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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-03-06
TO HORSE OWNERS.

For putting horse in fine healthy con-
dition try DR.. Cady's Condition Powders.
They tone up the system, aid digestion, cure
loss of appetite, relieve constipation, correct
new life to an old or over-worked horse. 25
cents per package. For sale by druggists
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-03-06

Chamber1atn's Eye and Skin Ointment
Is unequalled for Eczema, letter, Salt
Rheunn, Scald Head, Sore Nipples, Chapped
Hands, Itching Piles, Burns, Frost Bites,
Chronic Sore Eyes and Granulated Eye Lids,
For sale by druggists at Is cents per box.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-03-06
RAILROAD DIRECTORY.
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul.
GOING

Train No. IS stops at Watertown Junction
only.
Trains arrive from Milwaukee and depart for
Madison at 9:22 A M and $40 Pm
Trains arrive from Madison at sos AMane
2:13 pm.
Trains Nos. l, 2, and SIS, run daily be.
ween Chicago and Minneapolis.
No. and run daily except Sunday between
Chicago and Minneapolis.
Trains Nos. 22and % run daily ex cept Sunday
between Chicago and Portage
All othertrains run daily except Sunday
G. w. WEBB, Agent
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-03-06
Fancy Goods
FOR the Holidays.

TIT LADIES
Are cordially invited to look over my
stock of Yarns, Hoods, Corsets, La
dies Muslin and Wooden Underwear,
Laces and Embroideries, Hosiery, No
tions, etc., all suitable for Holiday
Gifts. Especial attention is directed
to my line of Children's Cloaks and
other Garments. All goods are new
and bright and prices very low.
MISS A. WERSCHUETZ,
2O6 Main ST., III. BeIIack's Store.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-03-06
c. e. LUMEMFELD.
ATTORNEY and COUNSELOR-AT-LAW
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Probate Work & Collections a Specially

jacob & ELUMENFELD,
Fire, Boiler Plate Glass and Accident Insurance
Steamship tickets to all parts of Europe Wis
New YORK or Baltimore. Office-Room g. 81:
Main street. WATERToWN \, WIS.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-03-06

"The use of 'Castoria' is so universal and
it's merits SO well known that it seems a work
of Supererogation to endorse it. Few are the
intelligent families who do not keep Castoria
within easy reach.''
CARLOS MARTIN, D. D.,
New York City.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-04
TubercuIosis of CattIe.

Bulletin No. 20 of the Pennsylvania
state college agricultural experiment
station is quite an exhaustive treatise
upon this widely prevalent disease. 1t
behooves every intelligent farmer who
has anything to do with cattle to acquire
all the practical information he possibly
can in reference to the more common
diseases, especially that prevail amongst
stock. Some of our experiment stations
are doing commendabe work in investi-
eating these diseases and imparting neces-
sary information to farmers regarding
them. The bulletin under notice gives
an intelligent diagnosis of the disease,
and describes at some length the tuber-
culin test as discovered and disseminated
by Prof Koch Cook of Germany. I'm
til recently veterinary practice in this
country was dependent upon Germany
for the tuberculin necessary to prevent
or modify the disease, but il is now made
and distributed by our own national de-
partment (bureau of animal Industry.
So few of our farmers, however, have
the advantage of trustworthy official ad-
vice or instruction. and unless they are
able themselves to acquire proper
knowledge of the subject, and know how
to put IL into practice can get very niue
benefit from improved methods of treat
ment. Unless the farmer is impelled to
the acquisition of the knowledge Trom the
keeping of a large number of stock he
is very apt to move along without any
regular treatment, and take whatever
results nature gives, and as a matter of
course. In the south, except in the cit
les, there is no such thing as medical ad-
US, nature is very benefiicent to our ami
mails
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-04
Brandreth's Pills

greatest grass in the world for lawn max
ing. The beautiful blue grass lawns of
the north had long been their envy, but
blue grass was not available for southern
lawn making as is Bermuda grass. II is
summer grass and begins TO show it's
green shortly after the soil has been warm
ed by the April showers. and continues
green until the first hard frost Of Novem-
Der The Bermuda lawn need not present
a desolate appearance in winter If prop
ton with white clover.
Anywhere in the south where Bermuda
has established itself. the easiest way Cor
making a small lawn is to DO the work
in the early spring. The sod can be OBJ
tained for the asking, and a man with
horse and cart, or mule and a wagon,
can sod a good sized place in the ten
hours of March or April day the lawn
being all ready to receive the sOds as
they are brought in.
If the lawn Is to be of considerable area
Ga quarter Of an acre or mOrel, or made
at some distance from the source of ma
terial, different method viii be neces-
sary. Dig up the roots and shake or wash
off the earth Chop the roots into pieces
either with hatchet or fodder cutter.
and after preparing the sell thoroughly
with a pillow and harrow (or ra5c), lay Off
shallow drills every twelve or fifteen
inches and SOW the root pieces as thickly
along i'm the drills as can be afforded.
Then cover with q rake and run a garden
roller along the drills. In the absence OF
a roller an iron bound barrel will do
the job nicely.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-04
Wnter ns a NIedicine.

The human body IS constantly under
going tissue change Worn out particles
are cast aside and eliminated from the
system, while the new are ever being
formed, from the inception Of life to its
close. Water has the power Of increasing
these tissue changes, which multiply the
waste products; but, at the same time they
are renewed by its agency, giving rise to
increased appetite, which, in turn FRO
vides fresh nutrimcnt.
Persons but little accustomed to drink
water are liable to have the waste products
Any obstruction TO the free working Of
natural law at once produces disease
which, Il once firmly seated, requires
both time and money 10 cure.
People accustomed to rise In the morn
ing weak and languid will find the cause
in the imperfect secretion, of wastes
which many times may be refnedied by
drinking a tumblerful of water before
retiring This very materially assists in
the process during the night, and leaves
the tissue fresh and strong, ready for
the active work of the day.
1t would be difficult to find the human
i'll for which hot water IS not a panacea
For sprains. aches headaches II is lln-
riVaIled When a woman comes home
weary, the Pacific Health Journal re-
eommends taking off the bodice and
brushing the hair up to the top Of the
head, then squeezing spongeful after
spongeful of water, as hot as can be
borne, on the back of the neck and base
of the brain. After five minutes of this
the face should be bathedl with hot wa
the bed or in an armchair. If possible a
glass Of warm milk. or some. gentle slim
uiant like beef tea or sherry and egg
should be taSen-The Housekeeper
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-04
To Destroy Rats.

This is given as a good method to dis
pose of rats when they trouble the poul-
try: Get some Scotch cat meal or barley
-four and place it at first sparingly in a
small heap at some spot frequented by
the rats On examining il in the morning
II viii be soon seen if any portion has
been eaten; If not. let il remain night
after night until you ind they have con-
sumed the greater portion. Now place
more, but not too lavshly; you will find
IN a lew night onward, the rats greatly
increase in numbers, but never give more
FOOD than appears to be well eaten up.
In the next place provide yourself with
some newly made plaster of paris: if not
good and recently manufactured il is
altogether valueless for this purpose
Mix, in perfectly dry state without any
water whateyerin equal proportions, this
ingredient with the same kind of meal
previously used, but not in a greater
quantity than the previous nightly supply
carefully managed, after such lengthy
enticements, rats or mice will consume
raVenously their last meal" for in a
very snort time after eating it, the plas-
Ter causes intense Inflammation of the
bowels TO set in, with fearful thirst
Whlle water instantly produces death
tnough they Will invariable take il if
Wltnln reach. The great advantage over
poison of this plan is this-after the
ueatn or monster rat. even should cats
or other domestic animals eat the defunct.
no INJURY viii arise to them, as the plas-
ter has become powerless altogether. and
tney may eat it with impunity. The bait
should be nightly laid for at least a fort
night, to inspire thorough confidence and
secure full attendance.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-04

they were nearly all scabby and unmar-
ketable. In another field. AZ per cent. OF
the potatoes were scabby, but on the part
sulphured the scab was reduced to one
per cent; merely rolling the cut potatoe
seed In sulphur reduced the scab to five
per cent. With sweet potatoes the re-
suit was equally favorable keeping OF
soil rot In field where the crop was
worthless last year. sulphur has long
been known as powerful germicide, and
seed potatoes ought always to be rolled
in 1t where planted on land that has the
germ of scab or where the seed Is Affect
ed by this fungus:
Crimson Clover.-The new forage plant
has proved so useful as a rotation crop
not only in the south, but In Ohio and
other northern states, that no farmer
should neglect its cultivation. II is fair
~ hardy, and can be sown later than the
ordinary red varieties-anywhere from
August to November. Probably the chief
value Of crimson clover lies In its ability
to enrich the land by sending down deep
feeding roots and bringing up elements
of fertility 10 the surface soil For a
winter covering alone II is well worth
sowing. but. in addition to protecting and
enrichng the land. 10 makes excellent hay,
while, as a late fall or early spring pas
turage, It can he utilized 70 great advan-
tage. Unlike other varieties Of clover. IL
remains green all winter Farmers who
have any idle land this autumn can do
no better than put In some crimson clover
and give the plant a trial. Not more than
twelve quarts of seed to the acre are
required, but the ground should be well
prepared.
Comparative Value OF Foods.--Prof
Atwater's exhaustive studies and expert
ments In this line have led him to the
conclusion that the greatest nutritive
value in any kind of food of the same
specific cost Is to be found in corn meal
He finds that in ten pounds Of the latter
there are slightly over eight pounds Of
actual nutriment: in SA pounds of wheat
flour there are over So pounds of nutri-
ment, in FIVE pounds OF white sugar there
are az pounds Of nutiiment, In five pounds
of beans there are four pounds Of nutri-
ment, In twenty pounds Of potatoes there
81 pounds of nutriment. In twenty-five
cents worth OF fat salt pork there are 81
pounds of nutriment, In the same value Of
wheat bread there are pa pounds. I'm the
neck OF beef ia pounds. In skinned milk
cheese the same as the latter. In whole
milk cheese trifie more than ~ pounds.
in butter ~ pounds, in smoked ham and
leg of mutton about the same, in eggs at
p cents a dozen about seven ounces, and
In oysters at IS cents a quart about three
ounces.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-04
Dutch Bulbs.

The frost having put the finishing touch
to the work of the summer season. now
is the time to commence for next spring.
says American Gardening. Get your beds
in readiness for everything you intend
TO plant; then put in your bulbs without
delay. If your plans are not already laiu
lay them, then carry out your designs.
Tulips, which are the most snowy of
spring flowers, may be planted now; It is
better they should; however, they can be
safely put out next month. Make the soil
good and rich, work II deep. then put in
your bulbs, six inches apart each way
and cover them with four inches of good
soil. BE sure to have a bed of Parrot tu-
lips, which are, botanically, monstrosi-
ties; from the florists standpoint, simply
gorgeous. White tulips are the most
hardy of all bulbs, in this climate, where
freezing and thawing alternate so rapidly
and in such a marked degree, it will pay
well to mulch the bed sufficiently to pre-
vent this.
Hyacinths can and should be planted
from their usefulness and from the
pleasure you receive from growing them.
Plant in good soil and cover with four
inches of the same. Then mulch so thor
oughly that frost cannot reach them This
you must do if you hope to be successful.
In selecting, exercise your own taste. SO
regards the double and single forms. Buy
good bulbs, cheaply, If you can, but
under no circumstances buy cheap bulbs
For bedding purposes the second or third
size is the best, as they will last longer
without breaking up; but for pots or
glasses get the best only.
Crocuses must be planted at once, if
at all. 1t is of no use to plant them after
they commence growing; they will be sure
to disappoint you If you do. Lift up the
sod in places on the lawn and put them
in promiscuously; they will make it cheer
full in spring. Plant them in ever sunny
nook; they will bring plenty of sunshine
with them. If their room is wanted for
other things, throw them away after
Towering; their one season of beauty will
more than repay their cost.
Crown Imperials should have place in
every garden, and it should be a sunny
place, as they are about the first to appear
in spring. They are heroic resolutions in
leaf and stem as they push themselves out
of the ground after the first few days of
encouraging growth; and no amount Of
frost will check their energies after once
starting. But mulch them; they do not
like to sleep through winter in frozen
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-04
LIQUID Mnnures

Are so valuable, especially for thin,
porous soils, and for applying af-
ter the plants are up, that all pro-
duced should be carefully saved. Coarse
fertilizing material is the best to use on
land that is heavy and compact, as 1t
tends TO make the soil more porous. but
in many other cases liquid manures are
the most serviceable. When applied di-
rectly to grains and vegetables, they
prove of great value for their fertilizing
elements are very quickly converted into
plant food. At the Iowa experiment sta
ton an acre of corn, fortified with liquid
manure, yielded almost fourteen bushels
more than a similar area upon which ordi-
AIRY barnyard compost was used. This
trial may not indicate the exact value of
liquid manure, but other experiments have
given much the same results: enough to
show that farmers who do not save the
liquid part of their manure sustain a
heavy loss thereby. All manure ought to
be sheltered. When left out and exposed
to rain and snow through the winter
fully one-half Of its value is lost. II
stable floors were made of wood or &C.
ment, instead of earth. as they usually
are, the HquiG manure could he easily
saved. This kind OF flooring will hardly
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-04
The Kiener pear.

ms much misunderstood, but useful
truit is now in the markets. and this gives
pertinence TO the following extract from
a local paper published in Philadelphia:
hle11er was pre-eminently the variety
for profit.
whole orchards were sold before thew
were ready to pick, prices ranging from 20
70 90 cents per five-eighths bushel basket
IN the orchard
And when it is stated that many or
cAards bore from 9CO TO 400 bushels per
acre, the profits can easily be estimated
ana these yields followed the unprece-
qtdlted crop OF last year, when it was pre-
this year.
The enormous yield and low prices of
last year brought them into such general
use, ana so many new ways of UTILIZING
them We're discussed that the demand
Inns year was greater than the supply
10 snow the uses to which this royal
fruit readily adapts itself. | have exam
lned this year five samples of Kieffer
vinegar, kiener wine and Kieffer cham
payne baked kieffer, kieffer sauce. Kief-
Ter PIE ana sliced Sieffer with sugar and
cream were old friends, while Kieffer sy-
rup Tor Duckwheat cakes surpasses in
quallty the famed maple Of Vermont
and canned Kieffers have become such a
staple article that the Baltimore Gamers
kept the market cleaned UP this season"
we nave eaten k!eifers grown in the
moist ana mellOWing airs of the St
JChns river Gin the interior thew are
harder and more austere) cooked in va
=.
with grain as fine as silk and a flavor
rich and satisfactory. There can be no
question about its great value and ex-
celence as a cooking pear when picked
at the right stage; nor of the other fact
that, when handled as most people hau-
die pears, it is a big, ugly humbug Tor
eating raw. Prepared under the right
conditions, it is the finest pear we have
seen in Florida, but it requires an artist
20 grow and ripen it. These should be
all means, try a few trees of it; others
should let IL alone
one great fault of the Kieffer is its
ineradicable tendency to break it's limbs
with a tasty eye. who hates to see any
thing sloyenly about his grounds, i, is
a source of no little modification, after
thinning the fruit even a second time, to
go into his orchard and find a lot of limbs
broken sheer down. The only effectual
remedy Is to cut the tree back ruin
lessly, shortening in every limb about
half. Now, as soon as the fruit is Off,
will be a good time of the year to do II.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-04
The Most Profitable Land on the
Farm.

We have all heard OF the profitable re-
suits of retaining low, murky land and
converting useless swamps into onion
farms or celery grounds. says the Ca
zette. There are millions of acres o.
similar land. il is not every man who
mas the experience and other necessary
qualifications for success in growing these
and similar crops, but what of that2 Must
these rich alluvial lands or sWamps he
allowed to produce forever nothing but
weeds. PUSHES and brambles, with here
and there a few patches Of coarse grass
| There are many methods Of retaining
such land. We purpose to allude only to
the "a mlliar one of seeding them down to
timothy grass for hay or to timothy, red
top and the blue grasssfor pasture.
Where II Is possible, the first and most
important thing is 10 drain the land. For
want Of an Guide 9thia cannot, always be
done thoroughly. but II IS seldom that
land is so fiat that much of the water
cannot be drawn off by a few wide open
bitches. IT is far easier work TO drain
such soils than hard upland that needs
Undertaking. Not only Is the muck lght
and easily dug, but fewer drains are neces-
sary. As a matter of experience, we find
only two things that give much trouble
the roots OF trees ana the hard pan. In
they give less trouble than may be feared,
because on such wet, mucky land they
are all on the surface. -.
The hard pan on such land generally
looks like clay or slate, but II is not cay.
1t 5 almost Impossible to force a spade
into il vertically; but II can easily be
split or broken up horizontally. In many
cases a plow will split Il apart and break
ii up, and it can then be easily shoveed
out.
The weakest Ink determines the
strength of the chain; and the shallow
est and narrowest part of ditch deter
mines it's capacity to carry water. 1t
often happens that ditch will be dug
wide and deep where the digging Is easy,
but where the hard pan comes near tho
surface the ditch is left shallow. 1t is
here that every inch you gain in depth
counts. If you can get the plow In it VIII
be desirable TO make these hard spots
the deepest part of the ditch because on
the soft, muclSy part the rush OF water
in the spring viii have a tendency TO
make the ditch deeper and wider while
II will have no effect on the hard spots.
1t Is not our purpose at this time to
go into the details, of draining. We
would rather urge our readers who have
such land, now producing little of any
value. to make a beginning; in the way
of Improving them. In a dry, hot eli
mate these lands are enormously pro-
ductive, but what the product shall be.
whether weeds or good grass. is for each
owner to determine for himself.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-04
Gold in a Chestnut Burr.

May I, through the pages of your valu-
able paper, give more general informa-
ton regarding chestnuts than can in
answering the many letters which come
to me, one by one. That chestnut grow
ing is taking hold of the peoples mind
cannot be disputed, because they see III
it elements of wealth, in which the south
ern states have superior advantages.
From a late paper we have this: Cyrus
l.. Fox, chairman of the general fruit
committee Of the State Horticultural As
ISOLATION Of Pennsylvania, SAYS: Nut
culture has taken strong hold in PennsyI-
vania,, especially the raising of the i'm
proved varieties of chestnuts. With ordi-
nary wild chestnuts at $500 and
500 per bushel, the improved
varieties sell at $500 and $500, and
they yield twice the quantity of chest
nuts in bulk. taking trees of equal size
English Walnuts are found to succeed adj
mlrably in Southeastern Pennsylvania
ed. The demands for nuts of all kinds
Is much greater than the supply, and nut
culture opens a promising field for the
In the American Gardening" Mr. 7
IL Hale tells us that "a chestnut fever is
raging. A single nursery company in
georgia has planted a hundred bushels Of
nauVe chestnuts for Seeding stock The
company has contracted to propagate a
nan million of trees Chestnut culture is
n yne coming odiiIIg INDUSTRY The country will
Japan has contributed to our wealth in
no one OF its valuable importations equal
70 mat OF the Japan mammoth sweet
Shesthut the largest in the world. and
Idr superior to the Italian or Spanish
chestnut, which have been much longer
SHOWN here. The climates of Japan and
tne United States are much alike. and
my plant native to one country seems to
9hfive IN the other astonishingly
~ IL, Is said that the. famous Elber-
sph peach, so popular in Georgia
-ueScended from a huge white cIfnpstohe
peach grown in Japan. Also the famous
feShto peach, favorite grown in Florida
hau It's origin there. The japan chest
nut Is a perfect bonanza for the southern
stdtes from the fact that they can get the
cheStnuts into the northern markets fully
lnohth earlier than those grown north
VI me ONO river. Growing in New York
Inu New Jersey, they mature in Septem-
per ana october, while in the states bor-
boring the Gulf and lower Atlantic coast
tIley mature without frost and can be
shlpped IN August. reaching the northern
lIdrkets long before any others getting
me cream OF the trade. The nuts often
@eiSh to 10 to the pound, and measure
rom TOUR to six inches in circumference
1Iouuclng three nuts to a burr very COM
monty. Early shipments bring in the mar
sAe's OF the north and west from $40 to
10 per bushel, while later they sell from
% 70 S.. They begin to bear when two
tHd three years old and no off years Can
pe tfansplanted easily from the nursery
% a peach. They are a handsome tree
1hu belnE dwarf, they make an ornament
4 tree Tor the lawn OF. any part of the
I'm. Planted in groves 20x20 feet apart
ssIne as the pecan, gives l26 trees per
@e's-sahAsn young they bear two or three