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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-01-14
Sir John Pope Hernessy.
From the Toronto World.


Sir John Pope Hennessy is an inter
esting mana man with a history, in
fact He is son of the late John Hen
messy, of Cork, where he was born in
1884. He was educated in London
and was admitted to the bar at the In
ner Temple in 1861. Two years before
this he entered the House of Commons
as the member from Cork. In those
days he was Tory in oIitics, and a
great admirer Of Mr.. Disral He was
the first Catholic Conservative to sit in
the House of Commons AS member
of that body he devoted his atten-
ton to the amendment of the
Irish Poor Law so as to provide
for the rearing OF pauper children
outside the warehouses and the passage
of the Prison Ministers Act and amend
ments to the Mines Regulation Bill.
He also drew the attention of the House
of Commons to the decline Of the popu-
lation of Ireland, urging the govern
ment to keep the people at home, by
amending the Irish land laws and re-
claiming the waste lands. Although
nominal Conservative his whole course
in the House of Commons was an ex-
ceedingly liberal one. In 1867 Sir John
left Parliament to enter the Colonial
service. He has served successfully as
Governor of Labuan, the West African
settlements, the Bahamas, the Wind
ward Islands, Hong Kong, and the Maui
ritiI1g
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-01-14
STOVES AND SUNSHINE.
By EUGENE FIELD.


Prate. ye who will. of so-called charms you find
across the sea-
The land of stoves and sunshine is good enough
for met
I've done the grand for fourteen months IN eve
~ foreign cline
And I've learned a heap of learning, but I've
shivered all the time
And the biggest bit of wisdom I've acquired
as | can see
Is that which teaches that this lands the land
for me.
Now. I am of opinion that person should get
some
Warmth in this present life of, ours, not all in
So when Boreas blows his blast, through coun-
try and through town,
Or. when upon the muddy streets the sitting
Go, guzzle in pub. or plod some black, malar1-
GUS grove,
But let me toast my shrunken ShankS OeSloe
some Yankee stove.
The British people say they don't believe IN
Perchance because we warmed EN- so complete
" years ago!
They talk of "drahfts" and ''stuffiness' and
'.ill-effects of heat
AS they chatter in their barry rooms or shiver
round the street.
With sunshine such a rarity, and stoves es-
teemed q sin,
What wonder they are welded to their fads-
catarrh and gin7
dom find
A fire within the stoves, for Germans are not
that kind
The Germans say that fire makes dirt and dirt's
an Odious thing;
But the truth is that the pfennig is the average
Teuton's king,
And since the fire costs pfennigs why the Thrift
ty soul denies
Himself all heat, except what comes with beer
and exercise
The Frenchman builds a fire of cones, the Irish
The frugal Dutchman buys fire when he has
need of heat
That is to say, he pays so much each day to one
who brings
The necessary living Goals to warm his soup
la Italy and Spain they have no need to heat
Meath balmy skies, the natives pick the mandO
lin and louise
Now. we've no moldy catacombs no feudal
castles grim,
No ruined monaSteries, no abbeys ghOStiy
Our ancient history is new. our futures all
ahead,
And we've got tariff bill that's made all Eu
rope sick abed-
But what is best-though short on tombS and
academic groves
We double discount Christendom on sunshine
and on stoves.
Dear land of mine. come to you from months
OF chill and storm,
Blessing the honest people whose hearts and
hearths are warm:
A fairer sweeter song than this mean to weave
to you
When I've reached my lakeside 'dobe and have
once got heated through;
But even then, the burthen of that fair song
shall be
That the land of stoves and sunshine is good
good enough for me!
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-01-14
Where Tape Measures are Made
From the Brooklyn Eagle.

These handy strips OF linen or cotton,
of varying lengths, are indispensable in
every household. Brooklyn, for forty
one years, has been manufacturing these
useful little things and shipping them
all over the country. There is only one
other mandatory of the kind in the
United States, and that is a small affair
in Cleveland, o. Besides the ordinary
tape measure, the concern in this city
makes the steel measure of 100 feet and
upwards, used by surveyors and rail-
road men, The cotton and linen used in
the manufacture are imported from En-
gland and the steel from France. The
first two are painted in a peculiar kind
of paint, and have the feet and inches
printed on them from plates, much in
the same manner as newspaper is print
ed With regard to the surveyors
measures the figures are etched on by
an acid solution. The measures come
in different lengths, and rolled up in
cases or not, IS the purchaser chooses.
In determining the depth Of wells, ETC.,
the measure used is made of a metal re-
sembling iron, and is marked off every
one hundred feet.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-01-14

there are not more than fifty acres of
hops within several miles Of St.
Helena. Those that do exist, however,
are healthy and yield about 1000
pounds per acre, and when prices are
good it will readily be seen are paying
pieces Of property. The fact of there
not being many hop yards in the valley
does not signify that the land and eli
mate are not suitable to thatindustry; on
the contrary, the soil along the banks
of Napa River is exceptionally fine io4
that purpose, and none better can II be
found anywhere in California. The
climate is also we'll adapted to the rails
ing of hops, as they grow well and can
be gathered without fear of rains.
Should anyone desire to engage in this
industry they need have no fear as to
the adaptability of the soil or climate.
st. Helena Star.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-01-14
Salt for MiIch Cows.

A supply of salt is quite important to
a COW IN full milk. My cows, says a
correspondent of the Country Gentle
man, are doing better with regular
daily ration of a handful which is taken
eagerly, given at milking time, than
when they get it occasionally, and
miss getting it through the press of 9TH
er work on the farm. 1t is not that
their thirst is excited and they drink
more water, but that salt is actually
needed III the manufacture of milk
through the full digestion of food.
Hydro-chloric acid is required for the
production of the gastric juice, and this
fluid is secreted in enormous quantities
in the stomach of a COW; the much
smaller human stomach secretes from
five to ten quarts daily and
the other analogous digestive fluids. the
bile, the pancreatic fluid and the saliva,
all contain sodic chloride, which is
simply common salt. This small matter
usually SO considered-is of far more
Importance than some others which re-
ceive greater attention, for the animal
system depends very much on the sup
ply OF it. The blood contains 3 to
parts in 1000 Of salt; the serum Of the
blood, which supplies the milk. has
nearly 10 parts in the 900; n ucus(ofim-
W 6 parts in 1000; the fluid Of the eye,
the tear, contains Is parts in 200; in
fact there is no part of the animal sys-
tenn which does not require it for its
healthful operation. A full supply of it
therefore is certainly not to be omitted
in considering the needs of the dairy.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-01-14
IRELAND,

In the wild and lurid desert, in the thunder
travelled ways
Meath the night that ever hurrfes to the dawn
that still delays
There she clutches at illusions, and she seeks
phantom goal
With the maintaining passions that consume
tn unsleeping SOUL
And calamity enfolds her, like the shadow CT &.
ban,
And the niggardness of nature makes the mis-
cry of man;
And in vain the hand is stretched to lift her,
stumbling in the gloom,
While she follows the mad fen-fire that con-
ducts her to her doom.
London Spectator.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-01-14
Stole a House.
From the Troy Times.

Few burglars are more novel in their
methods than Jane L. Stone, arrested
yesterday at West Nyack. One of
Stones feats was literally to steal
four-story brownstone front house in
Brooklyn. But he was unable to make
off with his spoils, although he real
lied even on this odd act By'means of
false affidavits of sale he negotiated a
mortgage for $4,000 on the house in
which he was boarding, and before
being discovered, escaped with his
confederate to Brazil, whence he
recently returned. 1t is not believed,
however, that demonstrating will
become fashionable among thieves.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-01-14
Care of Vegetables in Winter.

Vegetables stored IN pits or cellars
are subject to loss from two opposite
causes-heat and cold. If roots are
piled deeply or covered too closely they
are apt to start growing, and heat and
rot; the remedy is to overhaul them at
once, pile in shallower heaps and keep
as cool as can be done without freezing.
In severe weather the piles will need
some extra covering OF coarse hay or
leaves; cabbage beds if covered too
heavily will sometimes heat and rot in
mild spell of weather, at such times it
is we'll to slip off the covering and air
them for day or two, being careful to
replace it before cold weather returns.
Squashes must be kept from freezing
and as dry as possible; temperature Of
45o to $50 suits them.
Onions and spinach are kept In the
best condition when frozen early in the
winter and then covered SO as to pre-
vent them from thawing out till they
are wanted for market; they should be
thawed out before handling them and
then marketed before they have time
to spoil.
Ii vegetables of any kind freeze in
the pits of cellars let them alone till
they thaw of their own accord, and
often they will come out all right; tur-
nips, parsnips, onions, and even potatoes
will bear pretty hard freezing without
harm, if they are thawed out slowly and
under cover of earth; beets are more
tender and are apt to be damaged by
frost-MdsSdchuse Ptouqhnadn.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-01-14
Prices of Sheep for Breeding.

The past season seems to have been a
good one for sheep-breeders in En-
gland FIocks are heavier than they
have been for many years, and prices
are remunerative for sheep especially.
The highest prices [ can find as having
been realized at recent sales are S578
for a Southdown shearling ram; 1851 for
a Shropshire stock ram; 1868 for a
Hampshlre-Down ram lamb; $446 for
each for Cotswold shearing ram; $163
each for Cotswold shearing ram and a
Suffolk rain lamb, and 1862 for Devon
long-wool ram on hire. The prices Of
ewes of most breeds appear to have
been correspondence good. High as
the prices for rams were this sea-
son, none of them reached the highest
figure of last year for Shropshires,
when 6. Graham sold one for
81 $50 to 90 to Buenos Ayres, and an
other for 1892; and profitable as the En-
glish sheep must have been, Australasia
appears to have afforded a still wider
margin for profit At Sydney fockmas-
ters have been gathering at the sales to
obtain the best rams to strengthen and
improve their merino focks. The top
price so far is $3,675 for merino ram,
Hero Prince, belonging to Messrs. w.
Gibson & Son, of Scorn, which was pur-
chased by W. HI. Watt. Some sheep
sent from Germany to Sydney for sale
also made good prices, S., S88 being Civ
en- for six-tooth ram from the flock of
r. c.. Gadegast, of Thal-Oschatz, Sax
ony, others making from SOL to ST, 62S.
The fact of such prices being on record
should put American fockmasters on
their mettle; let us have the subject of
sheep-raising as ably and thoroughly
discussed at the Institutes for this win
ter as was that of dairying during the
past one in this state. so that farmers
may have the opportunity of learning
what the industry is capable of doing
for them.-C Country Gentleman.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-01-14
Feeding Pigs on Skim MILK.

shire Experimental Station gives the
results of some very interesting expert
ments on this subject which lead to the
GLOWING conclusions
l. For each 100 pounds of live weight
eight pounds of skimmilk and four
pounds of corn meal make an ample
and we'll proportioned daily ration.
2. In the absence of skim-milk, two
and one-half pounds of middlings and
eight pounds of water will give an equal
amount of nutritive matter.
3. One hundred pounds Of ,digestible
matter in the skim-milk and corn meal
ration was equal to 146 10 pound in
the cornmeal and middling ration.
a. The superiority of the skim-milk-
ration is due in part, doubtless, to its
great digestibility; but still more. in
my opinion to the fact that there is less
waste matter that is indigestible matter,
to be carried through the system, and
to the noticeable difference in the
character of the dung, mentioned by
Prof. Morse in Part IL. of this Bulletin.
The pigs, on mixed grain, invariably
grew constipated, while those on skim
milk were not so affected.
5. The cost Of pound of grain on
skim milk and corn meal was three and
six-tenths cents, on mixed grain ration,
five and two tenths cents.
6. DIgestible dry matter required to
produce 100 pounds of grain of live
weight on skim-milk and cornmeal,
23I pounds, on mixed grain, 33411
pounds.
Lot /, when dressed, shrunk 1876 per cent.
Lot 2, when dressed shrunk 1914 per cent
s. Calling skim-miIk worth % cents
per hundred and we get the following
balance sheet, on the basis Of the cost
as given in Conclusion No. 5.
SC pound pig first $500
10 pounds of growth on skim-milk and
corn at So cents. o IL
200 pound pig So Il
Which equals 4.06 cents per pound
80 pound pig first cost 500
40 pounds of growth on corn and mid
dllngs at 81 cents...- 0S4
9oo nound Mig cost slos4
Which equals 5.42 cents pound.
G. H. WHITCHER, Director
The results of this investigation, says
the Massachusetts Ploughman; are very
useful in two important points:
l. They give us the basis Of estimat-
ing the feeding value of skim milk APP
proximately az 25 to 40 cents per 100
pounds when live hogs are worth 4
cents per pound and corn meal at $40
per ton.
g. The actual gain of the pigs fed on
milk and meal was very much faster
than when fed on milk and middlings
ration of equal chemical composition,
showing that the chemists laboratory
does not always tell us exactly the iced
ing value of foods; there are other ell
ements in the value of food, such as di-
gestibility, palatableness, and the value
of the resulting manure which are not
shown by simple chemical analysis of
the food, but which must be deter
mined approximately by experiments
such sare recorded in this most useful
Bulletin.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-01-14

The young man who was unable to
express his 10y" saved money by send
ing it by mail.-Norristown Heraies.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-01-14

FoRTY-EIGHT languages are spoken in
Mexico-and telephone girls are scarce
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-01-14
HOp-RaiSing.

The hop-raising industry is not one of
very great importance in Napa Valley,
the low prices making it Improbable
and it having given away nearly entire
ly to the wine industry. But there are
still few hop yards left and should the
prices rise to a good figure the indus
try may yet be one that will encour-
age others to engage in it. In 1875 A.
Clock, one of the early settlers of St.
Helena and a gentleman of thrift and
enterprise, planted the first vines near
David Coles place on Pope Street. He
was successful in the industry and his
yards were very fine as were his hops.
In 1876 he sent a sample to the Cen
tennial Exposition in Philadelphia and
received the first prize, the hops being
considered of very excellent quality
and lar superior to any on exhibition.
AS time rolled on and the industry be-
came more and more improbable
ard as that of wine sprang
prominently before our people, vines
were pulled up, the poles sawed into
stove wood and vineyards set out and
wine cellars built. At the present time
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-01-14

They tel me you work for dollar day,
How is it you clothe your six boys on such
paw %
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-10-24

The undersigned will sell at Public Sale
to the highest bidder, at his residence on
the S-W t Of Sec. 33 ll67S, commencing
at 10 o'clock A. NJ. Sharp. on
THURSDAY, OCTOBER %. 1891.
the following described property. to-wit:
LIVE SToCK-One Bay Mare. 4 yrs. old,
One IronGray Mare. 3 years old. in foal,
One Gelding. IA years old. One Stallion.
. years old. One yearling mare Colt. One
Spring Colt, 3 Cows. Hogs, 0 Shoats. 81
Poultry.
FARM MACHINERY, Ere. ETc.-l Nc
Cormics Mower in good order. = Hay
Rakes. Corn Cullivator,1 horse Guilt
vator. l Lumber Wagon. Set Double
Harness, Set Bob-Sleighs. nearly new.
Sleigh, Disc Pulverizer, ? Drags-2 &
3 section, Tanning Mill-new. l Roller.
3 Stubblc Plows, Casaday Sulky Plow-
good as new. Breaking Plow, 2 Hay Racks.
Sickle Grinder Grindstone. Wheel bar
rows. Cross cut Saw. Blacksmith Forge.
Sorghum Mill, Forks. Shovcls. Scoops
IL To,sssskIay. Also "A lot of Household
Col Argan. Cupboard. Tables. Case
hT and other articles too numer-
e Rion.
All sums of $40 and under.
lms over $40 credit of l3
be given on approved security
II eng 10 per cent. interest. l3
F. SJiscount for Cash.
f1unch at 12 o'clock. noon.
THEO. A. DARE. Prop'r.
DAN ADAMS. Auctioneer
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-10-24
For Only a Dime

You can get at Mrs. Burns Notion
Store either 5 qt milk pan, a qt.
basin, wash basin, milk strainer, a
vegetable CRATER, chair seat, pair of
ladies' or gents hose, cake pan or
two jelly cake pans, two pie pans or
two dozen dress buttons, quart dip
per or two quart pail, sewing machine
oil and other notions too numerous to
mention. Also white India linen lace,
striped white goods, black organdie.
ladies corsets from 60cts. up, gents
shirts, etc. When IN town call in to
rest and get the prices.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-10-24
Resolutions Adopted By the Re-
publican State Convention,
Sept. %, 1891.

We, the representatives of the rerubli-
can party of South Dakota in delegate
convention assembled. heartily approve
of the splendid administration of Presi-
dent Harrison, and especially do we CON-
mend the policy of reciprocity as devel-
oped by our distinguished fellow citizen,
James g. Blaine. We congratulate the
republican congress upon its wisdom in
enacting the Mckinley protective tariff
bill whose fruits are already manifest and
whose beneficial effects are destined to
materially benefit all our laboring classes
agricultural, manufacturing and mining
industries.
We approve of the action in congress
in the development of an effective system
OF irrigation in this state and throughout
all portions of the west where such arti
fetal and TO agriculture is necessary, and
ask for additional appropriations by con-
gress To still further develop the great
artesian basin of the northwest
We favor such legislation as will prevent
all illegal combinations and all unjust ex-
actions by aggregatioEs of capital and
corporate powers
As our government has invited all ma
tions to participate with us in 1894 in re-
view of the wonderful progress of Ameri-
can development, we commend the effort
now being made by our worlds fair com
mittee TO secure by private subscription
funds necessary TO make suitable exhibit
for South Dakota.
We heartily endorse the action of the
late republican congress in passing the
silver bill, by which $50, 600 600 of cur.
renee is yearly added to the amount in
circulation. and favor such further in
crease in the coinage of silver as is consis.
tent with sound financial policy. and we
favor the complete reconciliation of sill
yer.
We HEARTILY endorse the pension legis,
!ation Of the last republican congress and
favor such further legislation as will grant
TO every honorable discharged soldier a
full service pension.
Resolved that we endorse the inter state
commerce law. and favor such further
regulation of all railway and transporta-
tion lines and telegraph and express com
panies as will give reasonable and equita
BILE rates to the general public.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-10-24
Denies Gee Whiz's Statement.

EDITOR WATCHMAN:--Gee- Whiz
Everts says | didn't deny his statement
that the Revenue Committee was COM
posed of Republicans and Indepen-
dent. do deny it. That | didn't
deny that Mr.. Peterman, an Indepen-
dent, moved to amend, etc. Yes deny
that; also that Mr. Peterman was an
Independent, and also deny that the
amendment was solidly supported by
Independents and opposed by Repub-
licans. deny every statement he has
made and challenge him to prove them
by the records that he had so much to
say about in his first article, but never
referred to again, although he has
been asked time and again to do so.
Gee Whig, deny every statement you
have made and challenge you to prove
them, and your failure to do so will be
taken As an admission that YOU can not.
| will make you another proposition
If you will prove the statements you
have made or any one Of them | will
give 81 to be used toward purchasing
that monument to be erected to your
memory as the champion liar of South
Dakota, as suggested by a former Cor
respondent of the WATcHMAN, a few
weeks ago. Now, Gee Whizl Here's a
good chance to redeem yourself. Rise
up on your hind legs and try to act
like a man once more, just for your
family's sake.
ID. HALL.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-10-24
ALONG The MISSOURI.

This is fine weather for this time of
year.
Every one is busy getting ready for
winter.
b. p. Hoover was in Gettysburg the
first of the week.
b. +. Haskins is building stables
and fixing up, ready to move over on
the river in the spring
Dunt Reed has traded his cattle for
ponies.
Homer Stull, who has been quite sick,
is imp rowing slowly.
b. p. Hoover's wheat averaged about
II bushels of No |, hard, to the acre,
and he thought it would hardly pay
for the cutting
DC. Nicol is fixing up his hotel in
tirst-class style.
The Fairbank school closes this
week Friday, the 23rd.
Ike McGannon of Okobojo, was over
to Falrbank one day last week.
Geese are too plenty, which furnishes
lots or sport Tor the hunters.
At the July meeting of the Board Of
Commissioners McGannon made an
affidavit that Messrs. Snyder and
Zimmerman were not residents of
Sully county in 1890, and at the last
meeting similar affidavit was present
ed from Messrs. Farlar and Ross. All
four names are on the Grandview poll
list and are not of the famous nine.
There are four more names on that
list that the owners could make the
same affidavit, making seventeen in
all, just Smiths majority in that pre-
cinct. Curious coincidence. Is this
why Smith resorts to mandamus IN
stead of contest proceedings?
Big MUDDY.