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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08
PARAGRAPHIC POINTERS.

UThe democratic party is preparing
to do histrionic stunt. Mr.. Cleveland
is heavy tragedian and Col. Bryan a
barnstormer.-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat.
UMany sneers at Bryan are COM
ing from men and papers once devoted
to him. That is a sure sign of his loss
of prestige and political power.-Cleve-
land Leader.
UIf every democrat whose name has
been mentioned In connection with the
presidency votes the ticket in 1904, Mr..
Roosevelt will know he has had oppo-
sition-Detroit Free Press.
UThe Brooklyn Eagle now says
"othes names pale when Mr.. Cleveland S
name is mentioned for the presidential
nomination" Yes, and some people
pale, too.-Des Moines Register and
Leader.
UCol. Bryan is described as Tess SAN
guine than he used to be. He can hard
ly be said, though, to be less strenu-
the face of sure defeat.-CincinnatiE En-
Quirer (Dem.).
UBryan thinks the Cleveland move
ment is only comedy, but that it will
result in a tragedy if it succeeds. The
colonel is, perhaps, competent to judge,
being somewhat of an actor himself
Cleveland Leader.
UThe Brooklyn Eagle sent a staff
correspondent to interview Mr.. Cleve-
land, and reports that Grover Cleve-
land will accept the px esidential nomina-
ton if shown that this is his duty to
his country and his party" But who is
going TO Show him ATLANTA Consti-
tuition fDem).
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08
THE DEMOCRATIC "STIFF.n
Billy Bryan BObs Up SereneIy nnA
Does the Mad MulIah
Stunt.

In his speech at the Carter Harrison
picnic on Saturday Mr.. Bryan held an
inquest on the national democracy, and
returned verdict in direct opposition
to the facts, says the Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Mr.. Bryan proved that he had learned
nothing since 1896, save to defy the
semisavage Aguinaldo, and had forgot
ten everything. His assertion that the
republican victories in 1896 and since
were won by no influence save those OF
corruption of the electorate showed his
persistence in uttering malignant SLAM
der upon increasing majorities of the
American people.
His declaration that "the odium which
Mr.. Cleveland's second administration
brought upon the party did more to de-
feat it than all the planks of the Chicago
platform" was so absolute a perversion
of the truth that it could result solely
from blindness to facts so total as to
be characterized only as political hys-
terra.
Mr.. Bryan's appearance on this par
ticular occasion was interesting be-
cause it was made under conditions
that showed him to be not averse to
lending such influence as he may still
possess to the promotion of the absurd
movement to make Carter Harrison a
presidential candidate.
His utterances, however, must have
brought cold comfort to Mayor Harri.
sons friends, for he showed clearly
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08

Burrage Farwell, the head and Shout
ders Of the Hyde Park Protective asso-
ciation
A law passed recently by the city
council makes the victory of this asso-
citation complete, and while the great
majority of the saloons had been closed
through court decisions based on an
old local option law, this latest victory
assures a dry" section that covers IA
square miles, is the best residence dis
trict Of the city, and in which 800, 600
people reside
The enactment of this new law, and
the enforcing of the old one, which to-.
gether have driven the saloons from the
Hyde Park district, is causing a new
levee district to spring up along Thirty.
ninth street. Especially is this true at
Thirty-ninth and Cottage Grove avenue
Here almost every door is the entrance
to saloon, and many of item are not
of the most savory character.
1t was in the legal fight over the IL
cense for one of the summer gardens In
the Hyde Park section that the decision
was rendered to the effect that the pro
curing of the consent of a majority O,
the property owners in a block meant
the majority owning property around
the four sides of the square in which the
saloon was located. 1t was that deci-
sion which put the Edelweiss garden
out Of business.
WRIGHT A. PATTERSON
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08
COST OF BAD ROADS
1t In Without Any Doubt the Greatest
Money Loss Sustained by
American Farmers.

The waste Of power anu CONNER
cial loss occasioned by bad roads was
forcefully put by Mr. G. A. Denham in
an address delivered at the Kentucky
Commercial convention. He said: In
order to form some opinion of the
cost of bad roads to community,
and to the individuals of that COM
munlty, let us assume some railroad
station as starting point for main
public highway which, for the pur-
pose of illustration, we assume will
run through good agricultural COM
munity in some sections Of our state.
Let us further assume that the top
ography of the section will give us
average grades, and the soil will aver
age in fertility with the remaining
part of the state. The farmer on each
side of such highway for distance
OF, say, two and one-half miles would
probably come to it to travel over
it to the market, the railway station
at its terminus.
Let us further assume that main
highway is ten miles long and that it
therefore forms the outlet to market
for section of country five miles
broad by ten miles long, embracing
fifty square miles of farming terri
tory; counting four farms to the
square mile, such territory would
embrace 200 farms of 100 acres each.
The average distance travelled by each
OF these farmers in going from home
to the railroad station and return
would certainly not fall under 1919
miles. An average of two round trips
per day would give Is miles as days
journey, which is certainly more than
loaded team can perform over d bad
road. Let us further suppose that the
farmers of this territory will produce
surplus for market, averaging each
farmer to have 100 bushels of wheat,
SO barrels of corn, five tons of hay,
and five tons of miscellaneous prod,
ucts. Counting that the average team
can draw over the average bad feads
load of 1000 pounds, we will find
that this territory will produce for
market 1000 wagon loads of wheat,
1,750 wagon loads of corn, 1000 wagon
loads of hay, 1000 wagon loads Of mis-
cellaneous products, making in all
1850 wagon loads. Then, if it is pos
sible to make two round trips per day
as an average for this territory, it will
require a driver with span of horsss
and wagon 2,475 days to move these
surplus products to the railroad sta
ton. Counting the cost of the driver,
wagon and team at $3.50 per day, the
cost Of transporting these products
will amount in the aggregate to
IS, 1878.
It is well-known fact that team
can draw twice as much freight over
good road as the same team can
draw over bad road. If this be true
and this same road should be made
into good road with easy grades,
with smooth, hard surface, this same
work could be done for just one-half,
or for s3,09375. Just think of it! A
joint stock community paying out
more than $4,000 per year for the lux
ury of bad roads; an annual tax on
each of them of more than SIS. In
four years this annual tax would pay
for building ten miles of good roads.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08
TO remedy these evils Mr.. Nathan

TO remedy these evils Mr.. Nathan
Strauss, a wealthy New York merchant,
undertook to furnish sterilized milk to
the poor of the Ghetto. Now 10000 bot
ties of sterilized milk are being distrib-
uted daily to the suffering little ones
through this mans generosity. An
other charity undertook the delivery OF
ice either at nominal price or entirely
free when the small price could not be
paid.
Hull House is the center Of the Ghetto,
and Miss Jane Adams figures prom
1nently in every charity that looks to
the helping of these people The pop
ulation of the Ghetto is made up of peo-
pie of practically every nationality.
Greek, Italian, Jew, Scandinavian,
French, Austrian, those of the Baltic
states, all flock to Miss Adams for as
sistance when in need, and this kindly
woman never turns the deserving away
empty handed. She is surrounded by a
host of cOwOrkers, and to this haven Of
the distressed flows d steady stream of
money for the poor. But the charity
dispensed here is practical charity.
1t is Of the kind that teaches self-help
whenever self-help is possible, and it
makes opportunities for the poor where
they cannot make them for themselves,
but it also insists upon an Improvement
of the opportunities when they are
made. The idler and the improvident
soon find there is no welcome at Hull
House for them
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08
CLEVELAND AND BRYAN.
The Old Pot and Kettle Business Re-
vived in the Democratic
Ranks.

Very little interest was taken in Mr..
of Chicago Saturday, but some interest
attaches to his speech which he deliv-
cred at the picnic of the Chicago Demo-
cratic club because of the preliminary
advertising which it received. 1t was to
contain highly seasoned "roast" of
Cleveland, and was to be political pro-
nunciamento of national significance,
says the Chicago Record Herald.
The attack on Cleveland was made
according to expectations, but Mr.. Bry-
an has about exhausted his rhetoric in
philippics of this Sort and we know
do his utmost to prevent the Cleveland
democrats from gaining control of the
next democratic national convention.
His logic on the injury done his can
didacy in 1896 by the record of the
Cleveland administration is curious
enough, however, to deserve some no
tice. The odium of that record, he says,
did more to defeat the democratic party
than any one plank of the Chicago plat
form, or even than all the planks that
were severely criticised. In a sense this
is true, but not at all in the sense that
Mr.. Bryan means. The greatest inf1u
ence against the democrats was the hard
times, and in all probability it would
have defeated any democratic candidate
if there had been no silver question.
But there was very general belief that
the hard times were due to the Wilson
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08


poor went into the factories, the stores
and the sweatshops. Now the same
power, the aw, that forces them into
school duri1 g the school term has forced
them ont o. the factories, the stores and
the sweatshops during the vacation pc
Rod
The new child labor law, enacted by
the last session of the legislature, went
into effect on July 1, and is being rigid
ly enforced in this city. 1t prevents the
employment, either during the school
term or during the vacation period, of
any child under IA years of age, and of
any child between IA and 16 unless they
can show a certificate to the effect that
they can read at sight and write leg
ibIe hand
The new law has solved the problem
of keeping the children out Of the sweat
shops, and of child labor in general, but
it has also brought to the fore a new
one Of what to do with the children"
It was not until the law went into
effect that it was seen what power the
small boy is in the world Of commerce
and industry. Hundreds of Chicago
business houses had to dispense with
the services of their office boys, at least
until they could secure the necessary
certificates, and the school board Off
Gals on duty at the Jones school in the
heart Of the city were besieged by
anxious youths and parents seeking for
the bits of paper that would permit the
boys to return to work The Juvenile
helpers in the factories, the ushers and
programme boys in the theaters, cash
boys and girls in the stores and the
youthful employees of the sweatshops
marched out almost in body, many Of
them not to return, and business was
seriously crippled.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08


play places The three RS are I'M
known in them. Stereopticon lectures,
or rather simple talks, games, indoors
and out, and nature study, manual train
ing, such as sewing, basket making,
cooking and housekeeping, constitute
the curriculum.
Neither the city, county nor state sup
ports these schools. The taxpayers
money does not go to provide such lux
uries (?). Charitably inclined people
pay the bills, or at least the greater part
of them, though the board of education
furnishes the school buildings free of
cost, and this year contributed $1,000
toward maintaining them. The Civic
Federation originated the idea in 1896.
Since then the women's clubs of the
city have taken charge of them, and
raise the funds for their support The
teachers either give their services gra-
tuitously or for a small price, and so
make it possible to conduct the six
schools now running through the sum-
me rout Of the $500 that is available
At the opening Of the schools Super
lntendent w. ]. Began was confronted
with more than 5000 applications for
enrolment, while he had accommoda-
tons for but a little over 5000 pupils.
He gave the preference to the children
of the Ghetto, believing they needed the
opportunities more than the children
from the better sections of the city, and
in fact it was for them the schools were
started, the first intention being to con-
fine them to this section entirely.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08
FIGHTING THE HORN FLY.
Annoying Insect Which Works Great
Havoc Among Cattle and
Sometimes Horses.

The horn fly was imported from Eu-
rope about 1885. We illustrate it in this
article. It's length of body and wings
is shown in the three straight lines
under the fly. The letters are a, egg; b,
larva; C, pupa; d, adult-all enlarged.
We also illustrate horn with band
of these flies resting upon it. The injury
is more or less the direct result of the
worry and irritation caused by the fly,
animal. When the fly is present in great
numbers the animal is prevented from
feeding and thus fails TO grow and fatten
as it otherwise would. In mich COWS
the loss of milk is considerable. When
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08
REPUBLICANS OF KENTUCKY
They Are United on the Principles OF
Roosevelt and the
Party.

Harmony among the republicans of
Kentucky will insure that state for
Roosevelt and state officers. Democratic
divisions are widening on questions of
principles as we'll as individuals. The
present prospect is that the Cleveland
and the Bryan elements will fight each
other next year, more for supremacy
within the party than with an expecta-
ton of success. Mr.. Cleveland will not
be passive in 1904 nor confine himself to
voting the republican ticket, says the
ST. Louis Globe-Democrat. He will ac-
cept the democratic nomination if ten
dered. At all events, he expects to figure
prominently In making the ticket and
platform. Mr.. Bryan will be equally
active and self-assertive He will not
forgive democrats who voted against
him unless they acknowledge they were
wrong. Mr. Cleveland and his associates
propose to demonstrate by the action OF
the national convention that they were
right in 1896 and 1900.
But the probability that the democrats
of Kentucky. as we'll as of other states,
will be arrayed against eqch other mex
year is less significant il the republi-
cans of the state also propose to fight
each other. Kentucky republicans were
deliberately robbed of the state Offices
during the Goebel period. On fair vote
the state is close. Kentucky belongs In
the same geographical tier as Maryland
and West Virginia. The latter has be-
come surely republican and Maryland
has been usually republican during tbs
last ten years. The republicans Of Ken
lucky are united on the principles of tbs
party and on Roosevelt. Minor differ
ences ought to be laid aside. 1t may be
assumed that the clash Of merely per-
sonal ambitions will stop. 1t is mis-
take, waste of valuable strength. Ken
lucky republicans have fine opportu.
nifty for 1904. The use of 1t depends or
themselves
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08

and iced drinks are sold, and where the
cheapest forms of vaudeville and dime
museum attractions offer the amuse-
ment features, the attendance will not
run far short of 100000. That means
that about one-sixth of the total pop
ulation Of the city may be found in some
one of the numerous gardens within
one day, and they will spend there any
amount, from the bare price of admis-
sion or the cost of glass of beer any
where to sums running we'll into the
dollars.
There is one big garden on the West
side that boasts of nearly $4,000 admis-
sions in one day. The price of admis
sion here is but ten cents, but the show
features are all extra after the visitor is
once inside.
The garden where vaudeville features
are the attraction is more popular with
the masses than those which offer a
musical programme. The Coliseum is
the biggest place of the latter kind to
be found in the city, and yet the admis
sions are small in number compared to
the big West side place where vaudeville
is offered
Every saloon in residence commun-
ity must have a garden attachment If
it expects to draw patronage in the
summer. The garden may be nothing
more than q small lot and few artificial
palms to serve as shade for the table,
but with this much the place is sure of
patronage. In the purely German sec
lions this class of garden is extremely
popular The citizen who halls from
the Rhineland prefers his beer IN a
quiet place, but it must be a garden.
The ordinary saloon bar is not popular
in summer.
The Sunday attendance at the sum
mer gardens is increasing at the rate Of
about II per cent. a year That is about
three per cent. greater than the increase
in population. Such facts prompt the
| query of chow much is the church at
| tendance growing?"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08

inclined pu b | i C
during the heated
months. The ba-
bies of the Ghetto
must have some
attention if their
little lives are not
to be snuffed out.
Two things con-
tributed to an in
crease in the NOR
tality rate among
the Ghetto babies
with the beginning
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08

mer months. There
is yet enough left
to buy amusement
for the great mass
of the public, and
amusement means,
above all else, the
summer gardens
for the majority,
it would seem.
On almost any
warm Sunday in
summer these sum-
mer gardens, the
n1oooC urboro hcc-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08

is a hard problem
to solve in any
large city. 1t is es-
pecially hard in
Chicago.
In previous years
work has solved
the problem to a
considerable e K
tent in the Ghetto
district. The law
forced them into
school during the
school term, but
when it was over
for the summer the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08

OF children, though
it did emphasize
the need for them.
G " e C. b i C a 6 o
enough of these
vacation schools to
meet the require
ments, and they
will solve the prob
lem of what to do
with the children. .
These vacation
schools, Of which
the city now has
six. are scientific
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08

Of summer gar
dens. That is the
Hyde Park district.
Here it was that
the E d e lw e i S S
fourished' for sew
eral seasons, and is
credited with max
ing big profits for
it S proprietors,
even though they
w e r e constantly
c a | | e d upon to
spend large sums
in fighting such
loo Iarc oC A ~ I,,r
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08

being short, parallel and straight. Holes
are drilled to fasten chain, which Is at,
tached to doubletree. A plank may be
used for the driver to stand on or for
other weights. By simply dragging this
weighed iron band over the roads they
many be kept In quite fair condition,
especially if drained and properly
ronnded-T. E. Dewey, in Farm and!
Home.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08

the llilk wagon drivers organized and
refused to make more than one deliv-
cry of milk each day. Second the ice
trust sent the price of ice beyond the
reach ri the poor These two things
left the babies Without noun ishing food.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08
HANDY ROAD SCRAPER.
1t Is a Simple COntrivance But Does
Well the Work for Which
1t Is Intended.

Good roads on the farm are essential
and a scraper helps materially to keep
them in condition. Take a heavy wagon
tire and bend as shown in cut, the ends
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08

But ali the money of the city does
not travel Ghettoward during the sum-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08

1t is essential to the production of
clean milk that the cows be kept out
Of the mud
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08
THE GOSSIP
OF CHICAGO
Hot Summer Days Bring Problems
for the Poor to Solve.
New Child Labor Law Causes Dim
culties and Floods the Vacation
SchooIs-The Beer Gardens Do
a Thriving Business.

Chicago.-What to do with the chill
dren during the school vacation period
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08
The Babies of the Ghetto.

It is not only the children of school
age that need the care of the charitably
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08
The Vacation schooIs,

The vacation schools were not created |
by the same law that forbids the labor
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08

The average weight of dirt which
falls from muddy udders during milk
ing is 90 times greater than that which
falls from the same udders after wash
ing, and when the udders are but
slightly soiled it averages % times
greater
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08

Anti-SalOOn Movement.
There is one section of the city which
has this year dispensed with the luxury
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08
To Keep the Crows AWAY.

All sorts of devices are in vogue to
brighten crows from the cornfeld. One
of the most simple and effective is an
old looking-glass. IF part of another
is affixed to the back SO much the bet
ter, but the one side will keep the var
minis guessing while the corn is get
ting beyond their reach. The plan is to
nail two or three-foot arm to an up
right, and from this arm suspend the
glass by bit Of cord, say three feet
long. The slightest disturbance in the
air sets it winding up only to run down
again, the while flashing it's peculiar
light over large area. This easily
constructible, inexpensive device at
tracted the notice of a flock 20 rods or
more away. Not crow has been seen
to alight on the field since the glass
was set agoing.