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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-06-22
BEFORE and After Election.

The American people are often &C
cused of displaying short memories,
but they have not vet had time to for
get the Democratic cries about the
"billion-dollar Congress, the prospec-
tive ruin of foreign trade by the uncon-
stitutional Mckinley tariff and the car
ism and tyranny of ex-Speaker Reed in
counting quorum.
A few months ago these cries were
repeated with such seeming honesty
and sincerity that many people were
led to believe there was something in
them, and they were not merely the
latest cut and style of campaign lie just
from the hands of Democratic artists
long trained in the production of such
false issues.
A short time elapsed and the people
learned from a decision of the federal
supreme court that the Mckinley tariff
was strictly constitutional and valid in
all respects, and that there was nothing
to support Democratic charges to the
contrary.
Next in order came the official re-
ports of imports and exports showing
that under the Mckinley tariff our for
eign commerce instead of being ruined
had swollen to proportions never
known before. So another Democratic
campaign lie went by the board.
Further The supreme court at Wash
ington not only upheld the Mckinley
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-06-22
Poultry PiCkineS.

WATCH for the feather pullers, and
do not slight the lice. Kill both.
LICE drives more setting hens from
the nest, and causes more deaths to
setting hens, than any other cause.
BY close observation and figuring,
an egg costs the producer one cent,
anything over that amount is profit.
IFyou get good laying hen by
crossing don't get wild over the pros
pect of ''new breed" Keep on
with the cross.
The hen that leaves her nest more
than once day will take twenty-five
to twenty-three days to hatch the
eggs under her care.
DON'T try goose farming unless you
have good pasture for them. Ducks
will do without it but geese never
thrive on barren soil.
SHADE and green's are two summer
requisites, for both old and young
fowls, not forgetting that fresh water
is absolutely necessary.
ONE dollar will keep hen year
in good condition, and fifty eggs will
pay chat, taking two cents as the
average value Of the eggs.
NEVER grease setting hen, unless
you don't care for a hatch. Insect
powder will do the work more effect
lively and with less danger.
DREvENsTEDT thinks it is a hard
matter to find the combination of eX-
perience and cash in one man-and
he is about right. Generally one of
them is wanting.
A VICE in poultry is hard to cor
rect. There is but one standard
remedy, and that is death. A toler-
ence of the habit in flock will spoil
the entire number.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-06-22
Farmers, ButtRr.

For the manufacture of butter by
the factory plan scientific methods
are prescribed, SO that by them an
article may be produced possessing all
the most desirable qualities. But all
farmers do not adopt the factory
plan, but cOnfne the manufacture Of
butter to the home, so that such
farmers wives are compelled to manu-
facture an article that must come in
competition with the factory butter,
and all this without any definite rules
by which to be guided. So long as
farmers insist upon pursuing this
course they should study all the re-
quirements necessary, and to assist in
bringing domestic dairy methods up
to as near perfect system as pos
Sible. In order to do this system
must commence at the foundation.
With the feed there should be care,
and cleanliness should be observed in
the milking; the setting should be
done with care and in open pans
where there will be no danger from
bad odors. The cream should be al
lowed to cures and the churning, set
ting and working all conducted with
view to SECURE the best results.
Then the butter should be neatly put
up, and if under such conditions it is
not acceptable, we shall be disap-
pointed
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-06-22
Non-Paying Stock.

1t is a drain on every farm to carry
stock that does not pay If for hu-
manitarian feelings anyone wishes to
keep an old horse, COW, or OK that has
been a faithfal servant, it is all right,
but the expense ought not to be
chargeable to the farm. The keeping
OF scrub COWS that produce little milk
and of low quality is one of the
heaviest drains that can be made upon
a farm. 1t in reality becomes an eX-
pensive mode or Transforming hay
and fodder into manure. So long as
care must be given to animals, let it
be bestowed in such a manner, or
rather upon such animals as will give
some returns for the labor, and only
good animals will do this.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-06-22
DetaSSclinr Corn

The process of detasseling corn con-
sists in removing the upper portion
of the stalk to which the spray Of
male or pollen-bearing flowers is at
cached. Several experiments have
shown that it Increases the crop to
remove the tassel from fully one-half
of the stalks before the pollen is shed.
The results of some extensive tests
made by the Nebraska Experiment
Station, show the opposite effect.
There was a uniformly lessened yield
upon the plats when one-half Of the
stalks were detasseled. Similar re-
suits obtained when the tassels were
removed after the pollen had been
matured and scattered. In view Of
these results, it does not seem wise
to interfere with nature for profits
sake.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-06-22

tariff, but (the Democratic justices con-
curring) declared the course of ex-
Speaker Reed in counting quorum,
legal and valid in all respects. So much
for czarism, tyranny and oppression in
the last Republican House.
There remains one Democratic cam
palgn lie not entirely disposed of, al
though rapidly disappearing, viz, that
about alleged extravagant appropria-
tons by the so-called "billion-dollar
Congress" But that particular lie
hasn't much left in it. The people have
learned that there was no "billion-dol-
lar" Congress, that no such amount of
money was appropriated, and the
Democrats now find they must expend
as much as the Republicans, or else
take the responsibility of starving some
branch Of the government.
The Democratic leader, Senator Cor
man, in q recent speech in the Senate
thus exposed the hypocrisy and false
pretenses of his party in dealing with
this question:
| mean to say, Mr.. President, that there
is no power on earth, as the government is
now constituted, to enable the Democratic
party to reduce the appropriation of $780,
100000 or more for pensions; there is no
power in the party to which he and be-
long to reduce the fixed expenditures of
the government, the interest on the public
debt, ETC.; there is no power ON earth to re-
duce the expenditures for Offices; there is
no power to reduce taxation, and you can
not diminish expenditures.
In other words the Democrats lied
when they charged the Republicans
with extravaganza, and they lied again
when they promised to practice econo-
my and reduce ex penses.
Exposed and discredited at every
point what sort of campaign lies will
the Bourbons produce this year? Do
they really expect the people to believe
anything they may say? Can they not
see what d help it would be to them
now to have some slight reputation for
truth and veraCity?
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-06-22

of the tree, and covers the smaller
branches with it's unsightly fungus
or eXcrescence growth. 1t has been
said that to remove the branches
upon its first appearance will prevent
the spread the disease; but we have
our doubts upon that point. having
tried the same without effect. When
once black knot takes hold Of even a
small branch of a plum tree, the sap
appears to be effectually poisoned, and
finally develops itself upon all parts of
the tree. We have sometimes thought
it also spread to other trees. The
question, however, is regarding the
cure, and it is within easy reach Of
every one. Cut down every tree in
any way affected and burn. There is
nothing short of cutting and casting
into the fire that will prove full
and entire cure, and any presence Of
the disease is destructive to fruit de-
VelOpment
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-06-22
Young TURKEYS.

Fresh air, wholesome food and
plenty Of exercise are three essentials
for the well being of young turkeys.
When one month of age, eggbread
scalded in sweet milk may be sub
stituted for custard, and clabber be
given to drink instead of sweet milk.
At this age, some dry grain may be
offered, as wheat, oats or buckwheat,
which may compose one-half their
daily rations when the poults are
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-06-22

tion, we know of farmer, who has a
flock of twenty-five or thirty sheep
that gave birth to lambs, but for
want Of such attention as should have
been given, every one died but one
II that is good farming and a profit
able business, then all of our ideas in
that direction are sadly at fault
Germantown Telegraph.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-06-22
miscellaneous Recipes.

SNOW CAKE three-uuar-
tiers teacupful butter with two tea
cupsful sugar; add one teacupful each
Of sweet milk and corn starch, two
teacupsful flour, one and one-half
teaspoonful baking powder, and fla
voring to taste; lastly add the we'll
beaten whites Of seven eggs. Stir
these in.
BAKED TOMATOES. Having Sc
lected those of equal size, fresh and
ripe, wash and cut out the hard CEN
tiers. Place them on an ear vnen pie
dish, and put a little sugar in the
core of each as you would for baked
apples. Bake in a quick oven for
about one hour, or until tender.
Grated cracker or bread crumbs
could be sprinkled over them if liked.
BREAD CAKE.-Into two teacups-
full of light bread dough, work with
the hands one and one-half teacup-
fuls sugar, one Of butter, half a tea
cupful Of milk, two Well-beaten eggs,
one teaspoonful baking powder, nut
meg to taste and a teacupful seeded
IdlolHS. ~ llUbIc uuOIt uOuI INDY Dc
needed. Place in pan it is to be
baked in and let rise again, and when
light, bake in moderate oven forty
or fifty minutes.
BAKED OMELET. "A baked Omelet
that does not require much attention
when one is hurried is made in this
way: Heat a pint of milk with a
tablespoonful Of butter in it. Beat
six eggs teaspoonful Of salt, a ia
blespoonful of flour and little cold
milk together until smooth, then mix
quickly into the hot milk and pour
in buttered dish. Bake fifteen or
twenty minutes in hot oven. This
is a nice looking breakfast dish.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-06-22
They Have Advantages,

The advantages which the horti-
culturiSts of the present. day possess
over those Of former years, stimulate
them to eXertiOn, and hundreds Of
acres are now devoted to the cultiva-
tion of small fruits where there was
not fifty acres ten years ago. The
great amount of fruits consumed at
present, far surprising that of former
years, cannot be attributed wholly to
the increase Of population as that has
not been in proportion to the in
creased quantity of fruit consumed.
The almost general use of canned
goods affords an uninterrupted supply
of choice fruit regardless of season.
Thousands of bushels are canned for
home use by the family both in the
country and city. Step into any res
taurant on the coolest day in winter
and call for dish of straw berrieS
and cream and you will be supplied.
Every steamer and sailing vessel
takes with it supply to be used on
the voyage, and it often forms
share of the freight. 1t is not every
soil and location that is adapted to
the culture Of small fruits; neither
will every variety succeed equally
we'll on the same place, consequently
the favored localities must furnish
the supply for other localities.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-06-22
Attention to Lambs.

A large proportion of the profit
from sheep culture comes from the
production of lambs, and the success
in tnis line all dc Dends upon the at
tention they receive, coupled with
the care of the sheep themselves, for
unless they are we'll kept and properly
housed during the Landing season
lambs will be scarce. AS an illustra-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-06-22
HOME AND THE FARM.
A DEPARTMENT MADE UP FOR
OUR RURAL FRIENDS.

The Process of Detasseling Corn Raising
and Storing Potatoes-Farmer's Butter
Care of Young Turkeys Concerning the
Markets-General Farm Matters.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-06-22
Our Useful Basket.

ALWAYS use cold water Gn summer
iced water) to mix pastry, and if it
cannot be baked Immediately set it
away in cool place.
ASTHMA may be greatly relieved by
soaking blOtting or tissue paper in
strong saltpetre water; dry it, then
burn it at night in the sleeping room.
A VERY good authority gives US a
simple remedy for hiccough: A lump
Of sugar saturated with vinegar. In
ten cases, tried as an experiment, it
stopped hiccough in nine.
To CURE a felOn take part of a
leaf of prickly pear, split open and
bind on, and change as it gets dry.
To make this success, it must be
used as soon as the felon is dis
covered.
IF your tea or coffee-pot has be-
come discolored inside, put into it a
teaSpoonful of baking soda and fill it
two-thirds full of water, and let 1T
boil two hours. Wash and rinse be-
fore using
The whole secret Of having boiled
ham or corned-beef juicy and full
favored, is putting it into boiling
water when put on to cook, and when
it is done, letting it remain in the
pot until cold.
SMOTHER fire with carpets, etc. ):
water will often spreading burning
oil and increase danger Before pass
ing through smoke take a full breath
and then stoop low, but if carbonic
acid gas is suspected walk erect.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-06-22

from six to eight feet, on back end,
as seen in illustration. To make the
mark wider, tack on small, three
corner mitre on bottom of runner.
Any one can run this marker straight.
Geo. w. Baker, in Practical Farmer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-06-22

A Short Sermon American Homes.
The home is the pillar of our national
life.
No country can be counted prosper
Gus the majority Of whose people DO
not own their homes. Here. then, we
have good test of the relative benefits
Of protection and free trade. Which
system makes it easier for a working
man to have a home Of his own?
Among the iron workers of free
trade England, and they are perhaps
the most prosperous of all that coun-
try's worklngmen, one man out of ev-
cry twenty five occupies his own home.
In Philadelphia, the largest city of
the greatest iron producing state in the
Union, there is one home to every five
inhabitants.
The latest British Parliamentary re-
port on the Housing of the Working
Glasses" says: even in the country
districts where surely one would ex-
pect to find more homes) human beings
are to be found boarded together in q
condition considerably worse than that
in which the beasts that perish are
usually kept by their owners"
The United States census of 1880 re-
ports that the number of dwellings in
the United States in that year was s, $780,
SD. The population was O little over
30, OOO,O 600; so that there was about one
dwelling to every six inha bitants. One
out of every six Inhabitants occupied
his own home.
1t is to protection we owe the larger
number OF American homes. For the
tariff maintains the American rate of
wages; from our higher wages come the
greater savings of our people, and from
the savings of the family comes the
home.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-06-22
Cure for Black Knot.

q [ { q c K S some
species Of trees,
especially the
plum, and known
as ''black knot, !"
is of a nature
that it seem S
to require he
role treatment.
Whatever N a y
be the cause, it
is persistent in
its hold when
once it becomes
attached to the
tree. In effect
it seems to take
the very life out
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-06-22
AMERICAN WORKINGMEN
HAVE BETTER HOMES THAN
THEIR BRITISH COUSINS.

The Cost of Article Determines
Whether 1t Is Cheap or Dear-Before
and After Election What We are
Fighting For.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-06-22
Instructive illustrations.

New York Press: Republican reelproc-
ity is already doing effective work in gain
ing new markets for the American produc-
er. Our exports TO Cuba of corn, wheat
flour, butter, cheese and refined petroleum
for the three months ending March 81,
1891, were S342,S 3I,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-06-22
Horticultural Notes.

THE blood-leayed Japan plume
should be planted where one is not al
ready possessed. From early spring
till late fall it keeps up its dark pur-
pie color.
THE Japanese umbrella pine,
Sciadopitys, a beautiful, hardy ac-
QUESTION from Japan, is said to flour
ish the best in rather damp situations
in it's native country 1t is one of
the prettieSt conifers we have.
NEARLY all the pampas grass
plumes sold in the East are produced
in California, where acres on acres of
the plant are grown. North of Phila-
delphia there is not much success in
growing it out Of doors, as it will not
stand the winter.
FROM Philadelphia, southwark, one
of the handsomest OF small trees is
the Gordonia pubesceue, 1t bears
flowers like single, white-fowered
Camelia, and blossoms from July I'M
til frost, and on quite small bushes.
Spring is the time to plant it.
The common golden bell is For
sythea Vindissima Another species,
Suspense, flowers Of a few days
earlier. It is also partly Of climbing
habit, much as the yellow jessamine
is. 1t can be trained to climb, or
grown as a shrub, and is pretty either
way.
THERE is neat little vine, often
used for hanging baskets, called
Kenilworth ivy. It is not well known
that it is quite handy here. In some
of the rural cemeteries about Phila-
delphia, it has been planted to cover
small walls, work it we'll performs. 1t
is very pretty.
LOPHOSPER3IUM sCANDENS is an eX-
ceedingly pretty vine. While the
flowers are like the Barclayana vine
in shape they are much larger, and so,
too, are the leaves. 1t does not
spread to cover so much space as
some other vines, Its large, rosy
blue flowers are much admired.
The Brugmansia suaveolens is one
of the plants for Summer decoration.
1t bears large white, trumpet-shaped
flowers Of immense size, and always
in great abundance. 1t is kept in q
cool cellar in winter without any
trouble. Iti known to a great many
persons under the name Datura.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-06-22
For the corresponding period ending
March 81, 1892, they were SL1l7 $50.

Under the Mckinley tariff our sales
of American locomotives to other ma
tons are steadily increasing. For the
nine months ending March 81, 1891,
our exports of locomotives were valued
at $1,00S, $50.
For the corresponding period in 1892
these exports were $l,605,975.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-06-22
Handy Garden Marker.

Take three pieces of siX-inch fence
board, from twenty-five to thirty
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-06-22

l n c d G S
long, f o r
r u n n e r S,
and o n e
p i zee to
nail across
back en- d
Of runners.
Nail mole
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-06-22

A Short Sermon American Homes.
The home is the pillar of our national
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-17
Checking Slight Hemorrhass.

When minute bleeding points, such a
sometimes occur upon the face after the use
of the razor, are neither checked spontane-
ously nor by the usual means, drop Of
tincture of iron, applied on pledget of cot
ton or the end of match, will at once put
an end to the bleeding Sometimes obsti-
nate and even alarming hemorrhage follows
the extraction Of a tooth. In such case
pledget of cotton saturated with tincture Of
iron pressed into the cavity will promptly
staunch the flow, unless the case be an eI-
ceptional one. Bleeding from the nose is a
common, though seldom serious form of
hemorrhage. 1t is often checked spontane-
ously by such simple means as bathing the
face and nasal cavities with cold water.
Sometimes, however, when more persistent,
some styptic application may be needed.
Alum water or a solution of tannic acid
NAV be snuffed up the nose from the palm
of the hand, or some powdered styptic may
be blown into the nasal cavities BY means Of
a quill, roll of paper or other tube. But the
most unique, simple and efficient way to
check an obstinate nasal hemorrhage is the
old-fashioned one of pressing an ordinary
clothespin firmly over the cartilaginous
portions of the nose from above downward
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-17

smooth, and absorbs much. Such n surface
permits color to be seen to advantage, and
grapes are especially beautiful in rich colors
suited to them, as vivid red.
Oriental grapes, the most beautiful in the
world, are of silk, or of mixed silk and cot
ton. When of part cotton they are cheaper.
but there is no vulgar attempt to conceal
the cotton, as it is kept frankly on the
surface and its own good qualities are made
to appear. Cotton has less power of re-
Election than silk, and therefore lends itself
to increase the absorption of light which is
an object in Grape weave. Also the crimped
surface enhances the beauty Of cotton
thread
The Japanese Yoboschi Grape shown mag
nifed in the illustration, has the warp of
silk and the weft of cotton. Both are
twisted. It is an exquisite fabric and so
sheer and soft that no one would dream 1t is
not all silk. have before me sample of
Japanese Kanka Grape, white with hair line
of color. 1t has straight warp of silk and
twisted weft of cotton. 1t also is charm
ing texture, semi-transparent, as if the warp
were of spun glass. There is also French
Grape twisted deftly in the weft, in which
the weft threads are of both silk and cotton,
the two alternating regularly, to produce a
delightful checkered effect. These two last
are each Is cents yard. Beautiful woods
of Grape weave in the market are 43 inches
wide and 81 yard. Some of the French
cotton grapes at 40 cents ore very desirable.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-17

never forget the look. of rapturous surprise
which spread over the broad face of Gov
ernor Cleveland whom asked permission to
write the story of his lite as Presidential
candidate. He burst into a regular roaring
laugh, and turned to his secretary as he
said: Lamont, that is good joke, isn't
it? Here is a young man who has come all
the way from Washington to write me up as
q Presidential candidate.
Knew Nothing About the Tariff.
Colonel Lamont, good and faithful subor-
dinate that he was, echoed Mr.. Cleveland's
laugh. But after this first preliminary of
coy surprise we soon passed to business
MI. Cleveland answered at that time every
question with great promptness and frank
ness Whenever question of fact, of
record, would come up he would turn to
Colonel Lamont 1t was Colonel Lamont
who atterward supplied me with newspaper
slips praisins the Governors actions, copies
of veto messages and the like, showing that
some one in the immediate neighborhood of
Grover Cleveland had at least prepared to
furnish campaign material in the event Of q
nomination. 81. f,...-- ......,
The Governor then impressed me q .
clear headed, resolute business man, with no
particular pretence to special information