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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-12
HINTS TO HOUSEKEEPERS

One or two tablespoonfulso o ammonia
added to pail of water will clean win
doWs better than soap.
GREAT improvement will be found in
tea and coffee if they are kept in glass
fruit jars instead of in tin boxes.
q TEAsPooNFUL of borax added to cold
starch Will make clothes sitter than any,
thing else | ever tried, thought adds no
polish.
WHEN troubled with soreness or sense
OF tghtness in the chest, dampen O.
flannel cloth with kerosene, and apply
over the spot. Do not leave it on too
long, or 1t will blister. One night will
usually relieve the soreness.
One teaspoonful of ammonia to tea
cupful OF water will clean gold or silver
]eWelry; few drops of clear AQUA am
mona poured on the underside of dia-
monds VIII clean them Immediately,
making them very brilliant.
CoNFECTIoNER's sugar is very fine
powdered sugar, called by the trade
AN. For all candycreams, icings.
sherbets, and sweets in general this
sugar is preferable to either cnt-loaf
or graduated, and its cost is abont
equal.
WHEN the glass globes of chandeliers
have become smoked and grimy, soak
them IN hot water to which little sal
soda has been added. Then put some
ammonia into hot water, enter the
globes, and scrub briskly with a stiff
brush. Rinse thoroughly and wipe
dry.
PUT dishes, tum blers and other glass
articles into a kettle, cover them entire
ly with cold water, and put the kettle
where 1t will soon boil. When it has
boiled a few minutes, set it aside
covered close. When the water is cold
take out the glass. This process will
harden the articles so that thew will not
be SO easily kroken.
READY-MADE clothing, whether upper
or under garments, should have all the
buttons sewed on more securely before
they are worn. Those on under cloth
ing are usually held by "a stitch and
PROMISE" and they are lost the first
time they are laundried. Those on
ch1ldren's suits are difficult to match.
and new suit soon loses it's iaunty
freshness if fastened with odd buttons.
FISH gridirons should be secured with
bathbrick powder or whiting every time
they are used, in order to keep them
perfectly smooth and clean; otherwise
they Will torment the cook by sticking
and tearing the fish. When there is
no special fsh-gridiron, the ordinary
broller must be secured smooth and
clean, both before and after using it. to
prevent sticking, and destroy any re-
naming odor or flavor which the fish
might communicate TO meat or poultry
broiled upon it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-12

and dry is used, the stable will be much
less odorous than one with the common
stalls cleaned every day; and indeed
free from all odor whatever. The ma
nure will be much more valuable than
otherwise, and this difference in value
IN the manure will be sufficient to pay
TOR the extra cost of stable so fitted in
five years. These loose, 1oomy stalls
are excellent for mares with colts. The
manger should be raised high enough
to prevent manure being dropped in it.
The use Of such stalls for horses and
COWS both during several years past has
proved convenient, comfortable and
economical, and it completely avoids
the common danger of horses being
cast and injured, as is likely IN the COM
mon narrow stalls with halter fasten-
iDgs.-Henry Stewart.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-12
independent OF Dress.

All there is Of Importance about 9
dude is his clothes. A young man of nc
means in society must be tashionably
and taultlessly dressed. A millionaire
can afford to be poorly dressed. poor
man cannot. He must look to be pros.
porous If ne would secure credit. Poor
Charles Lamb in London wore shabby
hat because, as be told a friend, every
body knew him there and it made no
difference. The same TREND met him
in the country wearing the same hat.
CO." he said, when reproved, nobody
knows me here. and il is all right ~
Mrs. Hetty Green has enjoyed the rep
utatlon for long time, says the New
York World, Of being the most shabbily
dressed millionaire who wanders with
in the precincts Of Wall Street, and any
one who has seen her and made COM
parlson mentally with the appearance
OF a mechanics wife going to market
Saturday night is convinced that her
reputation is we'll deserved. Russell
Sage wears inexpensive clothes, but
they are not only neat but usually have
the appearance of being recently pur-
chased. The only millionaire rival Mrs.
Green has IN point Of shabbiness is old
Joe Robinson, who was one Of the con-
tractors engaged in the construction of
the Union Pacific Railroad, and is said
to be worth $4,000, 00G. He was down in
Wall Street recently, progressing along
the thorougbfare with the assistance Of
his crutches, as the genial old fellow is
lame, dressed in an old suit of gray
clothes and without an overcoat. He
doesn't wear any overcoat because it
represents an expenditure of money he
is not willing to make. His whole outfit,
including hat and boots, would not COM
mand $500 at any weIl-regulated pawn
shop. He is one of the few stingy mill
lonalres who are perfectly good
IN their stinglness. He is not cross or
Grabbed, but greets everybody he
knows with the utmost genlality. He
and Sidney Dillon are very good friends,
but neither the arguments of Mr.. Dill
lon nor of anybody else can spur him
to invest money In q wardrobe. The
story is told of his seeing q friend on
the street not long ago in conversation
with gentleman whom he did not
know. He went up to the two men and
was about to speak. when the man, who
was stranger to hin turned and said
be was very sorry but he had no small
change. The friend explained the sit
uation. although he was somewhat en-
barrassed, and the stranger extended
proiuse apologies to the millionaire
whom he had mistaken for a beggar.
1t certainly is great privilege to be
able to wear inexpensive and unfashion-
able clothes. Only the rich can afford
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-12
Exposing Tree ROOTS TO Air.

Few persons realize how great dam
age results to trees from even short ex-
posures of their roots to air. It is this
which makes even the most careful
transplanting such a check to growth.
When the trees are taken up and car
ried on wagons, with roots sticking out
into the air several hours, the finer feed
ing roots are so withered that even
moist earth will not revive them. The
tree must wait until new roots can be
put forth, which is best promoted by
trimming back the points Of the roots
just before setting them in the ground.
The swelling of the buds will make a
demand for new supplies of sap from
below. Some of the best protected OF
the old roots Will revive, and hasten to
furnish moisture to the tree. Others
with clean cuts will callous over and
form roots from the callous.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-12
Stables and stalls for Horses.

When horses are working regularly
as in this season, some different man
agement may be advisable. To stand
in narrow stall day after day is not
conducive to either com tort or health.
1t cramps and stiffens the muscles and
wearies the animal. large stall in
which the horse may be lie loose is far
better for the animal which is able to
move about and exercise the muscles.
This change involves difference of
management in regard to litter and re
moving the manure. single close stall
should be cleaned every morning, as
the droppin.s collect in bunch and
the LIQUID soon forms a puddle. But
this does not happen in box or loose
stall, and if sufficient litter is used to
keep the horse clean. the manure may
remain in the stall until it is a foot
deep. If peck of land oil ster is scat
tered over the floor occasionally, and
litter enough to keep the horse clean
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-12
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Among the C1npar

@A'hohSs biiB OIOFefs
In summer time l left behind
The city's din and worry,
And sought the bliss of country life
All in joyful furry.
Istfolled among the nodding heads
OF sweet pink blossomed clover,
And thought my cup of happiness
Was full to running over
l drank the perfume of the buds
Until intoxicated
L spread myself out on a bank
And there luxuriated
The soothing sweetness of the spot
O'ercame my raptured senses,
And lulled me to a sleep profound,
Devoid of all pretenses.
i i s. Il Il s.
flash of light A starry fight
A singing, stunning sensation!
A swift uprising to my feet,
A yell of CONSERVATION
gazed about in deep dismay
TO learn the provocation.
And lo q nest of bumblebees
Chock-tull of indignation.
| tarried not amid those fields
So traught with natures beauty,
But with extreme rapidity
Returned to home and duty.
Since then I've ceased to rave about
The blooming fields of clover,
And when l think Of that event
l feel in pain all over.
-fTdfE Is. WeLch IN ArkG7SQaU Tr0Ueler
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-12

done it all by an incessant cannonade OF
his hind legs.
The force again collected and tried an
other strateglcal movement. They
blindfolded the animal. But it was all
to no purpose. The scheme wouldn't
work. Time was being lost and some
thing had to be done at once AS no
iurther suggestions were offered by the
on-lookers on the wharf, Capt. Wheeler
ordered a large rope put around the
mules hind legs. This was done, and
with the aid OF all present the mule was
hauled on board. Az the business end
of the animal disappeared from vie
the crowd yelled with delight. The ex-
act time occupied, according to Patrol
man Hughes, was forty five minutes.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-12
All Had 1t,
From the BROOKLYN Eagle.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
An instance Of the prevalence Of the
grip occurred on Tuesday night. T.
Henry French had invited seven people
to dine with him, and afterward to 60 to
the first performance of the new opera.
He got up at 10 o'clock in the morning,
eneezed several hundred times, took a
lot OF quinine, and sat down to write his
guests explaining that he was too i'll to
entertain them, but he grew little bet
ter as the day progressed and decided
to undergo the ordeal. 1t was about II
O'Clock when a note arrived. Halt an
hour later in came another, and so on
till he received seven letters, every one
OF which detailed the story of how his
guests were laid up with the grip, SO
that Mr.. French dined alone and sat
among his eight vacant seats at the the
alter sneezing in solemn and unctuous
misery
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-12
Sowing Carrot Seed.

1t is very difficult to get uniform
stand of carrots without heavy seeding,
which requires much work in thinning.
The young plants are very slender, and
two standing closely together will look
SO much like one as to deceive the
weeder. The Shorthorn carrot is less
injured by close planting than those va
rieties that root deeper. The rows
should be in perfectly straight lines, so
that as much % possible can be done
without hand wedding. When all out
side this line has been we'll cultivated,
cut spaces into the rows with a narrow
hoe, chopping ont some carrots with the
weeds, but greatly reducing the work
to be done by thumb and fingers. Car
rot seed is slow to terminate, and should
be soaked four or five days to swell be-
fore being sown, drying by mixing with
sand.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-12

A WEST CHESTER doctor told his pa
tent, young man, to stay at home q
night or two since. The patient replied
that he must go out at 7:3O. At 7:15 the
doctor called, placed white powder in
glass water and said: ''If you will
go, drink this be ore you start. 1t will
prevent you from taking cold" The
youth took it, and never woke till late
In the night.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-12

AN enterprising fisherman of Glouces-
ter. Mass. intends making trip to
Norway in search of cod, which are said
to abound there.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-12

ADAM FoREPAUGH, it is said, never
SMOKED nor chewed tobacco, nor drank
intoxic ting liquors.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-01-17
YEAR In PRISON.
THB CRIMINAL LIBEL SUIT IN LON
LON.
Editor PNks Gets a Short Term Behind the Bars.
Justice Hawkins AllIdss the Dii-
crspaneiss IN the Testimony Much
Interest ce1.trs IN ihs Case.

LONDON, January Is The trial Of Mr..
Parke, editor Of the North London Press,
on the charge Of criminal libel preferred
against him by the Earl o: Enston. was
concluded TO dsy.
Justice Hawkins, in Summing up the
csse, spoke Of the great and manifest
discrepancies III the testimony OF the wit
misses called by Mr.. Parke's counsel
10 identify the Earl Of Euston. He said
that if the story told by the witness Saul,
who testified that he and the Earl Of Eus-
ton had committed criminsl action in the
house in Cleveland street, was true, be
marvslled that Saul bad not been prose
cuted and that warrant against the Earl
Of Euston had not been applied for.
Nj Park was found guilty Of libelling
the Earl OF Euston and Was sentenced to
one years imprisonment.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-01-17
RULES OF EVIDENCE.
The Proofs OF nleEAlity and of Politics.
Proof Admitted.

The Proofs of nleEAlity and of Politics.
Proof Admitted.
Having disposed OF the preliminary
questions raised by the pleadings in the
case or the counsel Of the parties, the re-
port of the majority says:
1--WE met at the very threshold of our
examination, the important question,
what does the law demand Of party to
an election contest, who charges that his
opponent received illegal votes st the elec-
tiOn p After a careful and pains-taking
examination Of the authorities, we were
led to conclude that it is incumbent upon
him to prove.
''First-That the particular person
charged with being an illegal voter voted
at said election.
'SecOnd-Thst said person 80 charged
was at the time Of the e,es.-aG, not enti-
tied TO vote. for the reason or reasons speci-
fed, and that the specification must refer
to some one or more, Of the disabilities
prescribed by law.
''Third-Thst said person charged, ss
aforesaid, voted for the other party to the
contest"
Continued on Second Page.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-01-17
SHORT AND SWEET.
Few Matters of Importance Trsnspire In
the House To-day.

Few Matters of Importance Trsnspire In
the House To-Day.
Special 7tle0rdn 10 the Register.
CHARLESTON, January Is The only
important question before the House to-
day was Mr. Moore's resolution to the ef-
feet that all legislation be deferred until
the gubernstorial contest had been decided.
Mir. Crew called this up and moved as a
substitute that a committee be appointed
to infjrm the Senate that the House was
ready to 60 into joint assembly to decide
the contest
Moore opposed the substitute but the
shilly-shslly character of his argument
wss well exposed by Gen. Sprigg, who
pointed out that while Moore claimed to
advance the contest, he was opposing the
only practicable method of forwarding ii.
The ori Sinal resolution was lost and the
substitute adopted By a strict party vote.
The Senate then appeared and the joint
assembly was formed.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-01-17
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Errors In Vote Counting Fast and FIRE.
quent.

Errors In Vote Counting Fast and Fre-
quent.
Special TEiegram 10 TIC Register.
WASHINGTON, January 16 -Represen-
tative Anderson is i'll and has all the symp-
toms Of the grippe. He was confined 10
his room to-day and was excused by the
House 81 notion Of Mr.. Wilson. Not
withstasding Die absence aud the recorded
fact that he had been excused, when the
close and exciting vote on the creation Of
e special Worlds Fair Committee was an
nOunced, the raw and green Clerk ap-
pointed by the Republican House read ont
Alderson's name. Dockery, Of Missouri,
demanded the Speakers attention, and an
nouuced that Anderson was i'll. he proved
his declaration by the record, and Aide
sons name WAS erased
So many apparent blun1ers have been
made in takin, and counting votes that
Democrats begin TO suspsct that Speaker
Reed is debating some of these errora. 1t
is significant fact that in every instance
so far the blundsrs have been made on the
side of the pending question favored by the
Speaker. The partisan conduct OF TIE
House Committee on Elections has been
go A4grsnt that men who pretend to
any sort Of fairness aTe
about diseusted. 1t is now conceded
to be simply a question of narroF. ma
jority trying to assert might over nght.
Fourth class postmasters have oeen ap-
pointed as follows: E. R HnIt' Noun
tain Cove, Fayette county, vice G. V. kis-
caid, removed; A. G. Kubaeh, Soone Cliff
Fsyette county, vice W. II. Brown, re-
signed. A. r. Price, Uffington, Monong-
liza county. vice 7. S. Watson, resigned.
Psnsions-Odeinal Invalid: Watson Ri
ley. of West Columbia. Ssml y; Grable,
of Volcano, Timothy DaTgen, oil Wheel
ing,
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unenviable position. he said he was
member of the minority committee and
had heard part of the msjority report,
but not all. The minority ought to be
allowed to
EXAMINE THE MAJORITY
report before presenting their own. He
had no objection TO Mr.. McClung's motion
if the Assembly would not insist on imme-
diate presentation of the minority report.
Kee warmly replied to Maxwell's asser-
tion and was supported by Gen. Sprigg.
Both vehemently declared that the msjori.
ty report had been laid before the full
committee, and every word which Max
well and Morris wished to hear
had been read to them. In ad-
dition to this, both had been given
license to 90 to the committee room and
examine the report at their leisure. Gen.
Sprigg stated that Judge Maxwell had
letter from MIN in his possession, in which
the Judge was given full license to exam
inc the report of the majority at any time.
These statements raised very embarrsss-
ing question of veracity at once.
Maxwell made no reply.
Morris came to the rescue of his colleague
and succeeded in
CALMING THE TROUBLED WATERS,
but did not impress the assembly with
the idea that he and Maxwell had not
been given a fair chance to examine the
msjority's statements and commenda-
tions. There was little of interest in the
remaining work of the session. The re-
port Was not read, but ordered bound in
the journal OF the Joint assembly, which is
10 be kept separate from the Legislative
proceedings. Mr.. Morris then stated that
the minority report was at his room, and
asked the joint assembly to take 3 recess
until p. M, which was done. The as
sembly met again at the above hour and
the minority report was presented.
Mr.. Morris
READ THOSE PoRTI0Ns
of the document relating to the law gov
erning the contest, and chose extracts from
the testimony. he read about two hours
in q mellow Ritchie county voice, end
ornamented his defamation with appro-
pirate and highly interesting gestures.
The report was ordered printe snd the
assembly adjourned.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-01-17
MAXWELL AND MORRIS.

narkabie Rs-nemi ating Of the Mi
nority.
40 feature Of the simple statement
Ia,scoutsined in the report is more i'm
lsssi7e to the fair minded reader than
s course which the minority members Of
s committee seem to have pursued.
'y tleIe was remarkable ami astonish-
( unaniminty between them. Two
-is could not hayO done better in one
c7s thsn did the gigantic intellects of
as'- Maxwell and Morris. Equally as
'1i1g With this continual harmony
,asr persistent and never failing
't'ency It was consistency OF pur-
& 10, OF action. This purpose was TO
'F victory fOr General GOff and TO
pass 'ae defeat Of Judge Fleming. No
-lc' however strong. was sufficient
'-1e these uphinchiug statesmen,
"a B 0-d vote was in danger; and no
lce, however weak, was sufficient
-i''' them, when thew turned bold
N0ois snd assailed a Fleming ballO,
BE tr'q1sntly voted with his
l'l'a1 colleagues On the committee.
-ye.y and Spriggs favored General
great Numbers Of important cases;
instances can almqst Be numb sred
lrgsrs Of one hand when either Mr..
'..l OF Mr Morris voted to cast out 9
'-.ican ballot or toretain Democratic
-'11at-ly il is possible 10 make a clear
as o, this portion Of the record, from
PiDcalar county, in which no gross
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county and State. Proof shows: First,
That he voted at Csrr's school house, in
said county; second, That in the fall OF
1887 he abandoned his residence in said
county, and with his family moved to the
State OF Kansas TO live. He returned to
Barbour county from Kansas in the spring
of 1888: third, That he was a Democrat.
Vote rejected. Committee unanimous.
Floyd Eurst-Chsrge: Non resident
county and State.
Froof shows: First, he voted at Teter's
Mills in said county; second that ne mad
resided for several years next prior to NO
vember 6. 1888, with his father in Upshur
county; third, that he was a Democrat.
Vote rejected. COMMITTEES unanimous.
George Shorbs-Chsrge: Minor.
Proof shows: First, that he voted IN
Peel Tree county; second, that he was not
twenty y-one years of age on the 9th day OF
November, 1888; third, that he was
Democrat. Vote rejected. Committee
unanimous.
Ike Eichelberger-Charge: Non resi-
dent district.
Proof shows: First, that he voted at
Bealington; second, that he was not res
dent Of said district at the time OF the
election; third, that he was Democrat.
Vote rejected. Committee unanimous.
These six votes should be deducted from
the number of votes certified for contest
ant from said county.
The above record, giving the cases and
the sections of each member, ought to be
conclusive as to the indictment of blind
partisanship brought against the minority
of the committee. Out of fourteen cases IN
Barbour county Mr. Morris cast his vote
fourteen times so as directly to benefit Mr..
Goff. In the same cases Judge Max well
cast his vote thirteen times in the Repuo-
lican interest. and refrained from voting
once. Ths three Democratic members
voted six times to cast out Democratic and
eight times to csst out Republican votes.
Il will be noticed that the proof in nearly
all the cases is of the same character and
of nearly the same force. To the minds OF
the minority it was crushinRly conclusive
against q Democrat, but lighter than a
breath of sir against a Republican. II
Messrs. Maxwell and Morris dare rise In
the Joint assembly and attempt to impeaeh
the judicial fairness OF their Democratic
colleagues, it will be because they have
either forgotten this record Of their own
partisan malignity, or csn not appreciate
the lust condemnation which men should
incur who publicly violate solemn obliga-
tious in order to gain party advantage