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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-09
Hints to HOusekeepers.

A FEW cloves on the pantry shelves
Will etfectually drive away ants.
A WASH of equal parts OF glycerine and
Tactic acid will remove moth and freckles
from the face.
The mending of kid gloves shows far
less If done with cotton thread than it
does if done with silk
A SMALL piece of charcoal placed in
the pot when boiling cabbage, will pre-.
vent any disagreeable odor.
To remove rust from steel. rub with
kerosene, and soak for day, polishing
with emery dust and kerosene.
The light in sleeping-rooms should
never fall directly on the ewes. nor
should the rooms be either too dark or
too light.
STRENGTHEN vinegar by freezing it.
and then remove the ice which forms
on the surface; the water Of the vinegar
only freezing.
KEROSENE poured on red flannel and
bound on the throat, will greatly ease a
sore throat. 1t will also heal cuts and
cure chilblains.
IRON and polished steel, when not in
use, may be kept from rusting by wip-
ing with cloth on which little kero-
sene has been poured.
RUB black walnut furniture, or any
wood finished in oil, with cloth slightly
moistened with kerosene Oil, to remove
scratches and restore polish.
WHEN one is fatigued and foot-sore
from much walking, it is very refresh
Ing to battle the feet in warm water and
rub them with extract of arnica.
A PIECE of softsoap and starch will
take stains out of bed ticking. Spread
it on the spots, and when dry scrape it
off and wash with a damp sponge.
A ROUND piece cut from WORKOUT CASH
mere hose, and cat-stitched to the
wrong side of the knee of children's
hose with strong cotton, will strengthen
them greatly.
IT should be borne in mind that head
troubles, and all cases which resist we'll
directed medication should by sent to
an Oculist for examination.
GREASE spots, if old, may be removed
from books by applying solution of
varying strength of caustic potash upon
the back of the leaf. The printing.
which looks somewhat faded after the
removal OF the spot, may be freshened
by the application of mixture of one
part of rnuriatic acid and twenty-five
parts Of water.
10 PURIFY room, set pitcher of
water in the apartment, and in a few
hours it will have absorbed all the re-
spired gases in the room, the air of
which will become purer, but the water
utterly filthy. The colder the water,
the 81 eater the capacity to absorb these
gases. At the ordinary temperature a
pail of water will absorb a pint of car
bonic acid gas and several pints of am
monia. The capacity is nearly doubled
by reducing the water to the tempera-
ture of ice.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-09
Kept Up With the Hack.

From the Phlla delphia Inquirer.
A guest of the Continental Hotel the
other night woke up about Is min
utes before midnight. He expected
to catch the II O'Clock train for New
York and had to hustle. Haiing q
might hawk" who happened to be pass
ing, he told him he would give him So
if he got him to the Broad Street sta
ton in time for his train. He jumped
into the rickety hack and went rafting
away at a great rate.
At Twelfth Street the bottom OF the
hack fell out AS luck would have it,
the passenger landed on his ieet and
grabbed hold of the windows. He
yelled with all his might for the driver
to stop, but his voice was drowned in
the slap, bang and clatter of the wheels.
All he could do was to run. He did
run. Once in while be Jagged be-
hind, but the back of the cab hit him
and made him scoot again.
He got there just in time. AS he
opened the door and walked out of the
cage, he looked witberingly at the cab
man, as he mopped the perspiration
from his face and then ran up the steps
to the train. The train moved out be-
fore the driver sufficiently recovered
from MS surprise to collec0his money.
He did not know what had happened
until he caught another passenger and
tried to put him in the bottomless cab.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-09
Smiles and Slush.

From the New York Journal.
Good evening, girls. Isn't the snow
just lovely?"
The young man who made this re-
mark to bevy of young ladies at the
corner of Bridge and Sands Streets,
Brooklyn, at O'Clock last evening, was
of the opinion. five minutes later, that
snow was horrid and exceedingly damp.
For more than week the girls who
are employed In preparing chewing gum
with assorted flavors, ..ano making it into
mouthsize Jumps, In Adams labora-
tory, on Sands Street, have been an
noyed nightly by arrow.shouldered
and flashily- dressed young man, of
more than ordinary boldness.
He has waited on the corner opposite
Congressman Clancy's saloon every
night, and on several occasions sought
to take one Of the young ladies by the
arm.
Yesterday the girls arranged to pun
ish the young man for his insolence.
When they lett the laboratory at $50
be crossed the street, and approached
them with his face Wreathed in smiles.
The girls had an object in this. They
were waiting to get the young man OPP
posite point where there was minia-
ture mountain of mushv snow, but be
didn't know it.
When the proper place was found the
girls stopped, and the young man,
standing within two feet Of the curb,
and with his back toward it, began to
say all manner of silly things.
By twOs and threes the other girls in
the laboratory joined the little group,
until fully twenty had arrived.
"Now. girls %
With this exclamation from the lead
er a dozen pairs of feminine hands
grasped the swell young man. and be-
fore he could protest, either by word or
act, he was lifted bodily from the side
walk and pitched Mediterranean into the
water-soaked elevation Of snow.
There was a good sputtering and
splashing, and the young man finally
managed to get out. Then he took to
his heels. and crowd OF girls followed
him TO the corner, pelting him with
snowballs and laughing at Ills drenched
and dismal appearance.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-09
A Point for Smokers.
From the Chicago Tribune.


"Lots of advice has been given to
smokers, but I'll tell you something
which has never been written up and
ought to be known"
This was told reporter in the Grand
Pacific, last evening. by one of the big
gest tobacco dealers In New York.
Come into the cigar store," be went
on, ''and you will notice that two out of
three men will cough while lighting CT
gars."
The first person who set fire to cigar
coughed quite violently.
Didn't | tell you?" exclaimed the
lecturer. Two out of three will do
that"
Its caused by the SMOKE"
Never. When you are about to
smoke, cut off the mouth end of the CT
gar, put the smoke end in the mouth.
and then blow. This expels all the fine
particles of tobacco and dust inside the
cigar. When you have done this re verse
the torch, and you won't cough when
lighting it. Those little bits of tobacco
get down your throat and are injurious.
More people have been injured by
swallowing these little specks than you
have any idea Of, yet they think they
were hurt by inhaling the smoke
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-09
A SOLDIERS FAREWELL.

Now rest, my sword,
Rest for / ne er shall WELD
Thy faithful blade again on battlefield;
Slow through my veins the scanty 1fe-drop:
run
Ny work is done
aye, done at last;
I shall be still, know,
When home with song and shout my comrades
go
Zen now the Easter voices call
Reace peace to all
And peace to me-
Rest after the long fight
and suffering for fatherland and right;
after the victory, by heaven sent,
am content.
q, mother heart,
Weep not that DER my tomb
No sculptured marble stands, no roses bloom,
sky.
Ny ashes lie.
Until this hour
{-ifes book was full of stain
Now God himself has made it pure again,
Has closed the volume, and His hand divine
Now rests on mine.
md so, farewell
may not see again
( golden sunlight fall on hill aud plain;
i long, a last farewell my work is done,
BY rest is won
Prom the German.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-09
Railroad Engineers Ears.
From the Chicago Tribune.


William Van Bokelin, engineer: 81
have heard good deal about railroad
engineers being color blind. Some
times, as you may know, an engineers
eyes become SO affected that he mag
ines he sees things on the track. But
did you ever hear of an engineer whose
ears deceived him? / have. an engi-
neer is always expecting to hear the
sound of a whistle. He listens so much
for this sound that, after years at the
throttle, he will hear the sound of which
| speak when there is none. In some
instances the company has had the ears
OF engineers put to test by eminent
auricurilists. In fact | have been told
that some companies have men en-
ployed who make an examination of the
ears of engineers after the engineers
have been on the road certain length
of time"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-09
Pruning Peach Trees,

The pruning of peach trees differs
from that of most kinds of fruit, in the
fact that the tendency of this tree is to
grow long, struggling limbs. The fruit
is borne on shoots from last years
spurs, and as these lengthen with each
year, the peaches naturally grow each
season farther from the trunk. To
shorten in SO as to induce vigorous
shoots from the center of the tree is the
true system, hut the peach grower hates
to do this until all danger of winter
freezing of the buds has passed. Some
times when freezing has killed most of
the buds. enough are left not far enough
advanced to be destroyed, and if the
entire last year, growth remains on the
tree fair crop will be borne.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-09
WhIskers' Little Error.

A typographical error in the Spokes-
man. the other day, calls up a story,
says the Spokane Falls paper of that
name. Before telling it the general
reader must be reminded that on q me-
tropolitan morning newspaper COM
positor is obliged to contend with all
kinds of "copy." Some people do not
write copperplate hand. and there is
no time to trauscribe the manuscript be-
fore it is sent to the printer. To the
reasoning person it would seem that it
would rather be wonder how few er-
rors are made instead of how many.
But to the story. On one Of the leading
papers of Chicago was, and is, compOs.
ltor commonly called by his companions
"Whisk ers," presumably because he so
frequently and strenuously objected to
the cognomen. "Whiskers" was more
than a fairly well-read and posted
man, stood high in the local
councils of one of the great political
parties, and was generally recognized as
brGiny and rising young man. When
the panorama of Jerusalem on the
Day CT the Crucifxion" was first pre-
sented in Chicago, "Whiskers" was
pleased when he lifted from the hook a
displayed advertisement Of the at
traction. He went to his case and me-
chanically set it up, of course following
copy as nearly as he could. The matter
was proved" and shortly afterward
the proof-reader quietly went around to
some dozen Or more men working in
"Whiskers' vicinity and showed them
the slip, whereon appeared the rather
startling announcement that the public
were invited to witness the OPENING of
the panorama of Journalism in the
Days of Confucius." "Whiskers' took
the laugh good-naturedly, but even yet
he is somewhat EN- barrassed when any
allusion is made to the newspaper bust
ness in ancient China.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-09
Mox,np Raes.

Relative to the best manner of NOV
ing bees the editor of the Bee Journal
says: "Move them very gently towards
spring, and place board or some OBJ
struction over the entrances, 80 that the
bees will mark their hives anew when
they come out for a general flight"
NJ. Mahin says: Move them in the
evening after it begins to get dark.
If practicable, let the hives front
as nearly as possible in the 'a order 0 in
which they were before, and remove
everything from the old location, as far
as practicable, with which the bees
were familiar. There will be no trou-
BILE. / have tried it,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-09
Killing Calves in the West.

Only few years ago young calf was
valuable property in any of the West
ern states. Grass was practically free,
feed was plentiful, and there was a con-
slant profit on growing stock through
every successive stage. Those days
have passed, and now only choice ami
mails will be reared. In some places
farmers avow their purpose to kill all
calves as soon as born unless they are
unusually valuable. Quite possibly
they are right, but it does seem pity
to grow stock that deserves no better
fate than this.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-09
Making Shoes sqeakless.

Are you ever annoyed by squeaking
boots? And do you know what causes
the squeak? And would you find the
remedy? Generally the sound proceeds
from the two soles of your boot or shoe,
the upper and the lower rubbing to-
gether. Ifyou will take few minutes
time and anoint the soul with oil, drv
the oil IN and anoint again. and then
dry again, repeating the process three
or four times, the oil will penetrate the
first sole, and, presto, the squeak will
disappear.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-09

nounced. It is called rlactoserin," and
Is Swedish invention, the same as the
separator and extractor 1t has been
examined by the editor of the Ameri-
can Dairyma who appears to think it
success. 1t is not more nor less than
skinned milk made dry, and then
baked to yellowish brown color. 1t
is said to have been tested in the Ger
man hospitals, where it was not only
pronounced wholesome, but to be good
for infants, and 10 have curative pro-
perties. We await developments.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-09

tial cutting may be made the third year,
but it will add materially to the vigor of
the plants If noue be got until the
fourth year. In locations away from
the seashore top dressing will be
found beneficial. The asparagus is ma
turally marine plant, this being rea-
son Why salt acts benefcially. Green's
EraIiI (Irnanor
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-09

THE following sentence contains all
the letters in the alphabet: "John P.
Brady gave me a black walnut box OF
quite small size" The following sen
tence is much shorter, and it likewise
contains all the letters in the alphabet
"Pack my box with five dozen liquor
Jugs"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-09
Holding Corn for Higher Prices.

The low price of corn at the far West
is keeping large portion of the crop
from market. There can be no reason
able objection to his, as the farmers are
only holding back what is their own for
the purpose of getting what it cost them
to produce it. But to make this policy
stock up with improved animals that
will pay higher prices for the iced than
can ever be got by marketing it. The
supply of coarse grain is always liable to
be beyond the demand, in just the pro-
portion that stock is inferior and will
not pay for good feeding.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-09

THE large patterned silks displayed in
shop windows are made up for cloaks
and worn for the carriage, the opera or
theater party.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-09
Care of Breeding Ewes.

Some time before ewes begin to drop
their lambs they should be got in a
place by themselves, where not only
they will be free from crowding by 9TH
er sheep, but they noay also be led with
the material best fitted to promote
milk secretion. The young lamb, while
a felus, is as dependent on the mothers
food for its nourishment as it is after
make caked bag; but, on the other
hand, lively lamb, apt to live, can
hardly be expected from an eve fed up
to her narrowing time on dry straw, or
even hay, without something more nu-
tritious. The proper feeding of ewes
before lamb bling is the important secret
of success in this business.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-09
NIGHT.

Tho the glory of noon has faded
From the old eyes dim ming sight
The Peace" above understanding,
Maketh her Even Light
While far from the starlit heavens
The moon casts her silver glow,
In silent, solemn blessing,
On q head like the drifted snow.
Good HOuSekeepinG
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-09
FOR RURAL READERS.
Life in Three Aspects.

MORNING.
Asleep in rustic cradle
Lay tiny little one,
Wrapped in a robe of wilderness,
And kissed by the rising sun,
That shone in his crimson glory
On the downy baby's head
And tenderly touched the dimples
In the fingers above the spread.
NOON.
The sun cast his noontide splendoI
On a bonnie, fair haired maid,
AS seated in ancient rocker,
She backward and forward sway'd
While stitch by stitch in her sampler,
In crimson and gold and blue,
She worked with heart as gladstone
AS the blithesome birds that flew.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-09
Aspar

There is probably no vegetable that is
80 absolutely superb to the delicate ap-
petite of the epicure as the first deli
cious cuttings OF asparagus. Although a
native Europe and Asia, it has become
so common in this country as to be al
most naturalized in some places, having
found it's way into the fields and some
times being seen OH beaches and marshy
places on the seacOast.
Most of our prominent growers prefer
to plant one-year-old roots, although
tWo-year and three-year are often used
The asparagus bed should be five feet
wide and any desirable length, accord
ing to the size of the family. 1t should
be well cultivated two feet deep, and
well MANFRED. Three rows of plants
will suffice to each bed; the plants
should stand one foot apart in the row.
and the crowns should be well covered
four inches deep; a good, deep soil with
sandy bottom will be found most suita-
BILE, as the plants do not thrive we'll in
wet, stiff soil. AS soon as the tops are
cut down in the fall cover with a top
dressing Of coarse manure, which may
be forked early in the spring. A par
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-09
Continuous Selling from the Farm.

There is a constant outgo of money
used in conducting a farm, part of it for
labor and household expenses. Unless
there is something to be sold every
week, bills will run up, and it will be
hard to eyen-up the account at the end
of the year. 1t is wise forethought to
diversity farm pun suits at least far
enough to provide for these smaller ex-
penses without drawing on the main
crops. A supply OF butter and eggs will
often buy the family groceries through
the summer. Besides these there
should be summer fruits and vegetables,
the surplus of what is needed for home
use. IT farmers marketed more of such
products, city men would have a better
idea of the profit of farming than from
mar Feting only green crops.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-09
Good Potato Seed.

Unless the farmer believes that any
seed potatoes are good enough to plant,
he Will do we'll to look carefully to the
source of his supply OF potato seed.
Size is not the important matter 80 much
as maturity and abundance of starch.
We have known small, well-ripened
tubers to produce large crops. Their
chief objection is having too many eyes,
producing a great number of sprouts,
which crowd each other and decrease
the yield much as such crowding would
with anything else. If small potatoes
are used, dig out all the eyes save two,
and let these be we'll developed.
Where large potatoes are cut to one or
two eyes this often makes very small
pieces at the seed ends. It is better in
such cases to dig out some of the eyes
and cut the pieces of larger size. More
than one sprout is often produced from
a single eye, especially on rich soil and
when planted deeply.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-09
Peat Moss as Manure Absorbent.


In one Of his latest addresses Peter
Henderson highly commended the use
Of peat moss as an absorbent for stables.
When thoroughly dried it will absorb
twice as much manure as straw, and as
it has considerable fertilizing properties
of its own, Mr.. Henderson regards it as
worth So per load when straw manure is
worth 81. This peat moss comes mainly
from Europe, where its supplies are said
to be inexhaustible. 1t costs now $l2 to
$14 per ton, but is used by many who
keep fine horses. 1t is believed that
with larger demand more would be i'm
ported, and the price may be considera-
bly, lowered. The increasing use Of
grain straw IN the arts, and for feed for
stock with grain, makes this suggestion
of possible substitute for it tor bed
ding matter of importance to all farm
ers.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-09-17

Mr.. Hartman, the Republican candidat,
for Congress against Hon. VIM. J.. Wilson
is not unknown TO fame. lie was mem.
Der Of the West Virginia Senate in 1870
In the Journal Of that body for Tuesday
January -, 1870. we find the following
Senate Bill No. 4, "A Bill exempting Ed
ward f. Cooke, of Jefferson county, from the
provisions of section 8. of chapter 10. cd
the Code" was read the second time and
ordered 20 It's eugrOssment and third read
ing; and being forthwith eugrossed. on mo-
tiOn of Mr. KOonce, the rule was regularly
suspended for the purpose, the bin was read
the third time this day and passed with its
title:
The yeas were II among them Messrs.
Gold and Koonce, OF Berkeley and Jeder-
son, respectively and the nays . Doolittle
and Hartman.
The object Of the bill was to permit Mr..
Cooke, a venerable citizen Of Jefferson, to
resume the duties Of his profession-the
law.
II was an admirable association of names
-Harm-an with Doolittle And this man,
proscriptiye to the extent Of being almost
alone in his malignity, has the temerity to
expect votes in Jefferson county against its
most distinguished citizen Il staggers
Us to believe that any self respecting man,
Democrat or Republican, in our midst can
60 to the polls and vote for him.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-09-17
Kind Words.

THE VIRGINIA FREE Press, OF Ohlrles-
town, has bugun its eightieth year. 1t IS a
first-class newspaper, strongly PARTISAN ou'
honest and clean.-Ritchie Gazette.
The Charlestown FREE PRESS entered up
on its eightieth year last week. The FREE
Pass is one of our best exchanges aud we
hope it will continue on in its good neWsy
form in its old age.-Keyser Tribune
With the last issue of that excellent old
family journal, THE VIRGINIA FREE PRESS
entered upon its SOth year. Weston Demo
crat
THE VIRGINIA FREE PRESS has entered
upon its eightieth year. We only hope
when we are that old we'll be half as good
-Berkeley Springs Nelcs.