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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-30
Crushing "a Congressman.
From the JUDGE.

Ct represent the 'Steenth District of
Kansas in Congress-" remarked the
Hon. Obadiah Slaughter, as he took up
his pen to register at the Blossom
House, St. Louis.
"Oh, well, that's all right" replied
the clerk, indulgenty. cit isn't your
fault, and shouldn't be allowed to preju-
dice anyone against you. You were in
the hands of your friends, / suppose,
and they elected you largely against
your will"
"Y-y-yes,' replied the statesman,
who was somewhat astonished at the
tity. "But 1 had to spend a few DAYS
here on business, and l thought it would
be as we'll to mention my position, ana
so, that's all right. Well not dis
criminate against you. In house like
this we have to put up even with mem
bers of the Legislature. | guess it will
be all right. BY the way, you had a
lively time in the House over the
Worlds Fair. OF course you saw the
superior claims of st. Louis and
voted -"
well, no; the fact is l voted for Chi
cago."
"What! Voted for Chicago and then
come r1gnC mere TO SC. LOUIS anu DOaSC
about 1t Why, man -"
isn't it safe ~ gasped the congress
man, TREMENDOUSLY.
"Safe You must be either very
brave or very rash don't know what
would happen if the boys knew there
was a congressman in town who voted
Tor Chicago. It's lucky you told me in
stead of someone else. Now, I'll pro-
tect you; but you must do as 1 say"
"Y-yes; 1 will"
"Preserve strict incognito. Regis
ter as d. McGinty. or under some other
nom de plume, and don't breath word
about Congress while you are in ST..
Louis, or your dreadful secret will be
suspected. I don't know but what l
really ought to lock you up in the safe
at night; but perhaps you'll not be
harmed if you follow my directions.
u
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-30
Chinese, Reform.
From the London Standard.

From the London Standard
The young Emperor OF China has
taken up vigorously the work OF re-
form, and it is evident that he is de-
termined to remedy abuses and to purl-
ty the administration of the state. The
Peking Gazette affords ample evidence
o. the Emperor's activity. On the 7th
Of December an imperial decree was
published ordering the suppression of
the numerous official boards which ex-
list under the provincial govern
ments throughout the empire.
These were originally constituted dur
ing the TAPPING rebellion to aid the
governors IN their struggle with the
rebels, and they have continued to
exist ever since. They afford posts for
great number of officials, and are not
since they destroy the responsibility Of
the high officials. who shit on to them
the work which it is their duty per-
sonally to undertake. The decree
orders each provincial government to
report within three months what boards
| it finds it absolutely necessary to retain,
| and what is to be the monthly cost of
each. On the 18th of December the
| imperial wrath falls upon the various
departments in Picking, Many Of the
leading officials pay only occasional
| NlSllo w OuOII OluCOo, dHN tIC LLuDOIO1
| desires that in future the presidents
| and vice presidents of the departments
shall attend regularly. Two days later
vigorous decree is published in ref
erence to the inetflciency of the
| Picking police force, who, the Emperor
hears, are actually in league with the
scoundrels who make gambling and
| opium dens their headquarters, while
| in cases of robbery it is seldom that
either the criminals or the plumber are
| discovered. He says, "Should there be
a recurrence, after this warning, Of the
! lax habits of duty and connivance with
| crime hitherto practiced by the police,
| we shall certainly punish without mercy
both the commanding officer and his
subordinates Another decree is
| launched on the same day against SINH
lar laxity and corruption prevailing in
the provinces. 1t is evident from these
DEGREES that the Emperor, in the midst
| Of his seclusion, makes himself thor
oughly acquainted with what is passing
| in the outside world, and that he is
| firmly determined to do away with the
abuses that so extensively prevail.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-30
In the Piggery.

Some of our most successful. breeders
of various kinds of stock truthlully aver
that the sire is half the herd or stud !,
says the London Live Stock Journal.
It certainly is SO with boar. Success
or failure is due to d great extent on the
boar we may use. [ would select boar
with robust constitution and masculine
appearance, not too big, but long and
deep in the carcass, with square and
wide headquarters, legs short and
placed well outside the body, bone fine,
hair profuse but silky. and, perhaps
most important of all. he must be
of quiet and gentle disposition. A
restless, uneasy pig is always too
much in the form OF a race-horse, fit
to run, and this is not quite the
condition in which the farmer likes to
see his fatting pigs. The SOW may be
somewhat more ranging. or on larger
scale. but she must be of gentle dis
position, and have q motherly look
about her, which is easily discovered (if
presently. A lightness of the neck and
shoulders, and sentleness of express
sion generally (if may use such a
term in connection with sow are some
of the noticeable points of good brood
SOW, which should also have from twelve
to fifteen teats placed at fairly equal dis
tances, and commencing as near the
forelegs as possible; the latter indicates
good sucking qualities, whilst the even
placing of the teats gives each pigling q
better opportunity to enjoy in peace his
own particular teat, and thus family
Jars are prevented.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-30
Marvellous Spinners.

A spider has but four bags of thread,
such little bags In every bag there
are more than a thousand holes, such
tiny, tiny holes Out Of each hole
thread runs, and all the threads-more
than 4,0o0-she spins together as they
run, and when they are all spun they
make but one thread of the web she
weaves. There is member of the
family that is herself no bigger than a
grain of sand. Imagine what a slender
web she makes, and of that, too, each
thread is made of four or i've thousand
threads that have passed out Of her four
bags through tour or five thousand of
the tiniest holes. What must our very
finest lace look like to one OF those mar
velous spinnersT
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-30
GOSSIP FOR THE RURALIST.
The Incidence of Greatness.

1t was iovial banquet board,
Great guns were Toasted free,
Great generals, great senators,
Great counSellors-at- fee;
And in the special honor seat,
To see the great well fed,
There sat a great-what shall / say
That's 1t Great head,-great head.
Great toasts were drunk, great mots were turned,
And SO were viands rare.
Great tanks of Cham-but let that pass;
That's neither here nor there.
And when great one spouted some,
And sat him down flushed red,
The savants clapped him great applause,
And cried, "Great head Great head"
They tell us beauty's but skin deep;
Well, SO is greatness, too.
The cuticle of greatness holds
No more than l or you.
And So next day each great one lay
Within his own great bed,
And ran his fingers through his locks,
And groaned, Great head! Great head!
Samuel G. Applebytn Ltpptncott's Magazine.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-30
Found Her Money Through Rain
bow.
From the savannah News.

One day last fall, while picking cotton,
Ellen Powell. a negro woman, lost Gag
from her person containing So in silver.
She was working for n. Hughes, who
superintends the plantation of n. B.
Baum, near Toomsboro. One day last
we k, after thunder cloud had just
passe /, she was at work in the same
field knocking down cotton stalks. See
ing beautiful rainbow across the field,
and thinking at the same time OF the
lost money, Mr.. Hughes told Ellen to
GO to the end Of it and she would find
her money. She took him at his word,
and jus in front of her, about 100 yards
or more, where the end of the rainbow
appeared to be, she looked ON the
ground and found her lost money.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-30

pruning. Those which are rank grow
ers with long joints naturally run too
much to wood, and should be lett with
greater number of buds. By thus d.
viding the sap, this tendency to wood
growth rather than fruit will be over
come.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-30
Spring Pruning of Grapevines.

Any moderately warm day in early
spring is good time to prune grape
vines. II thrown on the ground during
the fall they were probably partly
DAYS dr> ing the surface and preventing
loss 1t is better to raise the vine on
the trellis early, as it will be less likely
to be injured by late frost than when
lying on the sur ace OF the ground. The
suns rays start the buds by their ref c.
ton, and often frost falls on the surface
Of the ground when the higher parts of
the trellis entirely escape. Different
varieties of gtape require different
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-30
For Bee-keepers.
come.

As rule dry season is less favor
able to bee-keepers than a wet one; but
on the other hand too wet a season is
not desirable. In very wet seasons the
plants produce honey SO rapidly that it
is coarse In flavor, and the honey when
prepared TOR market is not as fine in
flavor and taste. The plants are unduly
forced In their growth by the stimu-
latlng powers of the moisture, and their
products are not as fine and SO well ma
tured as those of slower growth.
The bees sometimes chang the color
and quality Of the honey if they are In
good condition physically, but as rule
the honey that is placed on the table is
not much altered from that taken direct
ly from the plants. Bees fed on sugar
syrup will thus store away sugar in the
combs, and when the honey is sold it
will look clean and white. So attractive
is this to the eyes Of many that they will
purchase it in preference to the strained
honey, which is much superior. There
seams to be general prejudice against
dark honey, and it never sells until al
of the white honey is disposed OF. The
either one. Dark honey made from
buckwheat is inferior in quality. but
dark chestnut honey is OF a superior
flavor. But appearances 60 long way
toward selling an article, and bee-
keepers should remember that good
dark honey will not bring it's fair price.
In planting TOR bees it is just as we'll,
then, to plant only such crops that pro-
duce the light, or amber colored honey.
Buckwheat may also be sown, bu, too
much of this gives decidedly dark
color to the honey, and an inferior
flavor. One should have the ambition
to make the honey product of the farm
as we'll known for its quality as the
fruit, tor in this way better price can
in time be obtained for it. There are
80 many compounds called honey in
the market that the genuine article be-
comes swamped. and no fancy price
will be paid for it unless the purchaser
is assured that it comes from a certain
apiary. noted for its fine honey produc
tons. A name of sending nothing but
the best of honey to market is worth
something to t e apiarist.-A Practical
Farmer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-30

"Stay ~ interposed the other, quick
ly. "You speak Of your losses. Ac-
cording to the account you gave me last
night, they amount to 10000 forms. Is
that a correct estimate ?"
81 wish to God 1t was not!' groaned
Evasio, bitterly, land that had never
entered your cursed saloon"
The proprietor made no verbal reply,
but he took small bundle OF papers
from his breast-pocket and laid it on
the table in front of Evasio.
'What are these?' cried the young
m an in surprise.
Notes for the exact amount Of your
losses. Count them. You will see that
[ have restored every penny"
81 do not understand - was all that
Evasio could gasp out. Surely his ears
must be playing him false.
Hear my explanation, then y said
the proprietor. "rhat gambler, whom
I told you Of, vowed that, should for
tune ever give him the chance of serv-
ing his lovely benetactress, or any Of
hers, he would eagerly embrace it..
Such a chance fortune offers now. |
knew you at once, by your likeness to
her, to be her son. Can you not guess
That kind lady was your mother-the
gambler, myself u
EVae1O sat QumD with amaZement.
He could not utter 80 much as word OF
thanks.
The other rose, took up his hat and
stick, and walked to the door. On the
threshold he paused, turned around,
and said gravely:
81 make one stipulation, that you re-
turn to England to-day. And when
you reach home you will tell, perhaps,
to yOur lady mother that the poor
devil whom she saved, long ago, at
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-30

j. S. MCINTYRE has been appointed
clerk to Collector Yunker in the water
department.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-30

Homburg, has not forgotten her or her
generous kindness ~
, 1890-05-28
"a WIS.
Striia1stra, 81, GRIM.
Wednesday, 18th May 1890.

From a letter which we reprint this morn.
ing from the Scientific American" it will
be seen that Sisal Hemp is producing a
great excitement in the Bahamas, under
the stimulus of the offer of a Government
bount y. What the ultimate result will be
is, of course, a separate question.
We have been tayoured with a COPY of
the KeW Bulletin for March of last YEAR
containing some official communications on
the same subject with notes by Mr.. Morris.
These we hope to publish on Saturday.
The true Sisal hemp is, it appears, named
botanicallv Agave rigida.
, 1890-05-28
II . s e III neOWS s.
Spectator 18Th April.

General Caprivi has made his first official
speech. The new Cha cellor Of I ermany
is also Premier OF Prussia, and he made Al,
address on Monday 10 tn, PrusSiIn Diet.
He diScIaImpd all idea IF laying d,wn y
prog anime, and denied jhat HE Emreror
hoped to iuaugurate "a new era.' the in
tention being to continue The 0 d policy
with The old men. He adm ted, however,
that the mighty persona ity OF Prince
Bismarck had suppressed many men and
many ideas, aud the Government would
DOW allow them to come forward. rripc ing
the bad proposals, but pr noting the rea.
~liSation of the good. He was, convinced
that the edltice 'reared by the genius. iron
will, and intense patriotism Of Prince
Bismarck" would last, and thought it "a
dis e~nsatlOn OF Providence thar Just as he
retired, the persona ity Of he Emperor was
$50 we'll fitted to fill up The cap and cover
over the crack" He hoped, therefore, that
he should find in the Diet a spirit of readi.
ness to support and cooperate with the
Government. This speech, the full signi.
fcauCe Of which We have endeavoured to
explain elsewhere, gave great pleasure to
both The Liberal and Centre pa ties, and
created a m~0mentaiy impression abroad
that he young Emperor had suddenly be.
come constitutional" That, however, is
not The ease, He is only modern in his
IDEAS about internal policy, and sees no
occasion to sit upon the Safety-v alve of
discussion. lie can govern, he thinks,
without reducing his ParliamentS to silence,
and General Caprivi, who is a ready and
tellcitouS speaker, thinks 50 too.
General Caprivi has also deli GIFTED Libe-
Io1c lJ nllTlIcRinn Nrlant lar l.o,,, ooiin6 t6o
"lteplil FuEd." He will not subSidise
new SpaperS, or use them, as Prince Bis
marck did, to attack his enemies. The
whole House cheered this declaration, the
practice of paying for leaders appearing
to all sides alike fatal to the independence
of thePreSs The Radical editors, too, hate
their "aSSiSted' competitors. General
Caprivl Was, however, careful to make one
reserve, which he described with almost
cynical frankneSs. He must occasionally
use independent newspapers. He could
not leave the Press wholly to the oppo-
nentS of the Government, and he might
want to issue a demi-oficial statement and
then to repudiate it. In that case, it
would be awkward to put both the state
IN NJ and the reputation of HE statement
in the ReichS0nzeigeY! This naIf declara-
ton of a readiness to d, ceive, especially
in foreign affairs" did not shock the Diet
at all but it MY hereafter nave an effect
the Chancellor does not foresee. 1t will, if
it is remembered, throw doubt upon the
fl st commnnique which he may greatly
desire TO have believed, and so deprive him
of his weapon altogether. 1t is curious to
note that the very idea of a newspaper
which is friendly TO Government but is not
paid by it, is foreign to German politi-
cans. They are so accustomed TO see
Governments acting against public Sentl-
ment, that they canuot conceive of a free
criticism which should approve their mea-
, 1890-05-28
C-HRISTIANSTED

UdhISTIANSIED
May 26-Per Schr. "VigiIant' from st.
Thomas-Annesta Joseph, Rcbecca Joseph
& child, Elizabeth Humphrey. Elizabeth
Francois, Edward George, Paddy Patrick,
Emanuel Dennery, Severina Williams, TIL.
Mulgrave, Henrietta jackson.
May 27-Per schr. "Vigilant" for St.
Thomas-Jean Hansen, Samuel Williams,
Paddy Patrick.
FREDERIKSTFD.
Oath May,-Per sctr. "Atalantic' from
st. Thomas,-Revd. A. 3. Romig, Mr., L..
NJ. Golden, wife and chill, MesSrs. w. A.
B%illinghurst and F. Koefoed, AdelIH
Thomas, Elizabeth Brooks and 2 children,
Georgiana ONiel, Neyie Benjamin.
6th May,-Per schr. "Atlantic' for st.
Thomas,-Mr. w. a. BilIinghurst.
, 1890-05-28
Office.

RNTEREST from the Upper
- Guardians can be had after the
LIST of june in Lawyer BRUINS
Office in Basin, or SATURDAY in
West End.
, 1890-05-28
RACES by the Turks.

RACES by the Turks.
1t is announced that England, Germany,
ana the United States have established u
new Government in Samoa, and opened a
Custom House.
, 1890-05-28

The Factory sugar price for last weeks
can e-deliveries was fixed yesterday at
1896.
This gives the following prices for canes;
, 1890-05-28
KILOGRAMS.
ST CROIX STATI

81 CROIX STATION.
Plymouth, May 24th.-The RIM. .Tagus
from the West Indies arrived here at IL
a. M.
New York, May 24th.-It is announced
that the Queen has created Prince Albert
, 1890-05-28

Mr.. Roden, the new Commissioner for
the Virgin Islands, and Dr. Campbell,
also for thai Presidency, arrived here yes
terday by the r.. NJ. Steamer on their way
to Roadtown to relieve Mr.. Cameron and
DIR. Branch who have taken up other APP
poinlmcnts in Antigua and Montserratt.
-Lightb0Mrn's Mail Notes II May
Wear informed, says the Trinidad /" New
Era" that on the 9th April the mob at
CaraclS, afflicted apparently with the An
glo-nania which seems to be prevailing ak
the classes of The community Of the neigh
houring Republic ~ the present mo ment,
attempted an attack on the British Consu.
late in that city, and tried to remove the
flag and coats. ol-aImS adjoining that build
ing. Why E~eErZuclanS should attt mpt to
make themselves and their flag ridiculous
we cannot say. Their effort is seem to tend
towards getting their country taken over
by some entrrpriSing power which W i'll in
still due respect for the tights OF private
property, and put a limit to the extertions
Of p%ilatical generals.-Lightbourn'S Mail
Notes.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1890-06-21
Masonic Grand Officers

The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, +. *
A. NJ, of Nevada, closed its annual session
at Virginia City on Wednesday Of last week
The following were chosen and installed
as officers for the ensuing year: j. W. Eckley,
Grand Master; Frank Bell, Deputy Grand
Master; K. +. George, Senior Grand Warden
J ohm E. Jones. Junior Grand Warden; Il. L.
Fish. Grand Treasurer; C. N. Noteware,
Grand Secretary; George r. Walker, Chap
lain; Charles E Mack. Grand Orator; John
Macauley. Grand Marshal; c. w. Drake,
Grand Sword Bearer: w. W. Stepheds, Grand
STANDARD Bearer; A. ID. Rock, Grand Bible
Bearer; p. A. Doyle. Sr. Grand Deacon; Al
bert Lackey, Jr. Grand Deacon; W. E. Kill
len. Grand Steward; Geo. W Richard, Grand
Pursnivant; VIM. Oates. Grand organist
z. S. Kinkead, Grand Tyler.
The next session of the Grand Lodge will
be held at Reno on the second Tuesday In
June, 1891.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1890-06-21
Subscribing and Advertising.

Every established local newspaper
receives subscriptions from large
cities which puzzle the publishers to
account for, but the New York Times
lately threw some light upon this
matter: "a wholesale grocer in this
city, who has become rich at the bust
ness, says his rule is that when he
sells bill of goods on credit to i'm
mediately subscribe for the local pap
er of his debtor. So long as bis Gus
toner advertised literally he rested,
but as soon as he began to contract
his advertising space, he took the fact
as evidence that there was trouble
ahead and invariably went for the
debtor" Said he: "The man who
is too poor to make his business known
is too poor to do business" The
withdrawal of an advertisement is
evidence of weakness that business
men are not slow to act upon. There's
nothing like it,"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1890-06-21
STATE AND COAST NEWS.

Tuscarora youngsters are making
the acquaintance of scarlet fever.
The Mammoth Mining Company Of
Utah has declared dividend of
$4,000, payable June 90.
Allen Bragg, of the Reno Gazette,
had another severe stroke of paralysis
last Wednesday night.
The placer mines near Golconda.
Humboldt county, are said TO yield
two ounces a day TO the man. A
gold nugget woth % was washed out
last week.
Chicago. by permission of an extra
legislative session, is to guarantee $5,-
100000 of the Worlds Fair funds.
|, The Pomona Times Courier says
the receipts from all the orange groves
of Pomona Valley average $500 an
acre this year.
The people of Reno intend celebrat-
ing the Fourth of July 10 fine style,
having collected $1,275, and expect
to collect some $500 more, which
shows that they are live community.
In a struggle at Sacramento between
a man named Whitaker and his wife
for the possession of q pistol the
charge was exploded and the bullet
entered the wife's side and killed her.
The parties were colored, AMI the con-
test for the pitol was not in anger.
Senator Jones thinks the chances
favorable for the passage of free
coinage bill in the Senate. Cameron,
of Pennsylvania. is one of the Senators
who is mentioned in yesterdays
dispatches as favoring absolute bic
metallism.
A big flow of natural gas has been
struck in Salt Lake City at depth
of 100 feet. The gas was accidental
ly found by man who was putting
down drive we'll for water. Enough
gas burst out to light % houses. Two
or three houses now use the gas for
lighting and heating.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1890-06-21
Board OF Trade.

The monthly meeting of the Board
was held to-day and a number of in
teresting matters discussed.
All citizens of the State are invited
to notify the Board as to the exhibits
they will be able to make at the
Worlds Fair in 1892 SO space can DE
secured.
Good prospects for immigration
were reported.
Mr.. Sturgis, a prominent banker
and business man of Brooklyn, ex-
planned one Of the live questions of
the East on the subject of taxation.
A letter of the Manager to the Com
missioner of Agriculture on the rails
ing of feed and curing pork was
ordered given to the press Reno
Gazette, 14th.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1890-06-21
The New surveyor-Gsneral.

Hon. George F. Turritin, under tel
egrsphic orders from Louis F. Graf,
Commissioner of the General Land
Office at Washington. ID. c., to enter
at once upon his duties as Surveyor
General of Nevada, assumes his posi-
ton as such to day. Mr.. Turritin has
been resident of Humboldt county
about twenty-one years, has held the
office of County Recorder and repre-
sented his constituents in the Legisla-
ture in 1885. His record as citizen
and official has been such as to place
him on the list of our most honorable
men. 1t is believed that the general
public will have no cause to complain
about the administration of fhe affairs
in the Suveyor-General's office so long
as he remains there.-Reno Gazette
10Th.