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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-06-07
MISS DODGE.
How the Children's Enemy Became
their Savior and Friend

I S S L e b e &C a
Dodge was the
name OF a tall,
lank and leath-
ery-l Okin e
WON an, who
lived a b o u t
forty rods from
the co u n t ry
S C hGol | at
tended when |
was a boy of
about ten years.
Z h e school
house stood out
on one of the
bleak and bar
re n Western
prairies, a II d
was unprotected
by hill or tree.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-06-07

President OF the Western
1 Telegraph Company, appeared be-
ne House Committee on Postoffices
i1ostroads, and was questioned re-
ng the proposed government tele-
bill advocated by Postmas!er-Gen-
anamaker.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-06-07

"A fashion reported from Paris is to
save cherry, plum, peach and other
stones of fruit, dry them, and keep them
until frosty night makes an open fire
agreeable. Then bring a handful and
throw them among the glowing Goals.
They crack and splutter for a moment
send up brilliant fame and the whola
room is filled with delicious odor.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-06-07

1T is hard for lazy many to be
truthful, for he is happiest when lying.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-20
A Faithful Dog.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the CINCINNATI enquirer.
Two wretches at Hamilton have been
guilty of as contemplate an act as could
be imagined human mind could think
Of On Tuesday evening last Supt.
Thomas and Officer Inglehart, of that
city, arrested the two men. They are
G. A. Nelson and Homer Castor, en-
ployes at brick-yard.
On Sunday they bought one-eighth
key of beer and began filling up. Dur
ing their orgie they persuaded mere
boy named Little to drink, and he soon
became drunk. In that condition the
villains allowed him to walk home on
the railroad track He did not get far
before his poor system gave way, and
he laid down in the center of the track
to sleep.
A little dog that was with him began
barking and tried to arouse his stupe-
fed master. His efforts attracted the
attention of another boy, who ran over
to see the nature of the trouble. Just
as he reached the spot a train came
dashing up, and fortunately the engi-
neer saw the dog. Expecting some
thing was wrong he reversed the loco
motive in time to save the boys life, as
young Ruhl succeeded in pulling him
off. The faithful dog Jared worse, for he
lost leg. being run over by the engine
before it stopped
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-20
TRAINING A CHILD.
BY H. C DODGE.


We start at the cradle. determined to teach
The babe that no rocking will answer It's
Screech
But, when it commences in earnest to yell,
We not only rock it, but walk 1t as we'll
AS soon as our language it half understands,
We spank it with slippers and box it with
hands,
And when it shows temper-from seeing our
own
We wollop it harder-or leave it alone
When able to fly from the home nest in search
OF knowledge, we aid it by doses of birch;
When older, the rawhide is making it smart,
In more ways than one-though 1t hardens its
heart.
We watch it too closely or else we are blind:
One day we're too stern-then, too easy and
Kind:
We send it to Sunday School so we can shirk
It's spiritual training-which should be home
work
We punish for little things best unobserved
And don't when punishments justly de-
served.
We scold it so much it needs not what we say
And make it, if sensitive, keep from our way
We give it commands that can't be obeyed
We break many promises thoughtlessly made;
We br1be it one day and the next we use force
But always we think we're consistent, of course.
To train up child in the way it should go
Seems not such a difficult problem-although b,
To judge by the trainers, we have to confess
1t is not in their cases a brilliant success.
And yet there's way, and one only, to train
A child % it won't of its parents complain
Don't think that your darling's hopelessly bad,
Because it inherits the faults of it's dad
Don't scold it nor whip it. Just patiently show
Yourself the example of how it should go.
Train yourself-not your child-and by doing
The second edition the first must excel
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-20
AT the Race Track.
From Munsey's Weekly.

From Munsey's Weekly.
To people who are in the habit of
backing horses the race track is kind
of Mecca. Many of them mecca bee
line for the course, as matter Of course
every day. / never backed horse but
once in my life, and that was into
jewelers. show case, and the damage
cost me 500. Some hackers Of horses
don't get off as light as that.
| got off lightly, and so speedily that
even the horse didn't know it until
was arrested. | had pulled him in so
often that | believe he was pleased 10
see me pulled in.
1t is curious TO note what difference
there is IN the way man adjusts his
features Oh the way to the races and on
the return journey. 1t is good joke
to watch the change, unless you observe
it in a mirror and the features are your
own. Jokes are then at discount
Scarcely anything can exceed the
feathery buoyance of a man starting for
the races with comfortable wad and
straight tips-the dead sure things,
which, after all, cannot compare with
sure things that are alive. He
planks down his VS. and KS with a
clipper cheerfulness that would be
enviable if it were durable, but it only
lasts half way through the race. Then
the huge, solid chunks Of remorse that
ooze down his back, and flood his socks
lower bis temperature and raise Cain
with his temper
Sometimes he wins little, and his
blood runs to such a fever heat of sue
cess that he doubles his stack next time
and invariably loses all. Then he goes
home with a leaden face, heavy heart,
heavy feet, heavy stock Of explosives,
heavy everything the pocket
book.
The saying that money makes the
mare 60" doesn't work on the race track.
| have seen men put heaps of money
on a mare. But the principle didn't
work for a cent-she came in at the tail
end of the cavalcade. Yet people 90
on using the proverb as Of old, and
think there is a meaning in it. Put
flyer on your favorite mare, and see if
she'll 90 fast enough to win No,
money does not make the mare go,
though ,ofttimes the mare makes the
money 90.
Besides horses. jockeys, bookmakers,
and the so called talent the race
track is famous for bad liquor, concrete
sandwiches and the vilest imported
cigars that were ever manufactured in
Connecticut The grand enthusiasm
shown at the finish of race is often in
terspersed with choise Greek epithets
that would make maiden speech blush
in to scarlet type.
And yet, with all its drawbacks, the
race track is great institution. Long
NAV it wave
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-20
insult, the Electrician.
From an Exchange

The Edison manufacturing and selling
interests in this country now employ
several thousand people, who, by re-
cent plan Of departmental organization,
have been placed under the control of
Samuel insult, as second vice-president
Of the Edison General Company. This
is heavy responsibility for SO young a
man-barely 30-but the general opin-
ion is that Mr. Willard has made most
happy selection. Mr.. insults career is
full of interest. Years ago, while act
ing, though mere boy, as private sec
rotary to the editor of the we'll
known Vanity Fair, in London,
he made the acquaintance of &.
H. Johnson, then sent over by
Edison to England to look after his tel
ephone interests. Mr.. johnson not
only secured his services at once, but
brought him back to America as being
"too good to spoil in England" Mr..
Edison Immediately took great liking
to him, and intrusted him with conf
Dental and financial matters of the ut
most importance. His success led to
the management of various manufact-
uring work being confded to him, and
now the unassuming young English
man, who in quickness of movement,
speech and decision is a typical Ameri-
can, finds himself responsible for the
output and sales of corporation with a
caDital of So 600 600
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-20
Warping of Wood.

AS lumber is now sawn, every board
but one will warp and curl up in the the
process of seasoning. The reason for
this is plain. If the board be sawn from
the side of log, the grain rings of the
wood lie in circles, which have greater
length on one than upon the other side of
the board. A boardcut from the very
center Of the log has grain circles ofequal
length upon each side, and will lie per-
fectly fiat when seasoned.
When selecting the lumber for tool
chest or some other fine job, pick out
boards which show that they came, as
near as possible, from the center Of the
log. A method is in use which COM
pensates for this tendency to curl in
seasoning. This is known as quarter
saving, and quarter oak, of which SO
much is said at present. is sawn by this
process.
1t consists in cutting out boards radi-
ally from the center to the outside of
the log. Suppose log to be split into
four pieces, each Of these pieces is sawn
diagonallv SO that the grain rings run
through, instead Of the circles running
into, part way through and out upon the
same side of the board.
Quarter-sawn lumber will not warp in
drying, neither will it yield SO readily to
CudnSoS Oh weather. IT has Cn0 ulSaU-
vantage of being more expensive, as in
saving each quarter narrow board is
first taken off, then one little wider.
The boards increase in width until the
middle of the quarter is reached, MAX
ing the widest board equal to half the
diameter of the tree. The narrow
boards may be glued up into wide strips
but that shows considerable sap, and
they cannot be used in some kinds of
work.
To prove that the circles or sap rings
cause curling during the seasoning pro-
cess, it is only necessary to take such
curled boards and wet the concave side,
or apply heat to the convex side. If
each or both be done, the boards will
straighten out forthwith. This method
is often taken advantage of by carpen-
ters in working twisted or warped
boards. The seasoning process is also
controlled by frequently turning boards
over SO that each side may receive just
enough heat and air to keep the boards
fiat WOOdCOrker
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-20
Breeding Black Sheep.

An Australian farmer is trying an eX-
pertinent in breeding black sheep.
Some of the English breeds occasionally
produce black lamb, which in olden
times used to be highly priced, as its
wool made yarn colored naturally and
not needing to be dyed. For many
years, however, the black sheep have
not been in favor and have not been
kept for breeders. The tendency to
produce black lambs is not as strong as
it used to be, but by breeding exclusive
ly from black parents the tendency
toward this feat may be increased.
Why not modify the shepherd Jacobs
expedient of long ago, and cover buck
and some Of the ewes with some dark
stain SO that their immaginations may
effect the desired change in color of
their progeny. 1t is an experiment
worth trying for curiosity's sake, if moth
ing more.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-20
Picking Up Money.
From the New York Star.

From the New York Star.
Any one who observes trackwalker
on any of the L roads cannot help OBJ
serving that when he comes to a station
he makes his way under the platform,
and is lost to sight for several minutes.
Seeing one of these gentlemen so en-
gagged Yesterday, curiosity prompted me
to ask the reason, when he replied that
he was looking for money. people
coming from the ticket office window
he said, care often in such g.
hurry to catch train that
when any one jostles them they
lose their change. Sometimes it drops
on the platform, but in the majority OF
cases it rolls into the gutter underneath,
By searching the latter carefully have.
often picked up as much as S. in day,
made up of all kinds of coins. | have,
often picked up in the same way some,
valuable ornaments. 1t is not so re.
numeratiye now as formerly, however,
as the gatemen have caught on to the
little mine. Whenever you miss q
gateman from his box, in nine cases out
of ten he will be under the platform
searching the gutter"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-20
Hints to Dairymen.

Milk from COWS in good health and
apparent contentment only should be
used.
Until after the eighth milking it should
not be offered to cheese factory.
An abundant supply of cheap, sue
culent, easily digestible, wholesome,
nutritious feed should be provided.
Pure cold water should be allowed in
quantities limited only by the cows
capacity and desire to drink.
A box or trough containing salt, to
which the COWS have access every day,
is requisite indispensable in the profit
able keeping of cows.
Cows should be prohibited from
drinking stagnant, impure water. The
responsibility for the efficacy of that
beneficial prohibition rests fully with
the individual farmer.
Wild leeks and other weeds common
to bush pastures give an offensive odor
and flavor to the milk of the animals
which eat them.
All the vessels used in the handling
Of milk should be cleaned thoroughly
Immediately after their use. A washing
in tepid or cold water to which has
been added little soda, and a subse-
ouent scalding with boiling water, will
prepare them for airing, that they may
remain perfectly sweet.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-20
All milk should be strained i'm

All milk should be strained i'm
mediately after it is drawn.
Milking should be done and milkshould
be kept only in a place where the sur
rounding air is pure. Otherwise the
presence Of the tainting odors will not
be neglected by the milk.
All milk should be aired Immediately
after it has been strained. The treatment
is equally beneficial to the evening
and morning messes of milk.
In warm weather all milk should be
cooled to the temperature of the at
mosphere after it has been aired, but
not before.
Milk is better for being kept over
night in small quantities, rather than a
large quantity in one vessel.
Milk-stands should be constructed to
shade from the sun the cans or vessels
containing milk, as well as to shelter
them from rains.--James Robertson, IN
Farmers AdlOc1te.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-20
The HOstess's Golden Rule.
From the Waterbury American.

It was a lady who had long pre-
sided over a cultivated home of
wealth, and who had there received
many people of distinction and host
of friends, who once remarked: "My
rule for entertaining is a very simple
one. The first day | try to entertain
my guests. The second day [ leave
them to entertain themselves. The
me-" Anyone who has ever been
privileged to enjoy the lady's hospitali-
ty can testify that her rule ought to head
the ten commandments of social OBJ
seryance.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-20
Care for the Calves.

Every calf pasture should be provid-
ed with shed closed on three sides as
a place of retreat from chilling wind,
pelting rain or burning sun, and con-
slant supply of fresh water Calves al
ways pay for such comforts in increased
growth and general thriftiness. Other
things being equal, the gentler the calf
the more rapid it's growth, and the more
comfortable and contented the calf the
gentler it is likely to be, especially if it
associates its comforts with its keeper.
A gentle keeper makes gentle calf; a
gentle calf gentle COW. Quite young
calves will learn to nibble shelled oats
and hay, if a handful of each is placed
within easy reach. Tie the hay with a
cord and hang it where the calf can pull
at it without getting it under foot Put
the oats in shallow, wide box Re-
member that variety in food stimulates
the appetite and digestion, health and
growth following. At regular feeding
time every calf should have it's own
feeding place, and care should be taken
that the stronger do not crowd out the
weak. For this purpose some sort Of
fastening should be provided, either
stanchions or halters.-Jersey Bulletin.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-20
Sheep with Six Horns.

On farm about three miles west of
Sheridan, on Big Goose creek, Wyo.,
there is a herd of 800 sheep. They are
slowly changing to the many-horned
variety. Three years ago buck with
four horns made his appearance, and
now there are among the herd, which
are of mixed Merino, about 100 of these
freaks of nature, with horns on each
ranging in number from three to six
The wool on these many-horned sheep
Merino, and at the age Of three years
from nine to ten pounds IS clipped
from each. These sheep are really a
curiosity. The owner has had several
OF them photographed for Eastern
papers, and lamb with six separate
horns will be kept for a museum.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-20
FOR THE FARMER.
HOmespun Philosophy.

BY JOHN C. BOSS.
Does Teller good, blieve,
Ever once'n q while
Ter rake his conscience over
In q thurrer goin' style.
En- see wher' bouts his lights ben lit,
En- wher he's kept it hid,
En- wher' he's ben en- went en- DONE
En- whut he's left undid.
In short, ter look along the line
En- shet one eye, en- sight,
En- see jiSt wher he S got er kinked
En- wher she's straight EN- right,
There's boun ter be some tWistin's,
Ell theirs bound ter be some tangles,
En- theirs boun' ter be some compoun' curves
En- lots O. obtuse angles.
Fur it's often proved in science,
En- it's easy ter be seen,
al a straight line is q copy,
Er the work of machine;
En- we amt no machines you know,
Ner yit made SO exact,
AT we kin take our neighbours life,
En- copy ever act
En- even if we could, we'd git
Another crooked line,
Which wouldn't, fur to say the least,
BE very satistyln'.
No, no, my frien's, this worr Of ourn
Is like 81 DRAWN school,
Wher you have to work free handen,
En- you hain't allowed ter rule.
En- my advice is, make your line
Ez perfec' es you kin,
En- never change it, cep' to make
Straighter'n it has been;
Fur when you've finished drawin',
You'll find you can't go back
Ter straighten out the tangles
AT you We left along the track.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-20
Food and Treatment of Fowls.

1t is coming to the season when the
hens will begin to fall off in egg produc-
ton and the surplus stock will be sold.
1t should be rule never to sell fowl
until it is made very fat. A hen weigh
ing six pounds should be made to weigh
seven. The one pound extra is not
much, but it adds 2 cents pound to
the price of the whole carcass. A six
pound hen, which would sell at 10
cents a pound, making &C cents. if fat. ed
and weighed Z pounds would bring II
cents a pound or or "a cents for the fowl
Here we see that by making a fowl fat
the total sum, and 10 cents for the extra
pound equivalent to 40per cent. gain by
fattening the fowl.
Many persons depend entirely on the
food to fatten fowls, coping them in
close places in order to keep them quiet.
We doubt the advantages of such
system. The object should be to
promote the appetite and induce the
fowl to eat as much as possible At this
season of the year the hens will fatten
very readily, and.Will gain more rapidly
on small space covered with grass and
fed three times day than they will in
coops. In feeding them, however, vary
the food, giving ground oats and corn
meal, scalded, in the morning, potatoes
mixed with corn-meal and bran at noon
and all the corn and wheat they can eat
at night.
A yard 1Ox3O feet will be large enough
for fifty fowls for ten days or two weeks
which is ample time for getting them fat
and if they are in fair condition at the
beginning one week will suffice. If the
yard is bare of grass, keep a trough of
finely-chopped grass where the hens
can eat of it at will. AS good digestion
is important, the hens must be bounti
fully supplied with sharp grit, and pure
water should be kept within their
reach all the tine; charcoal, ground or
pounded, is also excellent, and at night
the quarters must be comfortable.
No fowl will fatten rapidly if lice are
present, and this is an important matter
to look after. Get your hens fat, and
thereby secure quick sales and high
prices, as the fat fowl will sell even in
an over-stocked market.-Farm and
FfTeside
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-20
Corn as Human Food.


1t will be difficult for the people of
this country, where corn is such pOpu-
lar article of diet, to understand how
limited its consumption is in the old
world. Indeed, it is stated that during
the famine in Ireland, when America
sent to the distressed island shiploads
of supplies. nothing but the pangs of
extreme hunger overcame the preju-
dice which existed in Ireland against
corn as a source of nutrition for the
human stomach. 1t is still held by the
better class in Europe that corn is unfit
for food, and it's wholesomeness is
gravely disputed. 1t would seem that
by proper effort, this misapprehen-
sion could be removed. The lectures
and writings of scientific experts have
failed to accomplish this result, and a
more convincing method must be en-
ployed. If the people of the old world
knew how palatable and wholesome In
dian corn is in all ofthe shapes in which
1t is prepared for human consumption
the foreign demand for that cereal
would increase to degree that would
quite remove all danger CT over-produc-
ton in this country. Corn has the
merit Of cheapness, it contains very
large percentage of nutrlment, and be-
ing proof against the process of decay
which renders other food commodities
perisahble, it can be transported to the
uttermost parts of the earth and
preserved for any length of time. A.
comparison of the staIwart, corn-fed-
American with the understood Mon
gollan, who feeds on rice, and with the
degenerate Romans, who subsist upon
maccaroni furnishes proof of its health
giving properties.
Care of Harvesting Machines.
The new self-binder harvesters are
very cumbrous and difficult to get un-
that they can be driven through except
with the greatest care. AS a con-
sequence they are usually left out of
doors until the harvest is completed,
and quite often until the completion of
threshing makes room for them on
wide barn floors. Every man who
owns a harvester should at once provide
an oilclOth cover large enough to protect
every part from becoming wet. These
costly machines rust and rot more than
their wear in service. The rusting of
the iron portions and the swelling and
shrinking of wood work soon makes
the parts work unevenly. Often after a
single years use the harvester thus
neglected costs more to make it run as
it should than the work it does is worth
After all the seasons work is completed
the harvester should be taken apart,
and each piece laid so that it will not
only be free from dampness, but will
not be liable to be bent or warped be-
fore being put together again. If the
harvester is left standing, care should be
taken to see that all parts are properly
supported. We knew q harvester
which after summers use was careful
ly housed, and when brought out the
next season the cutting bar had sagged
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-20

so much that it had to be taken to the
blacksmith's and Strengthened before
the knives would work freely in it. All
the iron parts should be cleaned and
oiled before storing, to keep them from
rustiDU
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-20

ToLsToI's ''kreutzer Sonata" is writ
ten in thorough base Washington Post.