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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-05-27
A CR0NE'S TALE, A. D. f845.
BY EDWARD PEACOCK.


She came from land across the sea,
With the sad faced priest with the nalr OF
gold,
She told not her name nor her mothers kin,
But ever they talked of the days of old:
OF heather mems ways, of popes and Of
kings,
OF the sunlight yellow and cornfowers re-"
OF men forgotten of hy-past things
OF the sorrow of living, the rest CT the dead
palmer brought him letter one day
In the words they write far over the sea.
81 kissed her lips SO lily pale.
And sped him away to that far countree.
Then ever she watched at the door by day,
And oft she stray in the cold moonlight;
VAN wan she grew when the autumn came,
And she died on All Souls night.
W6sent to the chantry for Ralph, the priest
The broad chested man with the rosy brow,
htsmiled when he came-a faint, cold smile,
a priest, l shall never need one now.
60 strangely she spoke, and when be said
The words that some time III must hear,
She folded her thin hands over her breast
what need we for torches the daylight S
near"
sThe saved pass not thus" said he chantry
priest,
Is he went his way, the prayers half said;
But we could not deem that her soul was lost,
So we lighted the ghostcandles round her
bed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-05-27
Gauging Milk.

A New England butter-maker objects
to the establishment of rigid standard
Of the quality Of milk He says:
1--WE wish to call the attention of
those who are seeking for a basis on
which to build common standard Of
value and thus do justice to every
patron in pooling milk, that nature
nowhere furnishes such Il standard in
anything. She gives us no unit of value,
no unit of weight, no unit Of linear or
solid measure, no unit Of size or unit of
quality in fact. everywhere deals in
variety and diversity. All the standards
when are used among men are arbitrary
and conventional, and hence the i'm
possibility of dealing out justice in
scheme of general promiscuousness
Approximation is all that can be at
tanned; and this approximation in the
value of milk can never be very close.
Hence the Importance that an lndlvld-
ual or a company should own all the
COWS whose milk is united and worked
up into butter or cheese in one place.
In such cases no one is WrOnged for the
benefit Of another. But if approximate
Justice is done to each patron in a pool
ing system, so that it becomes univer-
sal, the sad and serious question arises:
IF the art of butter and cheese making
should once leave the farm, what
security would the patrons have that
gross injustice might not be practiced
upon them when they wholly depend
ed upon the factory for the disposal of
their milk? In case of wrong, would
the art OF butter and cheese making ever
return to the farm again? If it did, it
must be through tedious and wasteful
process. 1t would be much easier 10 go
on from our present standpoint and
perfect every farmers family in the
art of manufacturing dairy products.
We are so far on the road of progress.
Every year the quality of the products
of the private dairy are improved. In
what work can the farmer engage that
is pleasanter and will pay hirn better
than that bestowed upon the manufact-
ure of the milk of his herd into butter
and cheese 2"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-05-27

The tendency of people to exaggerate
their injuries when caught in railroad
smash-unis happily set off by Chauncey
NJ. Depew in recent talk with u
Chicago reporter: Railroad shock is
the worst injury imaginable. In u
recent accident man in Wagner car
was asked ifhe had been injured No.
he replied, 'and peculiar thing about
it is that of four dozen eggs / had
in basket not one was cracked A
little later mutual friend called and
said the man had received shock in
the accident that prevented his collect
ting his thouahts Or sleeping / related
the egg incident, but that did not mat
ter He gave certificates from two
prominent New York physicians stating
the truth of his claim | gave him a
cheek for $500. The man grumbled
because it was not enough to yield him
a life income. But he took the check,
went South. returned in three weeks
and resumed business. and has not had a
sick day since"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-05-27
Narrowing After Flowing.

If land is thoroughly drained, or is
as possible after blowing is of the great
est Importance. The pillow necessarily
leaves the land in ridges, and usually
with more or less hollows under the
furrow The effect of narrowing is to
smooth down these ridges and press
down the air spaces under the furrow,
which quickly dry it out. Wet land, or
land plowed very early in the spring,
when it is most desirable that air shall
fill the soil as much as possible, may be
left as rough as possible, as it will warm
and dry out all the more quickly. 1t is
especially important to harrow down
fresh furrow if liberal -op-dressing of
manure has been plowed under, as the
drying effect of stable manure in dry
soil is we'll known
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-05-27
The Flower RusiuaSs

The growth of Horticulture as a special
business has been wonderful during the
past few years. The Commercial Bull
letin gathers the following statistics
from the last census figures:
AS an industry Horticulture has been
for the first time made a subject of
census investigation While Horticulture
has been carried on as a business in this
country TO- upward of 100 years, it is
only within the past twenty-five years
that it has assumed large proportions.
Out of a total of 1860 establishments
2,795 were started between 1870 and
1890. There are 312 commercial fori-
culture establishments owned and
managed by women. These 4 ,659 estab-
lisments had in use in the census year
IS, S23, 247 square feet of glass, covering
a space of more than S9I acres of
ground. The establishments, including
fixtures and heating apparatus, were
valued at $3S, 1856, 722. 43; tools and imple-
ments, 81 ,5S7 ,693,93, and gave employ
ment to 1854 men and I ,95S women,
who earned in the year S., 4S3, 557.
Fuel for heating cost 81 ,1G0, 1926. The
products for the year were 49,056, 253
rose bushes, SO, $50, 972 hardy plants and
shrubs, while all other plants amounted
to 152, 49,, 292, reaching a total value Of
So, O36, 477.76 for plants, and cut flowers
to the amount Of $14 It's, 32S.01 were re-
ported as sold.
There are in the United States 695
state and local floral societies and clubs,
besides the Society of American Florists
and 35S horticultural societies.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-05-27
Relief from rheumatism.

"This information, said a well-known
physician, .'mav save many lives. At
any rate it will prove an Invaluable boon
to people suffering from rheumatism IN
any shape or form. Rheumatism, as
probably nearly everybody knows, is
caused by acidity of the blood. 1t
should never be neglected. This rem
edy, as know by long practice, is very
efficacious and is as simple as it is pow
erful.
"Here it is" he added. "When a
rheumatic twinge is experienced the
patient should proceed to drug store
and buy Is or 25 cents worth of oil of
gaulteria (oil of wintergreen), put 10
drops On lump Of sugar, place it IN
the mouth, and permit it to dissolve
slowly and swallow it. This should be
repeated at intervals of two hours until
the last vestige of the malady has disap-
peared. In the meantime take dose
or two Of Rochelle salts.
That" said the physician, sis all
there is to it. but if taken as | have pre-
scribed it will save suffering humanity
many dollars in doctors bills, to say
nothing of the pains, aches and swell
Tags. No, charge nothing for this adj
vice. 1t is simply given for the benefit
of mankind. "-New York Herald.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-05-27
WORSE THAN LA GRIPPE.
A Singular Malady That is Epidemic on
Arizona Ranch.

A Singular Malady That is Epidemic on
Arizona Ranch.
A singular disorder has recently made
its appearance on the ranch of Bur-
roughs q Smyth, living few miles south
of Tucson, Ariz The herders and other
employees, besides the manager, j. c..
Hicks, and his family, have all fallen
victims to the plague, which takes the
FORM of violent fever, which gives way
to chilly sensation, gradually growing
into numbness, when the body becomes
rigid and the senses entirely paralyZed.
The patient lies thus, deaf, blind and
apparently frozen into insensibiliIy for
several days, when a reaction sets In, the
muscles relax, the senses grow abnor-
malIy acute and, without fever to cause
delirium, the widest and most eXtrav
agant vagaries are INDUCED In, while
the strength returning assumes wonder
full powers, enabling the sufferer TO per-
form feats wholly impossible under
ordinary circumstances. One man
walked over thirty miles in less than
three and a half hours.
This second stage passes IN about
twelve hours and is succeeded by great
lassitude and depression of spirits.
The malady, " hich has puzzled all the
physicians Of the vicinity, is not fatal
one, the attacked recovering within two
weeks though several have been left
very lame, which infrmity does not
seem to pass away. The physicians de-
clare themselves at a loss to classify this
lameness, but say it must arise from a
diseased condition of the bones. The
ranch has been under quarantine for
several weeks, as, the nature Of the dis
order not being understood, fears have
been entertained Of infection.-Phild-
o|o}obi0 Times
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-05-27
SPRING ON THE FARM.
When the Old Tree was Young.


Wen tibet OF apple tree wuz young,
The worp wuz better then than now,
An life wuz happier anyhow,
Wen tibet OF tree wuz young
A thousan' acres then dug
An never foun' a later bug
Wen tibet OF tree Wuz young;
The worI WIZ full of fun,
AS the sky Wuz full of sun,
Wen tibet OF tree wuz young
Wen tibet OF tree WIZ young.
There wuz no weevilS on the wheat,
All food they cooked wuz fit to eat,
Wen tibet OF tree wuz young;
An all the girls wore their own hair,
An never bought it anywhere.
Wen tibet OF tree wuz young;
Men held kerrect idees,
Not wicked heresies.
Wen tibet oil tree wuZ young.
" en- tibet OF apple tree wuz young.
Men never used to lie an cheat
An women al were good an sweet,
Wen tibet OF tree wuz young;
The years hev rushed regular VIII irl,
1t seems the sunrise of the worl,
Wen tibet OF tree wuZ young
For everythin' WIZ new.
An drenched in mornin dew,
Wen tibet OF tree WIZ young.
Wen tibet OF apple tree wuz young.
The sun looked down on brighter waves,
An lit lam of fewer graves,
Wen tibet OF tree WIZ young;
The worp wuz better then. my son,
An better, nobler deeds were done,
Wen tibet OF tree WIZ young;
Now | sit an wait,
But then | fought with fate,
Wen tibet OF tree Wuz young.
S. ". F0ss
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-05-27
horticultural Note =.

In pruning all large wounds should
be covered with white Lead and oil.
Do not calculate on making the gar
den all at once. A good garden should
furnish a supply all through the season;
kale, kohl, rabi, celery, satisfy and
cauliAower are all good crops, but not
so generally raised as they should be.
About once in three weeks dissolve a
piece Of lime as large as walnut in
warm water for the plants. 1t will
sweeten the soil, strengthen the plants
and make the leaves a bright green.
Half a tablespoonful OF fresh white
hellebore to common wooden pail of
water is about the right proportion for
currant worms. This sprinkled upon
the bushes when worms first appear will
make short work Of the worms. An or
binary watering pot will do good work.
For lawn, SOW at the rate Of three
bushels of blue grass per acre. This
will cost S., or 81 per bushel for excellent
seed weighing IA pounds to the bushel.
There is nothing better for a lawn
Redtop comes next. For moist soil it
is better. The price is but $1.25 per
bushel of IA pounds, or SIS per 100
pounds.
Blackberries yield rather more
quarts to the acre than raspberries, but
the prices are never so uniformly hlgn,
and as the cost of cultivation is about
the same the profits are a little less.
The soil for blackberries may be less
fertile than for raspberries, for too
rich ground makes them run too much
to wood growth. As to the question of
varieties, that all depends upon locality,
and it may be necessary to test great
number of approved varieties before
the right ones will be discovered. The
vine as rule should be planted in rows
Ten feet apart t, and from three to four
feet apart in the row.
The fruit failure in many loo llities
the past two or three years has made
many farmers and fruit-growers neg
lecttul of their apple orchards. The
present indie atoms are for a good apple
crop on thes neglected trees. B 1t the
zeal of fruit growers to help along when
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-05-27
Some Milk Statistics.

The American Analyst says that there
are $1,000, 500, 900 invested IN the dairy
business in this country. That amOuntis
almost double the money invested in
the banking and commercial industries.
1t is estimated that it requires $1,000, 900
COWS to supply the demand for milk and
it's products in the United States. To
feed these COWS, 60, 900, coo acres of land
are under cultivation. The agricultural
and dairy machinery and implements
are worth $200,000,0O0 The men en-
ploved in the business number 100000,
and the horses over 1,OOO,OO0 There
are over $4,000, 900 horses all told. The
COWS and horses annually consume 3d.
100000 ton of hay and nearly 60 0O0, 900
bushels of corn meal, about the same
amount of oatmeal, 275, 10000 bushels
30,OO0,OO0 bushels of corn, to say
nothing of the brewery grains,
sprouts, and other questionable
feeds of various kinds that are
used to a great extent. 1t cost $3.50 ,OOO,-
900 to feed these cows and horses. The
average price paid to the laborers
necessary in the dairy business is prob
ably $50 per month, amounting to S1SO,-
100000 year. The average cow yields
about $50 gallons of milk year, which
gives total product of $3.50, 900.
Twelve cents gallon is q fair price to
estimate the value of the milk, at a
total return to the dairy farmers of
$50, 200, 900, if they sold all their milk as
milk. But 80 per cent Of the milk is
made into cheese and butter. 1t takes
q pounds Of milk to make pound OF
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-05-27
The Best Fowls.

Judging by the catalogues of the vari-
Gus breeders throughout the country
one would suppose that tWo-thirds of
the breeds advertised are the all-pur-
pose ones, says the Germantown Tele-
graph. We do not like the term ''ali
purpose" 1t attempts to imply too
much. We can speak Of birds as being
adapted to general purposes-eggs and
meat-but when we say they are the
breeds for 'all-purposes" it seems to us
we are saying great deal. In palmer
words, the great egg layers are poor
table fowls; the grand meat producers
lay very few eggs The Leghorns, Min
orcas, Spanish and other fowls having
big egg records, do not recommend them
selves for the pot. The Brahmas, Co.
chins, etc, while they give us the finest
kind of meat, do not lay eggs
enough to make decent record.
Of course, under certain and very
favorable circumstances the Ash
atics often lay very we'll, but the ten
dency to Over-fatten IS too great. Of
the purebreds, the best fowls we ever
kept for good meat and good egg record
mouth Rocks and Wyandottes, the
Chinese Langshans, and the French
Houdans. And for increased meat
qualities, crosses of these are
extra good. Our experience the
past year has been that the Silver
Laced Wyandotte is a more profitable
than the Leghorn, Minorca, OF any of
the so-called "egg machines" We do
not wish to say that they lay more eggs
than these, but as they give p1s the best
results in winter, when eggs are high,
which is not the case with the average
big-record birds, the financial value of
the product is greater at the end of the
year. Wyandottes, Plymouth Rocks,
Langshans, OF Houdans Matched in Feb
ruary, March, and April will give us the
best fall and winter layers we could
have, and they are apt to set early in
the season to replenish stock for the
next year. By little system, and with
the right kind of birds, We can run
poultry with good profit But going
at it in hit-or-miss style will never
bring in dollar ahead. Good plans
and good work give good results.
Some may fail in indifferent treatment,
but luck does not always hold out.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-05-27

butter, and about 10 pounds to make
pound of cheese. There is the same
amount of nutritive albuminoids in 81
pounds of milk that there is in | pound
of beef. A fat steer furnishes 80 per
cent. of homeless beef, but it would re-
quire 100000 steers, weighing 500
each, to produce the same amount of
nutrition as the annual milk product
does.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-05-27
German Fruit Marketing.

A method Of marketing fruit which
originated in Schleswig, but which has
extended to many other parts Of Ger
many, has proved successful in securing
buyers against bad article, and in Civ
ing an opportunity for growers to make
sales o. good article. Samples of vari-
Gus fruits are placed in dishes for exhi-
bition in a salesroom by growers who
are prepared to furnish various kinds.
The buyer has only to write his name
and address on a card, with the quanti-
ty he wishes, and leave it at the central
office, with the number of the plate.
The order is then forwarded from the
office to the grower, who in turn de-
livers his goods there, Here the fruit
is inspected, and if it comes up to the
sample in quality it is forwarded to the
buyer. If it proves inferior it is re-
turned to the grower who, if he on
three occasions furnishes goods inferior
to the samples, is excluded from the
market.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-05-27

THE OLp LADY deaf Has your
grandfather quit smoking yet? The last
time I saw him he told me he was going
to do so SOON"
Her Young Visitor-"Aiy grandfather
died last week"
The Old Lady (still deat)-"Yes? Has
he quit smoking Yet ?'-Jatry.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-05-27

QUEEN MARGUERITE, of Italy, is de-
voted student of the Hebrew language
and literature.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-05-27
FOR THE COOK.
POTATO YEAST.

Boil some potatoes. mash them, and
to six potatoes add one gill of flour
Stir in as much water as will make the
whole into thick batter, add some
yeast and a wineglassful of salt. When
it is light, put it in your jar and cover
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-07
SUCCESSOR TO BLAVATSKY.
The Countess of Caithness, Wealthy an
Enthusiastic

The Countess of Caitianess, Wealthy and
Enthusiastic.
New YORK, Aug. 6.-The fact that the
countess of Caithuess and Duchess Depo-
mar has been selected to succeed Nine.
Blavatsky, is of peculiar interest in New
York for tho lady once lived here. The new
high pricstess of theosophy bids fair to take
u place i'll the history of eccentric charac-
ters of this generation beside the famous
Lady Hester Stauhope. The study of tn e
mysterious and marvellous led each to
abandon the conventioualities of aristo-
critic British society and to astonish the
world by the most amazing recent eccen-
~trlcltles OF character and conduct. A siagu-
larly gifted and accomplished woman, pos
sessed OF n fortune that brings her an in
come of more than $10o,G coo q year and a
widow Of one of the most blue-bIooded
earIs IN the British poeraos, the Duchess
Deponlar has for nearly twenty wears set
tho god of social conYentionalitv in Eng
lind at defiance and become one of the
most interesting, most run-afler and most
talked-ttbo1t women in England.
lhpngh nearly three score anu ten years
Lady Calthness still retains much of the
brilliant beapty which a generation ago won
t1e heart OF 'hs thirteenth earl of Cath
ness, IN Nav York, where she resided for
several years du ing her husbands life
time.
She became deeply Interested in spirit
u!ii3m and chained to hive becpm, a me-
dunn and subsequently in London she
elllhed to hays had spiritual latercourae
with acotland's famous queen Queen Marie
stuart and to this day she cnlls that i'll
fated woman her adviser IN all her move
ment9, claiming to consult her III every
thlnG through the medium OF spiritualism.
About ten yeRf5 $50 she contided to her
friends that Mary tuart had rcircarnated
he self IN her, Indy Caithncss's body. Ac-
cordingly she sot up Il tate drawing-room
with a th one III it, in her beautiful villa at
Nice, and on occasions donnad p qneenly
crown and roya! robes, hired ladies of
honor" and CORDS in waiting TO attend
her and adGtesG her as your maiesty.'
With II her vaRarios sha has shown her
sfli 10 be IN euruest student of occultism
ana phitosophy and an Industrious inyegti-
gator and Writer on tiInge subjects.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-07

enemy ia heard without the gates.
Hshowah. realizing the danger In which
her husband is now placed throws herself
at his feet and opens to him her hoart. tell
ing him Of hor love for him, how that, II
no died 1t was her desira to dia with him.
Kahled feels n load lifted as 1t were from
him, and looking NJ, beheld tho angel of
Allah lowering over him, who, smiling,
presents him with her soul, saying no has
dearly earned what he has SO longod for.
This gives him hope md a new desire for
life, SO. bucking on his armor and seizing
his sword, and with Jehovah at his side.
he goes forth from the palace among his
people, who quickly rush to his side. over
power the enemy aud save tho kingdom.
New York: Macmillan d Co.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-07

ton but is loyal to Harrison. Accord
ing to this gentleman the Blaine move
ment was started by men who are OPP
posed to both Blaine and Harrison but
who dislike Harrison the most. They
wanted to use Blaine to fight Harrison
without any desire to help Blaine and
without consulting his wishes or re-
garding them in any way. When they
began to conjure with Blaine's name
they found u popular enthusiasm for
him that went beyond all their calcutta
tions, and the sentiment in favor of the
Maine man has spread SO rapidly, that
in this gentleman's opinion, it cannot
now be- checked, It is said to have been
the original purpose Of tho anti-Harri-
son men to push Blaine forward until
he declined and hen swing their forces
to the support of Mckinley, whom they
expect to see elected governor of Ohio
this fall, and thus brought before tho
country as a presidential candidate. All
this must be interesting to President
Harrison as he grimly works the ma
chine by means of which he expects to
the nomination, whether there is
any popular demand for him or not.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-07

EDWARD Walk, one OF the leading
members of the New York Produce OK
change, does not take the gloomy view
of the business outlook that is shared
by so many of his neighbors of the stock
exchange. He believes that the good
crops of the present season will put an
end to business depression. They will
increase the earnings OF the railroads,
whose stocks and bonds will benefit by
increased dividends, and our shipping
trade will be fully employed in carrying
our surplus product to the countries of
Europe whore failures Of crops have
been we'll nigh universal. He regards
next years prosperity as already as
sured, and looks forward to seeing the
wheels OF trade soon moving in all lines
OF business.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-07

The lottery octopus dies hard. The
question is still a political one in Lou
isiana and a strong party favors accept
ing the company's offer of S1,25O,oo0 q
year for the renewal Of it's charter.
Singularly enough they base their &C
ton on the ground that the money is
needed for public schools. One of the
most successful forms the opposition to
this %corrupter Of public moral has taken
is a league Of the good women OF the
state against the lottery business. All
success to the mothers of Louisiana in
their battle with the monster!