, can
YOU stand it?
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-11-19
Gloves III the Olden Time.
From the Haberdasher.

Gloves we're, IN 1416, often set with
precious stones and sufficiently valuable
to be left as legacies. The jeweled
gloves of st. Martial were said to have
rebuked an act of sacrilege. The gloves
of Bishop Gravesen6. worked with gold
and enamel, were priced at e5, great
sum in 1910. But the sturdier Bishop
Button wore thick yellow gloves at 10d
a nair
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-11-19
BY MARGARET EYTINGE.


One Tfgh | claim-'tis not the right to vote,
Nor yet to hold political POSITION
4 argue not with those who say no she
Should be q lawyer, pastor or physician.
Nor have any settled views about
Woman as leader of public mission;
But oh my sisters, this is what want,
And it is you, not man, that petition:
When / street car enter where you sit
Each, with surprising GOODNESS in addition
To her own pla ce, usurping half the next,
Don't stare at me with genuine suspicion
But move and give me room in manly way
As would do for you in like condition.
This is the right claim. oh! grant 1t, pray,
The seat you occupy, for which pny,
The Judge,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-11-19
Working a Stallion,

Working Stallion.
Discussing the question of breeding. a
horseman of wide experience said he
believed our draft horses would be
vastly improved if the stations were
worked regularly and continuously.
An idle parents is not likely to produce
industrious offspring; if the sire never
draws a load, never hardens and de-
velops muscle, he cannot in reason be
expected to transmit to his offspring the
bone, muscle and energy necessary to
the ideal draft horse.
Why not make and keep records
of performances of draft horses as
of trotters Say, weight, given num-
Der of pounds; pulled SO many pounds
on steady pull drew load of stone
in a given time; walked so many miles
in five hours, drawing a load of 1000
pounds.
Energy, spirit and agility are also
valuable qualities for a draft horse.
The high feeding and lack of exercise
to which some breeders subject stations
have given grounds for the cry of
"beef' which their competitors have
raised. Some have said that disposition
does not count with the stallion, as that
is the result of treatment or education,
and cannot be transmitted But care
full observation does not justify the
assertion. A high spirited, intelligent
parent surely does transmit some of
those qualities. Is it not reasonable
to presume that if father and mother
were both trained to pull heavy load,
and to walk rapidly and steadily, that
the offspring would show the effects of
this habitual training? If this should
be continued for number of gener-
atoms would not these habits become
fixed, and SO become inherent and
prepotent?
Is it not a serious mistake for the
breeders of draft horses to 60 on gener-
alton after generation breeding from
sires that are never trained to do the
work that is expected Of their off
spring?
The Arab stallion that could cover the
greatest number of miles with his
master on his back was mated to a
mare of equal powers of speed and
endurance; in this way they built up a
phenomenal strain Of horses, and with
wonderfully prepotent powers. Will
not the same principles applied to the
breeding of draft horses produce equally
good results? If not, why not?
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-11-19
THE SADDEST OF THE YEAR.

All, these are sad and chilly days,
When on the field, the fence, the rock,
The boar frost sits at early morn
And whitens every sheaf and shock;
But most it chills the poets soul
And doth his sad condition mock
For not tarthing can he raise
To get his ulster out of hook.
boston Courier.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-11-19
Fancy Cabinet Woods.

Of the woods that are chiefly used in
fancy cabinet work, ebony comes most
~ from Ceylon and Madagascar, and is
sold by importers at cents per pound.
Satin wood is grown on the island of
San Domingo and in Porto Rico. 1t is
one of the beautiful woods and is de-
scribed as canary yellow" In the
wood ID is but little used. It is imported
more for turning and inlaying than any
thing else. It is found in Central
America, and when brought to New
York sells for cents pound.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-11-19

"YoU haven't heard anything until
you have heard both sides, says writ
er. This may be very pretty logic, but the
bass drum refutes -Binghampton
Herald.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-11-19
Winter Protection,

The Cultivator calls attention to the
fact that winter protection of plants and
shrubs has changed somewhat during
the past half century, but occasionally
one sees the method taught in Europe
adopted here, that of smothering the
plants and scrubs with close-tied cones
of straw or other similar material.
Winter protection is necessary, but the
plants do not need smothering. Hardy
shrubs can stand the cold if planted in
proper locations, and half-hardy ones
require protection more from the wind
than the cold, and all that is required is
to tie few branches of spruce or other
evergreen boughs loosely around them.
Perennial plants will sometimes be
thrown out by the frost if not protected,
and the object of the covering is not to
keep the plants from freezing, but
to keep the heavy frosts out of the
ground bed This can best be done by
sprinkling leaves over the bed, and
then throwing some light soil on them
to keep them down. The very tender
plants cannot even stand this heavy
covering, and twigs and brushes should
be spread on top of the leaves to keep
them from being blown away.
Another object of winter protection is
to keep the sun off. The alternate
freezing and thawing is very injurious
to the vitality of the plants, and it must
be avoided. Some plants can be bent
over in trenches and pegged down,
which will protect them from the cold
and the sun. The covering of the soil
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-11-19

around the roots of the plants should be
done before cold weather is here, but
the other kind of protection may be
postponed until late in the season.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-11-19

JEAN INGELow lives in retirement with
her mother in Kensington, England.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-05-11
Death of Senator Beck.

Senator J. B. Beck, of kentucky,
dropped dead in Washington last
Saturday afternoon ut 4 o'clock. He
had just arrived from New York and
was accompanied by his daughter,
Mrs. Goodloe. He got off the train
and walked into tho depot Of tho Bal
timore and Potomac railroad when no
suddenly turned pale and foil to the
floor where he passed away.
James Burnio Beck, United States
Senator from Kentucky, was born in
Dumrriesshire, Scotland, ON the 18th
OF February, 1922. He came to this
country with his parents, who settled
in Lexington, kentucky. After
practicinG law in his adopted city
until 1866, he was elected to Congress
and served four successive terms I'M
til 1875. In May, 1876, no was mp
pointed a member OF tho Commission
to define the Virginia and Maryland
boundary, and in that year was elect
ed to tho United States Senate. He
took his seat on March 4, 1877, and
was rc-oloctcd in 1888.
Senator Beck has not been regular
in attendance upon tho sessions OF
the Senate for two years. He visited
the Capitol occasionally since the
opening Of tho Fifty first Congress,
but took no part in tho proceedings
except to vote. His last appearance
on tho floor was on the day the case
of the new Montana Senators was
settled. Senator Beck was greatly
beloved by tho employees of tho Son.
ate for his uniform kindness and
courtesy.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-05-11
A "a ADMISSION.

or course there will DO nm election
nUSt Fail. Perhaps tho Republicans
will lose Congressman enough to turn
back tho control Of tho House into
Democratic hands. Thut will not DO
very great misfortune. We do not
think It Is n good thing to have m
pnrty i'm absolute control Of the
Government.
Tho above paragraph appears in
tho course OF I'm editorial article in
tho Salt Llko Tribune. Tho ltopub.
licanism Of tho editor OF that paper,
Judge Goodwin, will hardly DO doubt.
oil 10y any u who knows him or
reads the Tribune. Yet, tho judge
as good as admits that II would DO II
good thing IL tho control Of the House
could DO takon FROM the Republicans
and given back to tho Democrats.
But why tho House any moro than
tho Senate? Both are alike aud both
aro equally against tho best interests
81 the people so long as dominated
by a Republican majority. And what
about tho White House rs affecting
silver aud othor Western i~nterestsT
Why not turn all tho rascals out and
so back to good old Democratic rule
and tho hard money Of tho Constitu-
lion? II tho West understands her
soil she will allow no Republican TO
get through for any national Office in
tho co,nilg elections Eureka Sen
tincl.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-05-11
An Unlawful Act,

Complaint has been made that some
persons, not only here, but above and
below us, arc in tho habit OF disposing
Of dead cattle by throwing them in
the river, thoreby rendering tho water
unfit for household purposes. We
learn that at a point near Palisldo,
where the river is unusually narrow,
tho ~arcasso OF n largo number of
dead animals have lodged and almost
damcd the stream.
Tho law says: "Any person or por-
sons who shall deposit in any stream or
streams Of wdtcr, any rubbish, or filth,
that will render such water impure
or unfit for drinking or cooking pur-
poses, shall DO deemed guilty OF q mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction there
of, shall DO fined within tho suin Of
not loss than twenty-five dollars o
more than live hundred dollars, OK
elusive OF court costs"
BY the above, which is quoted from
the General Statutes OF Nevada, Soc.
800, 1t will DO seen that those who aro
In tho habit Of disposing OF carcasscs
by tho aforesaid manno aro subject
to n heavy fine. The law is, in II
judgment, u good ono and should be
strictly obcycd. As has been hereto.
fore stated in these volunns, cro-
nation or burial is tho courso that
should b. adopted in relation to dis.
,n.;,, ,e Iaoj1 nnirn1la
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-05-11
From Mound valley.

EDITOR MISUNDERSTANDING
70 promise L send you the news items
from this section which might be Of
interest to your numerous readers.
The cattle that Wintered in this
valley did well, US they were mostly
fed. The loss has boon very slight.
l would judge from experience but
little in excess OF former Winters. or
course quito IA number OF stock men
moved from here in the early part Of
the Winter, thus leaving hay sufficient
to do the balance pretty vol.
Joe Henry is going to Boston to-
morrow TO complete tho sale OF the
Union mines. Joe is happy as no
deserves to be. 4 few moro such
mon rs him with his enterprise and
assistance would help n backward
State out materially.
School will commence hero next
Monday, the 9Th inst, in Mound Val
Icy district. 1t was delayed n short
time on account of high water in tho
streams, which pupils have to cross.
Geo. r. Davis, foreman for Russell
& Bradley arrived in this valley to-
day. He has returned from u trip to
Mason Valley, in the Western part OF
the State, to which place he went
some four or five weeks since for tho
purpose Of driving back to Elko
county u largo herd OF cattle, which
Russell & Bradley have been feeding
in Mason Valley during last Winter.
Mr.. Davis did not bring the cattle
back, for in his estimation it would
DO very impracticablo to move them,
or try to move them that distance.
He says the feed is reasonably good
where the stock are, and very bad
or almost none ut all for many miles
at n stretch between here and there,
and therefore, after going there for
tho purpose OF driving them back,
after mature elaboration, he con-
cludcd that it would be better to
leave them where they were, especial
ly as, although the cattle were not
poor, they were not in such n condi-
ton IS would justify q long drive
with scarcity of grass, and in some
places n lack OF water.
I will send you some items occa-
sionally that l deem worthy OF notice.
Observer.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-05-11
Grape culture In Nevada.

Tho Reno Journal devotes over four
columns to u letter from r. L Fulton,
mauager OF the State Board OF Trade,
in relation to grape culture in Nevada,
from which NO take the following:
Tho Impression prevails among our
people that because NOWADAYS moro
frosty Winters will not permit Of our
raising the raisin and the other semi-
tropical grapes which have made
California famous, that we eau do
nothing in that line. Such is very
far from tho truth. California has
anything but n monopoly of the grape
business Of the country. New York,
New Jersey, Ohio and others in the
north and nearly all OF tho southern
States compete with her successfully
i'll both fruit and wine. An immense
territory which lies much nearer to
Nevada than it docs to Ohio COOS
thore for q largo part of its table
grapes and hundreds OF carloads are
sent annually into Montana, Idaho,
Dakota, Colorado, Western Kansas,
aud Nebraska and even into Oregon,
every pound OF which arc of varieties
which can DO grown successfully in
this climate.
While tho answers TO inquiries sent
out have not been rs general as was
desired yet enough has been learned
to prove beyond all doubt that such
fruit can be grown IN quantities suf-
fciont to mako it n valuable addition
to our industries, Offering profitable
employment to n largo class of peo-
pie. At tho same time if there should
DO any question OF labor to handle
tho crop, the hands from tho Pluto
reservation, which are shipped over
tho mountains every year to mid in
picking hops, could be called in. AS
to quality it is a we'll known fact that
all fruits largo and small have q much
finer flavor and excellence in every
way when grown in n climate which
has n season OF frost than where tho
climate is negative and uniform. The
berries, apples, plums and fruits Of all
kinds which are imported cannot
compare with tho homo production,
and tho Catawba and Concord grapes
grown here are as much superior to
the Mission and Muscats from over
the mountains us apple to pumpkin.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-05-11
SENATOR STEWART AND SEC
NETAItY WINDOW.

Secretary Window has been posing
before Congress and tho country rs a
friend of silver. Senator Stewart, Of
Nevada, believing that the pretended
friendship was assumed fora purpose,
in an interview published in the
Washington Post OF April %, un-
masks the gold-bug Secretary, who
has been masqucrading as n silver
man. Tho Senator admits that he
is one of tina so.called "siiyer mon"
in Congress referred to by the Secrc-
try in his letter to n Western corros-
pendent, and submits for the con-
ssderat;on OF the Secretary tho ques-
ton, Whether or not, in his opinion,
legislation should originate in Con-
gloss or in the Treasury Department?
The Senator says tho business Of the
country is suffering from the want Of
moro monoy in consequence OF which
property has deprociated more than
81 por cent. in tho last sixteen years.
II has boon in the power of tho Sec
rotary to relieve tho stringency Of the
monoy market by coming 100000
worth OF silver monthly as Congress
h1s authorized him to do, but no has
limited his purchases substantially to
tho minimum OF s2,O0O,O00 per month
in imitation of all Administrations
since the passage OF tho Bland Act.
The Senator asserts that that policy
was condemned in the Republican
platform Of 1888 and asks why Mr..
Window, il he really believes what no
alleges, that more money is required
AID that more silver should DO pur-
chased for the use of money, does not
purchase sl,0oo,o0O per month aud
Try the experiment? "If," says Mr..
Stewart, Secretary Window is friend
ly to silver why is he advocating fur
ther legislation leading to tho pur-
chase of moro silver while he refuses
to purchase what the law now auth
Orizps?o
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-05-11
/. ALL MEANS 90 AHEAD


ONO Of tho latest press dispatches
eams up the silver situation as fol-
lows:
Tho silver men are worry much dis
rustsi over tho failure Of the Repub-
iican caucus subcommittee to agree
upon q bill, and openly express their
feelings. Only two weeks ago tho
prospects OF a liberal silver measure
Here very bright, but at tho present
timo things Look very blue. Senator
btewar. said tonight: al am afraid
that no agreement will ever be
reached by the caucus committee,
and think the best thing We a do
is 90 ahead. 1 think either the Jones
or the Plumb bin Will come up to-
morrow and the silver fight DO pre-
cipitated."
or course, the best thing to do is
to Ego ahead" So far, the movement
has boon decidedly backward. II tho
gn ahead determination had been
manifested ut the commencement OF
tho session, a free coinage bill would
b, now in u ripo condition for pas
sage, If not already in tho hands Of
tho President fo7 consideration. This
monkoying with n goldite body like
the joint caucus upon thu silVor issue,
is like seeking the endorsement OF n
prohibition law in q rumsellers' con-
Sention. It is Il wonder that it has
nave occurred before to our repro
,s~sntatives that the true policy would
be to combine the support OF the
friends Of silver instead of begging
for concessions from its enemies.
Way fool away valuable time with II
minority asking for terms, whom, if
properly combined, a majority is III
ready assured to enforce them? Up
u the presont time n largo majority
% the silver nan in Congress have
boon entirely ignored in the consider
alton Of the subject. IL anything is
objected, it will DO by tho united
action Of tho bi metalists OF both
political parties, and not by council
with the enemy. II that is what
Senator Stewart mean by "going
anead," he has at last struck the sill
e mil squarely on tho head
lTimcs-Review.