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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-07-01
Last OF the AzUecS.

With all the circuses in full blast the
dime museums in the cities find it ex-
tremely difficult to get freaks. Most of
the 10 cent houses, there fore, turn to
comic opera and variety, and the shows
are really better adapted to warm
weather. Still, there are many visitors
who demand sight of freaks for their
money, and the managers are often put
to desperate straits in order to make up
a satisfying programme. One OF the
east side museum proprletors was in
despair because Of the scarcity of queer
humanity. A low-browed, idiotic-look-
ing Bowery tough, short and slender,
happened to getin front of the museum.
The manager caught his eye and an idea
struck the Snowman at once.
''Want job % he asked of the boy.
"Yas," said the latter indiferently
GLOW much week ?'
'Ten dollars for two weeks, with
your board"
All right" said the tough; "let her
Co."
Gust come down to the BARRIERS, f."
said the Snowman.
In half an hour the Bowery tough
had received hair cut close to his
scalp; had donned a nondescript suit OF
clothes, and the shoWman's painter was
working on sign announcing the
engagement, ''at tremendous expense,
and positively for two weeks only, OF
Barnum's Celebrated Living Aztec, the
Last of His Race "-NeW York Sae,a.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-07-01
After the Trial.

A member of Parliament cables as
follows to the New York Herald:
81 understand that steps are being
taken for the immediate expulsion Of
Sir William Gordon-C Cumming from the
Carlton and other clubs to which he be-
longs. There will not be a single club
in London which he will be able to
enter, and all doors will be closed to him.
The Continental clubs, which are in COR
respondence with English clubs, will
also refuse him admittance. No Eng
lish minister abroad will receive him
He will be sternly cut by all his old as
sociates. Finally he will shortlyEbe cash
tered from the army, and lose his half
pay as well as his military rank.
whether, really, the American lady
whom he has married realizes the posi-
ton in which she is placed is doubtful,
but there is no doubt as to the terrible
nature of the position itself.
Il believe the baccarat counters in the
possession of the Prince of Wales were
given to him shortly before the Tranby
Croft affair by one of his friends, q
member of the House of Commons. He
thought no more of having them than
if they had been whist counters; but
the public take very different view of
the matter, as proved by the censures
already passed upon his conduct by the
Wesleyan and other religious bodies.
The Arthur Wilson's and their lot also
suffer severely. Nothing could have
been worse than their conduct. If Mrs.
Arthur Wilson likes to encourage her
sons to gamble against their fathers
wishes that is her affair, but it is uni
versally felt that after the cheating had
once been detected the baccarat should
have been stopped forthwith and the
Prince notified that reasons had Oc-
Cured for breaking up the game. Mrs.
Arthur Wilson and the Lycett Greens
came out of the trial almost as badly
damaged as Gordon Cumming himself
The Solicitor Generals speech is al
lowed to be one of the finest delivered
for years in court of law, but he admits
that the signed document, followed by
Gordon Cummings letter to Gen.
Owen Williams asking for the benefit of
the doubt, were too much for him. He
could have got his man off easily if it
had not been for these documents.
The scandal may for the time clear
the social air and check the prevailing
gambling spirit, but the fast set who
lead certain sections of society have OBJ
tanned too tight hold to be easily dis
lodged The end has not come yet.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-07-01
The Holy City.

Lassa, or HASA, the Holy City of the
orthodox Buddhist, is situated in bar
rem highland valley Of Northern Tibet,
at an elevation of $500 feet above sea
level, but is nevertheless the wealthiest
town of Central Asia. The numerous
converts are crammed with the pious
contributions of some sixty generations
of true believers, and the Buddhist Vat
lean, the Dalai-lama's palace on Mount
Botala, is known to be filled with gold
enough to create financial panic if it
should all be melted and thrown into
circulation in the form of coin. Those
treasures are now guarded by strong
Chinese garrison, but sixty years ago
their safety was intrusted to the sacred
awe inspired by the presence of the
Supreme Pontiff. and the survivors of
the Nicaragua raid missed the chance of
time when they failed to recoup
their fortune by an expedition to Tibet.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-07-01

the larvae begin feeding at once, and
continue until full grown, from 20 to rs
days. The number of eggs laid daily
by moth ranges from 30 to so for a
period of about seven days. Both the
eggs and larvae seem to have several in
sect enemies, but further observation is
needed on this point, also upon the
practicability of introducing contagious
diseases for the worms destruction. It
was found that corn near the cotton
fields, unless too mature, was attacked
IN preference to the cotton. Corn for
protection to cotton should be planted
in July or August, and can be utilized as
feed for stock. Fall blowing of the
fields is strongly recommended, as the
boil worms in the pupa state, during
the winter, are destroyed by the wet
and cold which more readily reaches
them when the soil is loose and the
pupa's cells broken up. Light placed
in the fields at night to attract them
had no effect upon them, though other
insects were attracted Orange Judd
Farmer
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-07-01
1t Isn't Waste.

There is nothing as delightful in this
world 80 buying things; but to know
how to eXpend your time and money SO
that there will be no waste. is the secret
of domestic and political economy
alike.
1t is not a waste to spend your money
on theater tickets if you are going to get
three hours OF solid enjoyment out of
it.
It is not waste to spend your money
in cabs, in good medicine and in good
things to eat when you are going to get
health from them.
1t is not waste to buy somebody a
bunch of flowers, a box of candy or a
new book, for it is going to bring smile
to her face and happiness to her heart.
1t is not a waste to squander pleasant
words everywhere; you will reap a
benefit from them.
1t is not waste to have your coats
and trousers, gowns and jackets we'll
made, for they will wear that much
longer.
1t is not waste to spend your money
on newspapers and magazines, because
then you learn to talk about some
thing else besides your neighbours af-
fairs.
1t is not waste to spend your money
at all-that is what money is made for.
II was made to give the greatest amount
of pleasure and happiness to you and
me, and we are cOnsummate fools If we
don't realize that. Of course, my friend,
l don't know how it is with you; l can
only say that the spending Of money
has never been any trouble to me-
Cbicu0o Times
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-07-01
The Matter Explained.

Young Hankinson making a CALI
You have had that parrot long time,
Miss Laura ?'
Miss Laura-"Yes, we have had him
several years"
''Quite intelligent, is he not ?"
every. He can initiate almost any
thing"
"They have remarkably clever par
rot over at the Casterlins, Miss Laura.
1t can initiate the sound of kiss to
perfection. Is that among the accom-
plishments of our feathered friend here
in the corner?"
Qndignantly)-"No, sir. He does not
attempt an imitation of sound he is
not accustomed to hear, Mr.. Hankin-
SON."
The Parrot "Wait, George, dear, till
take this bird out of the room. - CHI
cGgo Tribune
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-07-01
Pruning Fruit Trees.

No time of the year is more suitable
for the pruning of fruit trees than di-
rectly after the fall of the leaf Where
summer pruning has been judiciouslv
performed very little will be required
to be removed The summer pruning
of apples and pears is intended to
obviate the barbarous system of mutt
lating the trees once ayear-viz., in the
winter. There are very few gardeners
who leave the pruning of trees until late
in the winter, because, besides being
very uncomfortable operation then,
late pruning has detrimental
effect upon both trees and crops.
The pruning Of fruit trees, prin-
cipally apples and pears, consists in
removing all portions of the shoots that
are not wanted, SO that the tree may
throw it's strength into developing the
shoots you wish to remain. 1t the
spurs of tree have been duly pinched
in during summer, another growth from
each portion that was left has been
formed, and it will therefore be neces-
sarv to cut the portion left in the sum-
mer to within one or two eyes of the
preceding years growth, according to
fancy or strength of the respective buds.
Gooseberry and black currant shoots
should be thinneu out when required,
and red currants should be spurred.
Some cherries require spur-pruning, but
the Morello does better on walls if the
young shoots are laid on annually and
some of the older branches cut short
Horton Eng.) Times.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-07-01
FARM AND GARDEN.
Old Things and Dear.

There is no song like an old song
That we have not heard for years;
Each simple note appears to thrOrg
With shapes that swim in tears.
1t may have been cheerful strain,
But twas so long ago
That glee, grown old, has turned to pain,
And mirth has turned to woe.
There is no friend like an old friend,
Whose life path mates our own
Whose dawn and noon, whose even and end
Have known that we have known
1t may be when we read his face
We note q trace Of care:
IT'S well that friends i'll life's last grace
Share signs as smiles they share.
There is 10 love like an old love,
lost, may be, or dead,
Whose place, since she has gone above
No other fills instead;
1t is not we'll ne'er love anew,
For life were drear if so,
But that first love has roots that grew
Where others cannot grow.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-07-01
The Boil Worm.

The United States Department of Ag-
riculture, IN bulletin "A of Division of
Entomology, gives the results of OBJ
servations and experiments upon the
boil worm. 1t is found that injury to
cotton often attributed to the boil worm
is due to various other insects; but, al
lowance being made for this, s to 10 per
cent. of the cotton bolls are injured by
the worms. Their attacks are not con-
fined to cotton, but corn, musk melons,
watermelons, cucumbers and tomatoes
are also infested Though there are
five or six broods in season, the injury
to cotton begins with the fourth one,
which matches in August or early in
September. The eggs hatch in from
two to five days after being laid, and
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-07-01

They carried him to drug store and
laid him upon the floor. A physician
came through the crowd, ordering them
to stand back. He looked at Simon
and puckered his lips.
'sYou had better ask him his name,"
said one of the bystanders.
What's your name ?'' said the physi-
clan
Simon moved his head little but did
not answer. He was frightened and
confused, and could not think.
ask him where he works. said an
other; perhaps he will tell that"
"Where do you work ?'' repeated the
physician.
'Work, ''--w whispered the super
fuous man; work. , Val Dwightua
The Ard0ndad.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-07-01
Old English.

The old epitaph in English, which is
found in a churchyard in Oxfordshire,
and dates from 1870, to modern readers
would be unintelligible, not only from
it's antique typography, but from it's
obsolete language, the first two lines Of
which run as follows: "Man com & Sc
how schal allie dede be; wen VOW comes
bad & bare, moth hav ven we aware
fare: all US werines vt We for care. !"
The modern reading would be: Man,
come and see how shall all dead be,
when you come poorand bare; nothing
have, when we away fare; All is wea-
riness that we for care. p Cor2ahW Maya
zine.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-07-01
She Was Following an Example.

Lucy, three years old, was playing
one day with little neighbor about her
own age. All went smoothly until some
childish dispute arose, and Lucy, regard
ing her little friend as the aggressor,
slapped her soundly once or twice.
Her grandmother reproved her for her
rudeness and display of temper, but the
child cGnched all argument on her
side by saying, "Why, dan 'mudder.
dan mudder, don't you know it does
little dirls dood to whip 'em?
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-07-01
Happiness Is Not All.

There is no doubt that a newly mar
ried couple can live ON dollar dav
and be awfully happy, just as a Brook
lyn woman figures it out, but if they
only had another dollar for buttermilk
and raw onions, how much faster the
woodbine would climb towards the
cottage ridgepole -Neav York World.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-07-01
Realism Run Mad,

The apostles of Realism-with a large
R-have every reason to be delighted
with the latest Partisan device in the
spectacular line. In the spectacle of
Nero at the Hippodrome a number
Of figures are made up Of real meat TO
represent Christian martyrs, and a
dozen live lions are let into the arena
to tear them to pieces and devour them
before the eyes of the audience This
is truly beautiful, and after this who
shall say that We do not live in an
p rti Sti n aCo =
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-07-01
FOREVER THINE.

know not, oh, know not,
What stars my path may light,
Or if the skies may glow not
And turn my day to night:
But this. all, this / Know, dear,
Whatever fate be mine,
ii life be bliss or woe, dear,
1 am forever thine.
BY starlie hit or by sunlight,
If rue or myrtle twine,
Thou art my ali
Whate yer befall,
| am forever thine.
Though sorrow-torn and beaten,
All lis | would endure,
Thy cup of life to sweeten,
To make thy footsteps sure;
IT thou shouldst never love me.
Too loyal to repine,
BY all the worlds above me
I'd be forever thine.
Rememberedsor forgotten.
The light of love will shine
With every breath,
In life, in death.
| am forever thine.
M5Rtarp Peek IN Boston Transcript.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-07-01
Breeding Ducks.

1t is too late to hatch ducklings with
profit, and as soon as the old stock have
ceased to lay, the flock should be re
duced to minimum. We believe old
ducks to be much better than those that
are young, if intended for breedingpur-
poses, as they will lay more eggs and
produce stronger young than the
younger ducks, but the brakes must not
be over one year old. Hence, send all
the old brakes to market as soon as it
can be profitably done.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-07-01
Fatten the Fowls.

Never send a fowl to market unless it
is in as fat condition as possible If a
fowl will take on an extra pound of
flesh, it will pay to feed it well until it
reaches that stage. The reason is that
there is not only a gain in weight, but
in price. If q six-pound fowl, not IN a
choice condition, will bring ten cents
per pound in the market, the extra
pound may cause the fowl to sell for
twelve cents per pound, being gain of
both increase r seS of for weg e t and q better
quality, while the food required for pro-
ducing the extra pound may not cost
six cents. Quality is a prime factor IN
market poultry.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-07-01
THE SPINNER.
BY EMMA C. DOWD.

The spinner IN the garden slept,
AS Day passed through the valley:
Her silent wheel the sunbeams swept,
The spinner in the garden slept,
The brown bees at their labor kept.
Rung clear the song birds rally.
The spinner in the garden slept,
AS Day passed through the valley
The spinner in the garden wept,
AS Night came down the valley;
Her humming wheel the shadows swept,
The spinner in the garden wept-
Her cry was: eff l had not slept
Oh, wherefore did L daily.
The spinner In the garden wept.
AS Night came down the valley.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-07-01

THIRTY years ago Charles Pinkham,
now an Oakland Gal. car driver, at the
time II years old, inhaled into the
right lung a large pine nut. The
doctors tried everything for the boy,
them, through an external incision,
sucked the nut out
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-07-01
PrOmptnesS in Killing Weeds.

The old rule, "a stitch in time saves
nine," IS never more true than applied
to weeds. 1t is not merely in roofing
out new patches of pestilent perennials,
like Canada thistle and quack, though
here, too, the rule of economy in
promptness holds good. When the
thistle or quack seed terminates, it is
as easily killed as any common annual.
Pull it up and lay it in the sun, and a
few hours exposure destroys all vitality.
Let it get it's underground stems, and
the failure to extract piece no more
than the length of finger will in
a few years re-establish the whole
patch. But even in ordinary
cultivation of hoed crops a differ
ence of two or three days often adds an
enormous amount to the labor required
in cleaning small piece. The rule of
three does not operate here at all. Ten
men might hoe ten acres of corn in a
ten days, nor one man if given all sum-
mer to complete the job. We have
sometimes, when boeing out piece in
the afternoon, worked later than we
otherwise would, knowing that in the
morning the nights growth of weeds
would add perceptibly to the labor.
For this reason q large force with the
hoe should follow after the cultivator as
soon as possible. 1t is cheaper to do
the work at once, while the weeds are
small, and the cultivation stimulates
weed growth in the hill as much as it
does that Of pototoes and corn.-Ameri-
can CuItiUQtOr
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-07-01
Glover Seeding with Buckwheat.


The buckwheat crop is often grown
on low, wet land, where clover will not
thrive at all. We were, therefore,
somewhat surprised to hear a farmer
who worked sandy land propose sowing
piece of ground with buckwheat for
the purpose of getting it in clover.
Sown in July at the same time with
the grain, the buckwheat shades the
clover from the heats Of july and Au-
gust suns. By the time the grain is cut,
if the season has been favorable, there
is fine mat of clover two or three
inches high. On heavy, wet land this
small clover might be heaved out in
winter and perish, but on sandy land it
is as safe as clover that has grown from
spring until fall. The buckWheat stub
ole is left pretty long, SO as to hold the
snow over the clover in winter, and if
the clover seeding has been a good one,
very little scattered buckwheat will
come up the following year. Timothy
may also be sown with buckwheat, and
this is often the only way to get some
fields seeded with grass where the land
is too wet for any winter grain. and con-
tinues wet too long in spring to SOW
grass seed then with any kind of crop
hoping to get catch. There is usually
enough wet weather in July to give the
grass or clover seed start, and the pro-
lection that the young buckwheat fur
nishes does all else that is needful.-
american CttltiVdtor.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-07-01
Milk and Buttermilk in Summer.

While milk and buttermilk are excel
lent for fowls and chickens, it will not
be beneficial to give either unless fresh
and unchanged. To place milk where
it is liable to be fermented Cor become
sour, may be the cause of bowel disease
1t is true that some persons feed sour
milk to poultry, but we have known it
to kill chicks when given too literally.
Skinned milk is a very cheap article in
some sections, and there is no necessi-
ty for giving it in any condition
except fresh, especially in the summer
season. The hens will not drink sour
milk if they can get milk that is fresh
For chicks, the best method is to mix
the food with milk, let the chicks eat all
they desire at one time, and clean away
that which is left. For fowls that have
q range, a pan Of fresh milk at night
will be all that they will need in the
shape of food, as they will find all they
wish on the range. Milk is highly
heterogeneous and answers purpose as a
part of the ration, but, like all other
substances allowed, it gives the best re-
suits when in fresh and wholesome
condition.-Fdrmd and Fsreside.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-07-01

an interval of but few feet, and, start
ing from distance, to ride up to these
strips, cross the first, turn between the
two, and gallop back to the starting
point.
Another is to ride up to log hung
horizontally, and just high enough to
allow the pony to get under, but not the
rider, touch it, and return. If the pony
is stopped too soon the indian loses
gets scraped off. The sudden Jerking
of the pony on his launches is apt both
to start curbs and break his knees.
The toughness and strength of the
pony can scarcely be exaggerated. He
will live through winter that will kilt
the hardest cattle. He worries through
the long months, when the snow has
covered up the bunch grass, on a diet
of cottonwood boughs which the Indian
cuts down for him, and in the spring it
takes but few weeks for him to scOur
out into splendid condition.
He can 90 unheard-of distances. Col.
r. /. Dodge records an instance coming
under his observation where a pony
carried the mails 800 miles in three
consecutive nights, and back over the
same road the next week, and kept this
up for six months without loss of con-
dition. He can carry any weight Mr..
Parkman speaks of chief, known as
LIE CochOn, on account of his 300pounds
avoirdupois, who nevertheless rode his
ponies as pravely as a man of half the
bulk.
He as often carries two people as one
There is simply no end to this wonder
full product of the prairies. He works
many years. So long as he will fat up
in the spring his age is immaterial.
The absence of crest in the pony sug-
gests the curious query Of what has be-
come of the proud, arching neck of his
ancestor, the Barb. There are two
ways of accounting for this. The In
dams gag bit, invariably applied with
jerk, throws up the pony's head instead
of bringing it down, as the slow and
light application of the school curb will
do, and this tends to develop the eve
neck
Or more sufficient reason may be
found in the fact that the starvation
which the pony annually undergoes in
the winter months tends to deplete
him of every superfuous ounce of flesh.
The crest iii the horse is mostly meat,
and it's annual depletion has finally
brought down the pony's neck nearer
to the outline of the Acknowledged s
MQO0zine.
The evening world., 1891-07-21
THE AMERICAN LOAN AND TRUST.

One OF the most complete ms we'll as
one of the most astonishing revelations
of reckless tnanciering over presented 10
the eyes of aStounded New Workers is
that of the American Loan and Trust
Company as seen through the report,
published this morning, of Receiver j.
EDWARD SIMMONS. Loans had been made
right and left upon security little less
than worthless. and in contemplation of
the facts aud figures exhibited in the re-
port. one is forced to wonder that enough
can he saved from the wreck to accom-
plish even what the receiver proposes
The payment of preferred creditors in
full. Of about % per cent. to others, and
TO the stockholders nothing.
In the list of debtors figure the nnmes
of GEoRGE II. PILL, the imprisoned bank
wrecker ALBERT II. SMITH. the ex-
broker. serving a term for forgery, and
others who have recently passed into
criminal history.
Men who trusted the wrecked company
stand aghast to-day at the realization of
the enormous game Of chance in which
they unwittingly took part and in which
the odds were so overwhelmingly agains,
them