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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-19
The Porter was Surprised.

It is very hard to surprise Pullman
car porter, says the Pittsburg Dispatch.
He is hardened. All sorts and condi-
tions Of men are the same to him.
Grain ripe unto the harvest.
But the other day, on Pennsylvania
train. an African autocrat had sur
prise party. There were two young
men in his sleeper. Quietly dressed,
orderly young men. They both had
upper berths, which early IN the even
ing. they asked his royal highness to
make up.
''Berths boat ready, gemmen," he
announced presently, adding: ''Shall 1
get de ladder, sir?''
WHAT" said both young men 3D.
ruptly, and before the porter could ex-
plain, they were seated in their berths
smiling at him. How they did it so
quickly spectator who saw it done
could not tell me. He says the two
young men made simultaneous spring,
each caught the rail- OF the berth and
drew himself in in less time by ten Sec
onds than it takes to write this SEN
tence.
Learnt that mountin' Texas ponies"
one of them told the porter, who stared
at them in vague alarm.
They were cowboys.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-19
New Use for the Phonograph.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.

From the Pail Mall Gazette.
An interet ting physiological expert
ment Was made at the Edison House,
the headquarters of Edisun's Phono-
graph omp ny in Europe, last week.
br. l.. White; OF Harley Street, has a
patient who has defect in his speech
OF most singular character. The pa
tient, a Ia OF 10, and English by birth,
u alb Z 10 speak his native language.
but Jargon which cannot be under
stood; man doctors have examined
him, but could not exactly diagnose the
cause o. The phenomenon, and it was
quest enable whether the lad spoke the
same thing vice in the same way. and
the only way TO discover whether he
cid 80 or WAS to get him to speak to
the phon aph. The lad, i'll the pres
ence OF several gentlemen, was asked to
speak The Lords Prayer and the alpha
BET. Several cylinders were made in
this wav, AID when a comparison was
Instituted between the various phono-
grams, il Was found that there was no
variation In the spoken words, and that
1t was quite possible for the language
which the Roy speaks to be understood
by slmpiy learning the various sounds.
J he phonog'ams will be exhibited be-
or a,ions societies in this country,
ann IL just possible a new disease has
cen Discovered
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-19
HOME MATTERS.

IT is said that kerosene will soften
boots and shoes that have been hardened
by water.
VIOLET, rose and orange blossom
leaves are frozen in ice-creams of deli
cate flavor.
TRY keeping cranberries fresh by
putting them in cold water containing q
piece of charcoal. Change the water &C.
casionally.
WHEN your sitter becomes clogged
with flour or meal siit some hot ashes
through it; you Will be surprised to see
how nicely it Is cleaned.
The clear juice of the pineapple is
now considered by some physicians to
be the best remedy for diphtheretic
sore throat and even for diphtheria
PUT camphor gum with your new
silver ware and it will never tarnish as
long as the gum is there. Never wash
silver in soapsuds, as that gives it a white
appearance.
SMALL piece of paper or linen
molstened with turpentine and put into
the wardrobe or drawers for single day,
two or three times g year, is a pre-
ventive against moths.
LEMON Cough CURE.-Roast a lemon
without burning. When hot enough,
cut it and squeeze out Juice, which
can be sweetened to taste. Dose, 8
dessert spoonful when cough is trouble
some.
COFFEE pounded in mortar and roast
ed on an iron plate, sugar burned on
hot Goals, and vinegar boiled with M yrrh
and sprinkled on the floor and fur
plture of sick room, are excellent deo-
dorizers.
To cleanse porcelain saucepans fiji
them halt full of hot water and put in
the water tablespoonful of powdered
bnrex and let 1t boil. If this does not
remove all the stains scour we'll with
cloth rubbed with soap and borax.
A MUSTARD plaster applied to the back
OF the neck often relieves severe head
ache. Iodide of potassium, too, is a
good remedy when the pain is mostly
IN the forehead; two grains dissolved in
wine glass OF water slipped slowly.
The best way to clean out lead pipes
without the exl ensive aid of a plummer
Is to pour solution Of concentrated
I've down them. The I've will dissolve
hair, I'm, indeed all animal and most
vegetable matter, and so open the
pipes.
BAKED APPLES WITH CRANBERRY SAUCE
lake Il dish apples and pare, core
and bake with sugar and cinnamon.
Serve cold as dessert, putting each ap-
pie INTO fruit plate and covering it with
the cranberry sauce. This makes very
pretty AMI delicious dessert, and at fhe
came time very handy and inexpensive
one.
To roast oysters, wash the shells in
cold water, put the oysters on wire
gridiron over q clear, hot fire or in
brisk oven, the round shell downward.
AS last as they open take them off the
fire and serve Immediately. Each guest
removes the upper shell himself A
savory cond ment is a little melted but
ter, lemon juice, salt and pinch of red
or white pepper to the taste.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-19
A Singular Boycott.
From the Boston Globe.

Perhaps the most singular strike on
record has lately occurred in Ireland.
Smith Barry Is rack-renting land
lord of Tipperdry, and on his estate was
located a small town. He owned every
inch of land in the town, and also
owned and controlled the market, from
which he has derived comfortable in
come from tolls and rents Mr.. Barry
has tried eviction so nlanv times on the
tenants on his agricultural holdings that
he thought he could evict few of the
obstreperous shop-keepers from the
market. This brought on a crisis, and
the townspeople, led by the evicted
shop-keepers, actually decided to move
the town; not the houses nor the land,
but the people ;. for, as one of the movers
said: You can't have town without
people,"
Stafford O'Brien owns an estate near
By. With him the townspeopIe made
satisfactory arrangements, he being
known ss humane landlord. It was
decided to move the town to his estate,
and town market was at once erected,
OF which they are to have entire con-
troll. The new town site was laid out,
and the people actually moved.
This Is about the most effective pun
lshment ever melted out to mean and
grasplng Irish landlord. Barry's town
site, from which he had previously de-
rived large revenue, is now worthless.
1t has not even the value Of AGRICULTURAL
land lett, for it would require a large
outlay OF money to get it in shape for
cI11ti walton
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-19
THE MEN WHO MISS THE TRAIN.
RY : W EnSS-


] loaf aroun the deepo jest to see the Pullman
An to see the people scapmer W en- they hear the
iniine toot;
Is the careless men who get there jest in time to
miss the train.
An some cuss the railroad comp'ny, an some
loudly cuss their stars,
an some Jest gallop down the tack an try to
An some with loud laff and joke will poultice
up their pain;
var'us kin's er people get there jest in time to
miss the train.
An there is many deepos an flag stations 18th
out name,
Along the Grand Trunk Railroad that leads to
wealth and fame
An men rush to these deepos as fast as they can
AS the Train of Opportunity jest COOS a-thun-
derin by.
They rush down to the station with their hair
all stood on end,
AS the platform of the tail-end car goes wnirlin'
roun' the bend;
An some men groan an cry aloud, an some
conceal their PAIN
When they find that they have got there jest in
time to miss the train
But the cars puff through the valleys and go
a-whirlin' by,
An float their banners Of white smoke like flags
OF victory;
They leap the flown rivers and through the
tunnels grope
An cross the Mountains of Despair to the
Tableland of Hope.
The Grand Trunk Railroad of Success, it runs
through every cline,
But the Cars of Opportunity they go on sched-
ule time
An never are their brakes reversed they won't
back up again
To take the men who got there jest in time to
miss the train
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-19

but solely because their coarseness
makes them unpalatabie. Prof Henry
illustrates this fact by grinding these
rejected butts, and keeping this fodder
meal in glass jars, which visitors are in
vited to taste. Most of them pronounce
it of good flavor, and some can hardly
be persuaded that it is not the meal
from some kind of grain. Prof. Henry
advises in the Breeders Gazette that
the butts be chopped fine, ard believes
that, thus treated, stock will eat them
readily. If wheat bran is nixed with
them their nutrltive value will be
greatly increased, as the bran supplies
the elements in which the corn butts
are most deficient.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-19
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PERSONAL,

HE Bishopric of Durham, England,
has been offered to the Dean of Wind
sor.
Mrs. KATHARINE s. McQUoID will
shortly publish new novel, entitled
East and West"
MINNIE PALMER talks of going to Aus
tralia from London, with "Mv Sweet
heart" and Johnny Rogers.
A MAUsoLEUM to cost 100000 is to be
erected at Laurel Hill Cemetery, at San
Francisco, for the Flood family.
PRESIDENT CARNoT, of France. has been
spending his leisure time of late in
translating Tennyson's Arthurian poems
into French.
JAMES c. HILL, JR.. of Richmond, re-
Gently accomplished the feat of ascend
ing to the highest point of Mount
Popocatepetil, in Mexico.
THE Prince Of Wales always wears a
sachet filed with frankincense next his
skin, as preventative against infection,
ami attributes his freedom from int1u-
enza to its virtue.
JAMES ANTHONY FRoUDE is passing the
winter at Salcombe, the beautiful village
near Start Point, which has one of the
most romantic harbors in the country.
He is engaged in preparing book on
Lord Beaconsfeld.
1T is rumored that Lord Salisbury. the
English prime minister, is suffering
from an insidious and incurable disease.
He is in state Of morbid sensitiveness.
and does not wish the public to know
of his real condition.
REV. FREDERICK TAYLOR GATES. secre-
tary of the American Baptist Education
Society, has been strongly recommend
ed by leading Baptist educators for the
presidency Of the new university, which
John D. Rockefeller is helping to build
in Chicago.
Miss CAMMERER. of Philadelphia, the
immature young lady of So who lately
secured well earned damages from an
aged but tickle sutton, scorns the noto-
riety that surrounds tie dime museum,
and will at once proceed to fit herself
tor the stage.
Ex-CONGREssMAN GALLINGER, of New
Hampshire, who was recently downed
by Senator Chandler, intends to try it
again. He authorizes the statement
that he shall be candidate for United
States Senator at the next session of the
Legislature.
BARON RoTHsCHILD, the Paris banker,
lives in fear of the commune. His cell
lars are almost impregnable, and his
pictures and jewels are protected in
such way that the most grasping mob
could not reach them. He lives in a
state of constant fear
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-19
FARM AND HOME.
The Pumpkin Pie.

Take sharp knife-the best of its kiud-
And pare OFT the pumpkins golden rind;
Then cut into cube-shaped blocks of buff,
And slowly simmer till soft enough
Run through a sieve-the best to be bought
Oh, the 'cropple- hen will mourn to-day
For her rified nest in the scented hay;
For ere your pumpkin pies you can bake
Out of her nest you must nine eggs take.
Beat yolks and whites in a separate dish
Till both are foamy and light as you wish.
White sugar, one cup and half you take,
And two quarts of milk your pies to make;
Then of cinnamon, nutmeg, and mace each
One
You take teaspoonful ere you are done
Next spices, sugar. eggs, pumpkin and milk,
You must beat together till smooth as silk
THAT is the curious, homely phrase
My grandmother used in those old time days)
Now dozen of raiSins, more or less,
To each pie will add flavor you must confess.
The whole must be baked in shell-like crust
And, just as it hardens with sugar you dust.
If you follow this rule, when done you'll IL cry:
Here's genuine, old-time pumpkin pie ~
-Ld%@je 81. Hddteg, IN GOOD Housekeeping.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-19
Using the Teeth.

The law of deterioration from disuse
obtains with the teeth, as well as with
other things. The constant and reg
u!ar use OF them IN mast eating hard
food tends to make them continually
grow harder and ST. onger, and better
able TO resist the influences that make
Tor decay, while on the other hana,
living on soft tood and neglect of masti-
cation makes them tender, softens
the enamel, and renders them easily
susceptible to corroding effects. This
is sometimes especially shown in the
case of people after long illness, who
find their teeth tender and sore when
they begin to return to diet of solid
hard food. A dentist speaking on this
subject. says: "Some men have healthy
teeth all their lives because they were
given good, hard food during infancy.
That is the period to begin to save the
teeth. Mothers and nurses give chill
dren soft food, utterly ignorant, in many
cases, of the result. Crusts and hard
stuffs should be given to children as
soon as they can eat them. In this way
the teeth begin to grow healthy, and
gradually harden with time and use.
The chewing gum girl gives her molars
exercise. But chewing gum is not es-
the teeth are used. 1t is jaw exercise
more than anything else. But in eating
hard, wholesome food, all the teeth
come in contact with the substance
Tobacco chewing is not healthy for the
teeth, because the tobacco is generally
placed in one location. like chewing
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-19
Fortune re,lers and onarm-workers

From the P1ttsburg Commercial Gazette
here ale hundreds OF young ladies in
thl, city VINO ere paying fortune-tellers,
hoonoodoctors and charm workers for
Mt 10 make them beautiful. There
us to b- de formed mulatto on Mount
Washlns to or up in that direction,
WI O TAO the reputation of being able to
charm wrinkles, freckles and moles
AWAY. lie had large practice, and
sold lots ~ stuff to improve the COM
pl. Xion ant brighten the eyes. He
would ltogh about 'dem fool girls
sp ndln' ali dar money for muffin"
Like tnan, others who deal fraudulent
", he justified himself on the ground
that II he ii dn't take their money they
would give it to some other fraud.
!, heu he, dled he had large collar box
tnll of rings, necklaces, chains, pins,
ear5obs and trinkets given him by girls
VINO main, the money to paw down
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-19
The Cow and Her Calf.

Charles L. Flint says on the subject
of the relationship existing between the
COW and Der calf: eft the calf is soon
to be taken away, [ should prefer not to
suffer the cow to become attached to it
at all, since she is apt to withhold her
milk when it is removed, and a loss is
sustained. Some object to removing
the calf from the cow in this way. on
the ground of it's apparent cruelty. But
the objections to letting the calf suckle
the cow for several days, as they do, or,
indeed, of leaving it with the cow for
any length of time, is that she in
variably becomes attached to it, and
frets and withholds her milk when it
is at last removed from her. She prob
ably suffers great deal more after this
attachment is once formed, at the re-
moval of the object of it, than she does
at It's being taken at once out O! her
sight. The cows memory is far greater
than many suppose; and the loss and
injury sustained by removing the calf
after it has been allowed to suck her for
a longer or shorter period is never
known exactly, because it is not usually
known how much milk the calf takes,
but it is without doubt very consider
able. If the udder is ali right, there
seems to be no good reason for leaving
the calf with the COW two or three
days, If it is thensto be taken away.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-19
A Good Compost.

"A oOOo compost
AS regards the use or manure, liber-
atty and economy should 60 hand in
hand. Liberallty in application; econ
omy In the preparation. No farmer
ever yet had as much manure as be
wanted; and so far as that made in the
stables goes, he can never get enough
for his actual pressing needs. To exc
out his supply he must resort to COM
posting. This is an old but good prac-
tice. By the right exercise of this art
of making manure, the farmer enlists
the chemical forces of nature in his
service, TO change inert and useless
substances into useful and active plant
food, and the force which he enlists is
81 nply that of fermentation by heat,
through which decomposition is pro-
duced, and the substances acted upon
are made available for the food of
plants.
rhe most valuable material for COM
posts Is that commonly known as swamp
muck, the half-decomposed, dark vege-
table matter which fills up low places
and former ponds with a useless, fes-
titerous, -stagnant mass. Few farmers
realize the value Of this stuff 1t con.
tains, when free from sand and clay,
from J to per cent. of nitrogen, equal
wagon load as it lies on the bank after
it has been dug out few weeks and
partly dried. When this stuff has been
put through a compost heap, this
nitrogen is made worth Is cents per
pound by nothing more or less than
the action upon it of the heating
manure, helped by a certain proper
ton OF lime. The nitrates thus de-
veloped, or prepared for rapid develop
ment in the soil, are worth as much per
pound as those In artificial fertilizers.
This being thus, it may be reasonably
figured that ton of this swamp muck
is worth at least SIS, which is sum of
money that is several times as much as
would almost turn the head of gold
miner if he could wash 1t out of de-
post Of gravel or sand And yet
thousands of farmers leave such a val
liable deposit untouched year after year,
while they pay out money for COM
mercial fertilizers.
To utilize the swamp muck, it should
be dug out through the winter, and
thrown onto the banks of broad bitches
cut through the swamp. When partly
dried it may be drawn out and spread
in the yards or manure cellars, or used
for litter to absorb the liquids which
mostly 60 to waste, or heaped up in al
ternate layers of first swamp muck, we'll
sprinkled with fresh air-slaked lime,
and then fresh manure, and so on until
the heap is five feet high. The whole
mass will soon heat, and in two months
will decompOse, when every load of
muck used will be worth quite as much
as load of manure, and thus the sup
ply OF manure may be doubled. -Pracii-
cal Farmer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-19
Value of Corn Butts.

1t is generally known TO farmers that
cattle prefer the folder of corn which
has produced ears, rather than the i'm
mature fine stalks that have grown so
closely that they could never produce
more than the tassel. Still the coarser
butts are generally thrown aside by
stock and 60 into the manure heep.
This, however, is not on account of de-
ficiency in quality, as analysis shows,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-19
What Rots Fence Posts.

Many years ago we saw farmer set
ting posts for a board fence. Having
the erroneous idea that it was water
which most rotted the posts, and that
stones piled in the hole around the post
would keep it dry. he filed the hole
within foot of the top with small
stones. AS no drainage was given, of
course the water settled around the
post, and the light covering Of earth al
lowed frost to penetrate to the
bottom and heave the posts. up. The
fence lasted only a few years, and
was an offence most of that time. The
water dried out by midsummer. and
then the loose stones around the pests
were the refuge Of mice, which proved
especially destructive to young or
chard near by. 1t was found. when the
posts were Dig out, that moist air had
rotted the lower ends, while those put
down III clay sol, with the earth packed
around them closely, were still in good
condition.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-19
Gets lit All In.
From the Chicago Herald.

From the Chicago Herald.
Come congressman are more modest
than others. Senator Allison's card
bears the following quiet inscription:
Mr.. Allison" Representa-. i've Morse
places the following legend on his card:
Elijah A. Morse, member Congress,
Second Massachusetts District, manu-
facturer. Residence. office and factory.
Canton, Mass. When Congress is in
session, the Shoreham, fifteenth and
III streets. Washington. ID. CO
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-19

MILTON HoUsER, of the vicinity of
Shenandoah, Pa, bent his head TO drink
from brook, when he ielta lizard pass
his lips, and quick as thought closed his
teeth upon it. Then he tried to extract
it by grasping its tail, but finding it too
slippery and observing that it was max
ing toward his throat, he bit the reptile
in two.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-19
Hints to Dairymen.

The cheesy taste in butter is due to
the imperfect cleansing of the butter
milk. This cannot be done completely
by the common method of churning, in
which the butter is gathering in Jumps,
and is largely mingled with buttermilk.
Ali the working and washing which can
be done cannot get rid wholly of this
sour milk when it is so intimately
closed in the particles of butter. If the
churning is stopped when the butter Is
in small grains, and before the but
ter is in compact mass, and
the buttermilk then drawn off from
the churn, and water poured in and
changed until it is no longer colored by
the buttermilk, and the butter is then
sailed and mixed, so as to get rid of all
excess of water above that which is
needed to keep it moist enough to dis
solve the salt, which is about 10 to II
per cent of the weight of the butter,
there Will be no cheesy taste. Mixing
milk is injurious to the yield of butter.
This is well-known to milkmen and but
ter-makers. If milk which has been
set for some time, and on which the
cream has partly risen, is stirred, the
cream never rises again fully, and there
is considerable loss of butter.-OrGnge
Judd Farmer
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-19

F"R some time past William Keller, a
w-ll-knosn citizen of Tlffin, o., has no.
iced thal the ears of one of his favorite
COWS We're gradually disappearing, and
he deteralned TO ascertain the cause.
"a, e DINER night he discovered three
large rats on her head, gnawing at her
ears.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-19

gum, and there remains, until thrown
out. The Southern negroes have better
teeth than most any race, because they
use them from childhood up in masti-
eating hard food. GOOD Housekeepi1o
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1890-01-08

Ladies' fine Gold Watches at less thar
eastern prices at Ringwald's.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1890-01-08

Change Is one of the irresistible laws
of nature, and fortunately the change is
almost invariably for the better. As an
instance of this, St. Patrick's Pills are
fast taking the place Of the old harsh and
violent cathartics, because they are milder
and produce a pleasanter effect, besides
they are much more beneficial in remov
ing morbid matter from the system and
preventing ague and other malarious dis
eases. AS Il cathartic and liver pill they
are almost perfect. For sale by Lapeyre
RrOS
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1890-01-08

HELENA, Jan. 4.-[Special, to the
TRIBUNE.l-The senate and house met in
joint session at noon today and took one
ballot with the following result: Magin-
mis- 30, Clark 2S, Sam Word n vote.
The joint assembly adjourned until Mon
day at 12 o'clock.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1890-01-08

New York, Jan. 2.-Gabriella ODER
bauer, a pretty and talented young crayon
artist, killed herself Yesterday because
she heard that her lover, William Brill, a
wealthy manufactures, was about to mar
ry another woman.