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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-05-07
Another Subsidized British Ship.
From the Boston Journal.


The new White star liner Majestic,
which is looked upon to rival the Dity
Of Paris as a record break is, like the
older ship, on the British admiralty
list. and draws an annual subveniion
from the British treasury, aside from
what she earns by carrying the mails.
The exact amount OF this subsidy has
not vet been stated, but it is probably
not far from $4,000, which would give
the vessels owners about % or per
cent. a year on their investment. This
is the sum which is paid the owners of
the City of New York and the City OF
Paris. The Majestic, like her Sis
ter ship. the Teutonic, is fitted
with platforms. ETC., to carry twelve
six-inch rapid firing guns, or an
armament equal TO that Of the new
American cruiser Philadelphia. The
gun mounts of the Majestic we're put
into the ship when she was built, the
cost being horne by the British adj
mlralty. For a sum much less than it
would cost to maintain UGH vessel in
commission Great Britain, by this ar
rangement, secures the services of a
first-class cruiser, while the White Star
Line is protected to the extent o. the
% or per C, Mt. subsid against Ameri-
can and other foreign competition The
plan is most wise and beneficial one,
both to Great Britain and the White
Star Company, and it suggests one of the
reasons Tor the present strength OF
England's merchant navy.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-05-07
Whales in Deadly Combat.
From the Philadelphia Times.


The canal schooner IL. @. Ely, Of this
city, George Moore, of Delaware, mas
ter, arrived yesterday with a cargo of
lumber from North Carolina. Mate John
Bennett reported that when III Chesa
peake Bay, off Point-noPoint, on the
afternoon of the 18th, with a light
breeze blowing from the westward, two
whales were seen first on the port bow,
distant about quarter OF mile, flashing
the water into foam. AS the vessel
drew nearer it was seen that one was
about thirty feet in length, the other a
little larger, and that they were en-
gagged in deadly combat.
The whales would rush at each other,
sometimes striking with their huge
square heads, but oftener lodging the
blows, and the smaller seemed to have
the best of it. They sounded often,
and as often as they came to the sur
face they threw the water fifteen or
twenty feet into the air from their blow
holes. When they came Ngether the
blows sounded like the fail of a pile
driver. and the thrashing Of their tails
threw the water Enthusiastically
The crew of the Elv watched the COM
bat for nearly half an hour, during
which the larger whale was steadily
driven toward the shore.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-05-07
ADVICE TO Young Men.
Burdette in BROOKLYN Eagle.

So you were little too pert, and
spoke without thinking. did you, my
son? And you got picked up right sud-
denly on your statement, eh? On,
well, that's all right; that happens to
older men than you every day. / have
noticed that you have very positive
way of filing decision where other
men state an opinion. and you fire.
ouentlv make positive assertion
where older men merely express be-
liei. But never mind; you are young.
You will know less as you grow older.
Don't / mean you will know more?"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-05-07

be gained from any changes in his meth
cd of work. But, however successful
for time carelessness and rule Of
thumb may be, it must in the end fail,
and we sincerely hope that the new in
dustry OF factory dairies will not suffer
from want OF rule and order.
Cur dairy companies may well take q
leaf out of the book of their German
and Danish brethren, who conduct all
their operations on strict rule, and, as q
result, they make profit in many mi
nor ways where, without care, there
would be loss.
For the guidance Of the committees
OF management we suggest few rules,
which should be most rlgldly enforced:
L. That no person not actually engaged
in the operations of the dairy be allowed
IN the working department While the work
is going on.
2. That every employe be compelled to
wear clean white linen Jackets or Overalls.
Of course, this does not include the engine
driver.
3. There must be no fixtures in the work
ing part of the place, such as boxes or
stands, under which milk may run and be-
come foul.
4. The floor, and every part where milk
has been spilled, should be thoroughly
flushed with cold water when the WORK of
the day is finished.
5. In the summer work should COM
mence as early as possible, in order to get
the butter-making over before the heat Of
the day. This ensures a better quality
than if done in the midday.
q. That table be made daily of the
quantity of milk required to make a pound
of butter.
The last is most important. There
may be something wrong with the milk
or the machinery on some particular
day, and return made up In this man.
ner will at once show the defect 1t
then becomes the business of the man
ager to discover the cause of the loss,
and to remedy it. We recommend the
managers of diaries to read the very
careful set of calculations made in the
Kildev9ld dairy. 1t will be seen that
there even the quantity of Goals con-
sumed is matter Of careful attention.
Z. Regular meetings of the committee of
management should be held, and state
ment laid before them Of the work done
since the last meeting. The committee
should then inspect the dairy and see that
everything is in order.
These are few general rules, to
which others might be added, accord
ing to the circumstances of each estab-
lishment. We take 1t for granted that
in the selection Of manager the direct
Ors take every precautlon to secure q
man o probity and thorough knowledge
of his business. 1t is usual, in cases Of
trust, to ask Tor security, but on this
point circumstances must guide those
entrusted with the direction. To Sc
cure 8 good manager ensures success, if
success is to be attained.
There is. no doubt, great future for
factory dairy enterprise, but it cannot
be too much insisted on ttat a good
result is only to be obtained 10y constant
care and attention to every detail IN he
managem ent.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-05-07
Turning Ont Stock.

If farmers vino turn out their stock in
early spring to pick up the mixture of
old heritage, with, perhaps, a little new
to give it flavor, would only follow their
animals an hour or two they would
quickly be convinced of the wasteful-
ness of this practice. Every time hoof
strikes on the soft turf it peaches into
the soil larger surface than the animal
can possibly bite. AS there are four
hoofs and only one mouth there would
be great waste even if what was eaten
had any value, which it practically has
not. II there is much old grass, then
poorlyfed cattle may fill themselves up
with it, but they will need more grain to
keep them in good condition than il
kept in warm stable and given only
grain and straw. The increased growth
of the grass from not being poached in
spring will enable the farmer to feed
hay next winter.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-05-07
Public Roads.

Of late I have heard much talk about
the road law, and the best means OF i'm
Or wing the roads. At this time of the
year we cannot labor upon our public
roads, but we can discuss ways and
plans, and put into practical operation
the knowledge gained when the proper
time comes to do So l have to travel a
great deal al over Lehigh County, Pa,
and in some townships | find more bad
than good roads. I often grumble and
blame the road commissioner,
but this does not secure better
roads. Poor roads cost more than
good ones. Bad roads wear out wagons
and teams, and rattle the wagons to
pieces. Pulling over ruts Or through
mud overtaxes the horse. Both suffer.
A large load cannot be hauled over bad
road. Two trips are necessary to do
that for which one would have been
sufficient if the roads had been good.
Time is lost. and time is money. [
never worked out my tax, but as long as
| can remember, wnlch is more than
thirty years, l do remember that on a
certain day, always in the month of
May, twenty or thirty men came past
my place patching up the road little
very often the work applied is
poor in quality and misdirected. I
know men who think it is
smart to cheat the public and
shirk all they can when laboring on the
highways. great many road over
seers are not fit to occupy the position.
I think the tax should be collected IN
money, and the overseer should have a
set of responsible and honest parties at
work the whole year. think if few
men would 90 over road once month,
and do little work eacn time at the
proper places, then the road would DC
better at the end of the year than by
sending thirty men over the road only
once in whole year. Bridges and Gull
verts should be made wide and strong.
1t the public roads would be kept on
the same plan as railroads are kept, a
little work done on them each day, it
would be better.-D. ~. Kern.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-05-07
Long-Slghtedness.

Interview with st. Louis Detective.
Whitley, the former cblef of the
United States secret service, had most
invaluable gift He was long-sighted.
and could accurately read written let
ter at distance OF thirty feet. have
recently heard of man WHO has cult
waited an equally valuable accomplish
ment. He can sit in room at some
distance from person writing at q
desk, and tell by the motion of the
hand and pen what the person Is writ
ing. Most any motel clerk of expert
ence can read writing upside down.
This will explain the readiness of the
greeting you receive at the hands of the
hot clerk whom you have never seen
before.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-05-07
A Statue in the Clouds.
From the New YORK World.

A wonderful phenomenon was wit
messed by the passengers on the /
O'Clock Jersey Central ferry boat one
afternoon. When the boat was near the
New Jersey shore bright mirage was
discovered in the air rigft over the
Jersey Central depot. The whole bay
was reflected on the clouds, and ships
were to be seen as plainly as if they
were on the water. Just before the
boat reached tue slip the magnificent
statue Of Liberty was seen in the mi
rage, and it made most beautiful and
Impressive spectacle. The statue was
clearly revealed and it seemed to be
about thousand feet in the air.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-05-07

for Kate. Mary was delighted. and
said he was the best-hearted fellow in
the world.
"Good enuf hearted, Mary. but better
headed, an don't year think I'd make a
good husband-an' won't yer hev me,
Nary"
Mary stammered an acceptance, and
Dinny squeezed her arm, and said:
"This is what | was draining that
night in de t'eater."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-05-07
Wealth OF Nations.


From the ST. Louis Globe Democrat
Estimates regarding the present
wealth of tie leading nations differ
widely, but in aggregate riches they
rank in this order: The United States.
United kingdom, France, Germany, the
I'm ted States being ahead In this par
ticular. The wealth of this country
amounted to $4,000, 0O0, 900 in 1860, $780,
600. 00O, 900 in 1870, and $43, 900 .000,0 in
1880. It probably reaches 100000, OOO.-
O0U in 1890.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-05-07
Reforms IN the Factory.

When visiting, last summer, factory
dairy conducting very salts .actory Dusl-
asnect of the place, aud the loose man
ner in which the work was conducted.
saws the London Dairy. The manager
was by no means disposed to accept our
suggestions OF small reforms. z is dairy
was doing well, and he saw no benefit to
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-05-07
The Art of Feeding,

At the Canandaigua Farmers Insti-
tute, in discussing the art and philoso-
ply OF feeding, Prof. Sanborn said: 81
regard the German idea as enunciated
by Wolff as fundamentally wrong, the
logic upon which it was founded being
radio lily erroneous: especially is this
true of the method of valuing the nutri-
ents OF foods. The present discussion Of
Feeding for fat and Ior lean has grown
out of experiments that l inaugurated
in 1883, which reverse the doctrine laid
down in the German view of the nutri-
tive ratio. | found in the trials referred
to that change of the nutritive ratio re.
sulted-not as the foreign view assert
ed, in decrease OF the digestibility Of
the food and waste of a part of one
OF the nutrients-but in change
of the com position Of the animal food.
These trials have been carried on for
five wears, and all of their results have
been confirmed by subsequent exper-
iments Of Prof. Henry Roberts and 9TH
ers. Prof. SEelton's trials do not, as
supposed, in any way antagonize but
confirm them, SO lar as mature hogs
with muscles already developed could
confirm them. We can make pig
with 50 per cent. of fat or with SO per
cent, according as we vary the nutri-
tive ratio. We also vary every organ
in the body, and affect even the weight
of hair. The German view makes the
variation of the nutritive ratio affect
the food. while [ affirm that the nutri-
tive ratio may be varied most radically,
and yet not affect the amount of growth
but it's character. Il is lar more eco
nomlc result for the use foods if this
be true, and more profound in its in
fluence on animals and man, as we
can mold the character of meat
in its color. flavor and COM
position, and thus reach man
himself. Indeed, we can change the
composition of food, in a measure, by
soil fertilization. 90 so far as to as
sumo that the ratio of fat to casein in
milk can be varied by the nutritive
ratio, Notwithstanding investigators in
this country and Europe declare against
it. Their trials have not been calcu-
lated to settle this point, and when they
have approached we'll considered
trial, they have got change in the ratio
Of tat to casein, but have ignored it's
bearings. We have but to determine
in advance the type of flesh we want,
and We can make it by change in the
ratio and lood given. Food may dis
guise even breed influence in flesh
qualitv-hence the block is not test
Of breed on quality of meat unless they
are fed aiikeo
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-05-07
FARM AND HOME.
Apple Blossoms,

O blossoms sweet and fair.
Waiting your fragrance wide
Upon the misty air
OF springs delicious tide!
We hail you once again
AS harbingers most bright
Of summers golden reign,
Sweet children of the light.
Where were we when the breath
Of winter fierce and cold
Flung arrows tipped with death
Upon the feecy void?
Sweet gems, where did We hide?
Within the suns warm breast?
In Heaven did We abide
In gardens of the blest?
No matter! We are here
In beauty pink and white,
And fill our hearts with cheer,
Sweet children of the light!
G. W. Croft,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-05-07
THE TWO BIRDS.
BY W. WATSON.

SeahiTd, elemental sprite,
Moulded of the sun and spray
Raven, dreary flake of night,
Drifting in the eye of day
What in common have We two,
Meeting 'twixt the blue and blue.
Thou to eastward earliest
The keen SAVIOUR of the foam
Thou dost bear unto the west,
Fragrance from thy woody home,
Where perchance a house Is thine,
Odorous of the oozy pine.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-05-22
Darkened Homes.

It has been demonstrated beyond ques-
ton that darkened homes breed laziness,
dirt, and corruption. The eye is not Of
Tended at what it sees not; and the dame
of the kitchen surely doesn't carry a
fash lantern about to search corners for
dust. Wherever there is least light, We
find the most moths, for in the breeding
season mother instinct looks for dark
places and there re rs. says the Uphol-
sterer. To be sure, house vel lighted
shows up its defects: but poyery's hon.
est, you know, and cleanliness 10 next to
goodness, so, as matter OF cleanliness,
you should avoid the dark as you would d
pestilence. II every cupboard and closet
in q house were we'll lighted and well
busted, there would be no yermin; and IL
the sun could shine into every doorway,
there would be more health. We have
heard this trite maxim for several years
past. and those who would live in an in
tellectual atmosphere, subdued and
hushed, have smiled at it with an air OF
conscious superiority, but the revolution
has come, nevertheless, and now the
great upholstery problem is, How to con-
vert this house, furnished to exclude
light, into cheerful, differentiated
home, without O complete tearing up of
old furnishings. and in q way, too, that
will not disclose the blemishes Of the
furnishings too ly.-BostoR Herald.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-05-22
FRIGHTFUL EXPLOSION.
Thirty-four Persons Killed and Hundred
Wounded Mt a Havana Fire.

Thirty -four Persons Killed and Hundred
Wounded ut Havana Fire.
A Havana cable says: A fire broke out in
Ysasi's hardware store and in short time
the flames reached barrel OF powder in
the building and q terrific explosion fol-
lowed. Tho whols structure was blown to
pieces and thIrty-four persons were killed.
In addition to the killed over 100 persons
are injured. Tho explosion caused the
widest excitement throughout the city.
and thousands flocked to the scene OF the
disaster. The Governor General the
Civil Governor. and all the principal
authorities OF the city were promptly
on the ground. AMI did everything
in their power to aid the injured and
calm the grief-stricken relatives OF the VIC
Tins. Several houses adjacent to tho
wrecked buildings wore damaged by the
explosion. Gangs of men are ut work on
the debris. Many human limbs nave been
taken from tho runs. The relatives OF
missing persons supposed to be in the
ruins are gathered on the spot and as the
bodies are brought out the scenes are most
distressing. Ysasi. the proprietor OF the
wrecked hardware store. has been ar
rested. 1t Is feared that thore are several
more victims in the ruins. Over the thea
tiers, and the Chamber OF Commerce. and
many other buildings flags are hanging Mt
half-mast Everywhere are signs OF mourn
inc
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-05-22
FROST N1Ps WESTERN CROPS.
A Touch of Winter in Missouri, Kansas,
and iowa Does Much Damage

Touch of Winter in Missouri, Kansas,
and iowa Does Much Damage.
Untim ly frosts have caused considerable
damage in Kansas. Missouri. Iowa. and llll-
nois. as tho following dispatches show:
A Winfield, Kansas, special reports a heavy
frost over Southern Kansas. Small fruits,
where exposed, were nearly all killed. Vegetables
on the low lands were badly injured. Corn is in
iured In many localities and where frozen 10
the ground will 10 totally destroyed. Kansas
City telegram reports heavy frosts I'm portions
OF Kansas tfd Missouri. Strawberries, grapes
and berries Of all kinds are completely destroyed
and garden vegetables frozen to the ground. At
FL Dorado tho thermometer registered below
freezing. The wheat crop was considerably
injured and fruits and vegetables were
also hurt. At Atchison wheat was dam
aged considerably and some fields that
had begun to bloom wero ruined. Tho
frost was very heavy at Emporia, but seems
not to have done much damage except to vege-
tables. At Marshall, Mo-, fee formed one-eigh h
of an inch thick. The growing corn has been
much injured. Waterloo, Ia, special says |
"A severe frost In this locality damaged fruit
and garden vegetables badly. In this city ice
was frozen as thick as n pane Of glass" A
Brooklyn, Ia, special says: There has been q
heavy frost here. Ice was one-eighth of an inch
thick. Small fruit and vegetables were badly
damaged. Potato vines and grape leaves are
black and fat on the ground" Dispatches from
sections OF Illinois report frost which dam
aged the fruit and early vegetables.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-05-22
BoGosLov. THE NEW VOLCANO. ON
TEAR.
A Piil.w or Flame and Ashes at Least
-Four Miles High.

A Pili.u OF Flame and Ashes at Least
Four Miles High.
--Bogoslov. the Alaskan volcano that rose
from the ocean depths about soven years
ago and blazed and smoked for a time. Is
again in eruption. The news has reached
San Francisco. by private letters from Port
Hulk. on Oonalaska Island. The eruption
began February 10th and has continued at
intervals. Tho smoke for weeks ives clouded
with ashes. and these fell In showers In
the town OF Illullk. forty-four miles to the
eastward To the people tnere who saw
the eruption 1t seemed that the pillar
OF fire and smoke was fully fifteen
miles high. just twelve miles
back OF the settlement. and between II and
Bogoslov. rises the mountain Of Makushin.
5.691 feet high. Pro-. Davidson. OF tho
Coast Survey. estimates that the volcanic
pillar must have been sont up to a height
OF at Last four m les above the sea In or
der for II 20 be seen at all by the people OF
Hulk. Capt Everett Smith. OF the steam
whaler orca. passed. near tho scene soon
after the first eruption. He motto / that four
islets. each detached but near the volcano
island, had arisen from the depths. The
ocean bottom hore. right of Bo2oslov.
sounds 844 fathoms. and there is depth Of
1900 fathoms about twelve mills away.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-05-22
suptsm.lv Delich,nti

To the efnaciated and debilitated invalid is the
sense Of returning health and strength produced
by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. When that
promoter Of vigor is tested by persons in feeble
health, its restorative and vitallzing potency
soon evinces itself In improved appetite, diges-
tion and nightly repose, the sole conditions
under which strength and nerve quietude are
flesh OF COURSE ensues upon the restoration Of
digestion and assimilation. As surely as win
Ter follows the fall OF the leaf does disease
shadow the footsteps Of declining strength, when
restsd. Marasmus, consumption and other
wasting maladiea are prompt to fasten upon the
enseebled. Avert disease, therefore, with this
grand enabling tonic which not only renews
failing strength but mitigaJes and counteracts
the inhrmities OF age and those OF the gentler
sex. rheumatism, malaria, liver and kidney
troublea Weld To IL
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-05-22

0EHTBi For forty-nve years have been
ailictol with blood poison. liver and rhou-
to my bed. MY blood was badly diseased.
SIX bottles Of Hlbbafd's Rheumatic byrup
did me more good than all the other medl.
clnes / have taken. NY friends have used
II. and In every case Il has proven won
derfuI remedy. have known some won-
derlul cures OF dyspepsia and neuralgia
MRS. NARY BIDDLE MitchellviIle. Iowa
Hibbard's Rheumatic By up and Plastors
ara remedies OF great morit. believe III y
have no equal In the cure Of rheumatism
an all blood diseases.
DE. H. RKIcHkRD. Druggist,
Mitchelville, Iowa
The spring II the timc TO take Hib ards
Rheumatic Syrup Tor the blood. For sale
by oil druggists. Prepared only by the
Charles Wight Medicine Company, De-
troit Mich
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-05-22
COMMANDER MCALLA GUILTY.
He Is Suspended from Rank and Duty for
Three Years.

He rs suspended rom rank and Duty Tor
Three Years.
The action Of the Secretary OF the Navy
in the case OF Bowman II. Nc Gala, late
Commander OF the United States steamer
Enterprise. has been made public. McCalla
was tried by court-ma tiai on Ave charges.
as follows: Striking another person in the
navy (Fireman John Z. Walker; violation
Of the twenty fourth article OF the govern
ment OF the navy dnnlcting improper pun
ishments): maltreatmont OF persons SUBJ
ject to his orders; conduct unbecomA
ing an officer OF the navy and violation
OF the tenth clause OF the twentieth article
OF the articles for the government OF the
navy, in failing to read TO tho ships COM
pany the articles for the government OF the
navy. The court found him guilty OF all the
charges and sentenced him ito be sus-
- n a----------a- "a S-.y 80 r--i-1 -
three years and to retain his present num-
Der on the list Of commanders while so sus-
pended" The action OF the department is
embodied in general order issued by the
Secretary approving the sentence.