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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-11-18

avs down his pipe and taps one han
With the other.
''Is that mans way?' he demands
No. By heavens, no! If | meet fe.
ow | know and he looks down on hi
.uck do / stand off at feet and surve,
his shiny coat, and his fringed trouser'
and carry on as if [ wouldn't touch hin
with 1O-foot pole? Do /? No, ]
don't. Nor would any other man
Thank the Lord, man isn't made thai
way. We go up and slap our shabby
friend on the back, twice as hard a.
usual and we say, What's the mater
old boy? You look down in the mouth
Come out to dinner with me. That 5
mans way. A woman's-
The Crusty Bachelor laughed little
bitterly and resumed his pipe.
we may be pretty poor creatures.
play that mean, cruel woman's trick on
the shabbiest fellow OH Gods earth. =
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-11-18
What's the Use

What's the use o. CROWN up?
You can't paddle with your toes
In a puddle; you can't tell
When you're feelin' extra well.
Why, every Teller knows
grown-up can't let loose,
/ don't want to be no older
What's the use O. CROWN up?
What's the use?
what's the use o CROWN up?
When I'm big | don't suppose
Explorin' would be right
In d neighbours field at night
| won't like to get my clo'es
All watermelon juice,
l don't want to be no older
What's the use?
What's the use O CROWN up?
You couldn't ride the COW,
An the rabbits an the pig
Don't like you cause you're big.
I'm comfOrtableSt now,
Pr'apS | am a goose;
1 don't want to be no older
What's the use?
What's the use O. CROWN up?
When yer growed, why, every day
You Just have to be one thing.
I'm a pirate, er king,
Err a cowboy-I can play
That I'm anything / choose.
/ don't want to be no older
What's the use?
Selected
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-11-18
Object Of the Home.

HE truest homes are often in houses
not especially we'll kept, where the COM
fort and happiness of the inmates, rath-
CT than extreme tidiness and the preser-
Walton of the furniture, is first consulted.
The object of the home is to be the cen
ter, the pivot on which the family life
turns. The first requisite is to make it
SO attractive that none of its members
shall care to Hnger long outside its limits
All legitimate means should be EMPLOYED
to this end and no effort spared that
can contribute to this purpose There
are many houses called homes, kept with
such waxy neatness by painstaking, anx-
ious women, that are so oppressive in
their nicely as to exclude all home feel
ing from their SpotleSS precincts The
very name Of home is synonymous with
personal freedom and relaxation from
care: solid comfort
But neither Of these can be felt where
such a mania for external cleanliness
pervades the household as to render ev-
housewives, if they see a speck on the
floor or wall, or a bit of thread or pa
per on the floor. rush at it as if it were
the seed Of pestilence, which must be
removed on the instant. Their temper
depends upon theil maintenance of per-
feet purity and order. If there be any
failure on their part or any combination
Of circumstances against them they fall
into pathetic despair and can hardly
be lifted out. They do not see that
cheerfulness is more needed at home
than all the spotlessness that ever shone.
Their disposition to wage war upon i'm
maculateness of any sort increases I'M
til they become slaves Of the broom and
dustpan. Neatness is one thing and
state of perpetual housekeeping quite
another.
Out Of this grows by degrees the feel
ing that certain things and apartments
are too good for daily use. Hence chairs
and sofas are covered and rooms shut
up, save for special occasions, when they
are permitted to reveal their violated ss,-
credness in a manner that mars every
pretense Of hospitality. Nothing should
be bought which is considered too fine for
the fullest domestic appropriation. Far
better is the plainest furniture on which
the children can climb than satin aud
damask, which must be viewed with rev.
erence. When anything is reserved or Sc
Guided, to disguise the fact is extremely
difficult. A chilly air wraps it round, and
the repulsion of strangeness is expert
enced by the most insensible.
Home is not q name, nor form, nor 4
routine. It is a spirit, a presence, prin-
ciple. Material and method will not and
cannot make it. It must get it's light ard
sweetness from those who inhabit it,
from flowers and sunshine, from the SYM
pathetic natures which, in their exercise
of sympathy, can lay aside the tyranny
of the broom and the awful duty of end
less scrubb ing.-Cooking School.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-11-18
WOMAN DISAPPEARS
Catherine Miller of East Orange, N. J..
Is Thought to Have Eloped with
Suspected Forger.

Miss Miller is said to have been infat
uated with Clarence Leonard, whom th'
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-11-18
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.

When she wanted an evening coat this
season l asked how much she thought IL
ought to cost. She said about $50. A
few days later she said she was discour-
aged. She had hunted all over town and
she couldn't get cloak for $50 unless
trimming on it. [ asked if it were posi-
bic that they had the assurance to ask
such a sum for a dowdy garment with
nothing pretty about it. oh, some wom-
en- like dowdy clothes,' she said; their
husbands think they are more ladylike.
So [ raised the ante to $50, and she got
a very pretty cloak, which to me is worth
the price it cost, because it is so easy to
get in and out Of.
The cloak made me think that things
cost according to the f1ummery and frills
on them. so when she proposed getting a
severely simple cloth suit I naturally
jumped to the conclusion that she was in
an economical mood, and that the trip to
Bermuda that / have been planning for a
Christmas present TO myself might be
worked after ALL The suit was very Sc
we're, very simple; in fact, rather stiff.
But it was limp compared to the bill that
came with t. [ asked, purely for infor-
nation. what there was on the coat and
skirt that had made the tailor imagine
that any sensible woman would pay as
much for it as she would for cloak with
a lace collar and white satin lining.
was told that | wasn't intelligent, that it
would be mere waste Of breath to explain
to me. | insisted-and even promised to
think about one of those funny little new
fur stocks that they knot around the
throat this season. Then she said that
plain suit always cost more than a
fancy one, because it has to be made Of
better stuff, and has to be cut more art
fully. l said no more, but why was the
fussy cloak with the f1ummery dearer
than the plain one?
Its the same way with her hats. She
bought one last year that cost as much as
my spring oyercoat. 1t was made of
forget-me-nots. She said that the reason
it cost SO much was that it was SO well
made and would last so long. She also
said that cheap hats were always scantily
trimmed, but that this one had so many
flowers on it that that was why it was 50
pretty. She went up to British Column
bia with me in the spring. / don't think
| exaggerate when [ tell you that she
shed forget-me-nots all along the trail
from here to Puget Sound. That hat
was like the cornucopia Of Proserpina
And when I pointed out the fact that it
could not have been so we'll made or the
flowers would not have moulted SO con-
tinually, she reminded me that if there
had not been such quantity of forget
me-nots to begin with that the hat would
have been bare of flowers after few
weeks wear. Then | asked her frankly
if she didn't think it looked as we'll as
before it had begun to moult, and she
admitted that it did. SO. you see, logic
doesn't apply to hats any more than it
does to women!'-Commercial Advertiser
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-11-18
"a ST0 7 a.
Bears tho >, The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature e. L>XZzzx
Edison's Wew Machine.

Mr.. Edison's new charging Machine
as lie calls his perfected battery which
is to run ones automobile light his house
and cook his meals, costs $d5O but a re-
duction in price is promised
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-11-18
What the Housewife Wants to Know.

Old stockings cut down the seam make
excellent cloths for polishing furniture
and floors, as we'll as soft iron holders.
Gasoline put on stains on white silk
STA as the gasoline will take up, we'll
rubbed in, will generally remove the
stains.
When grease is spilled on the kitchen
table or floor, pour cold water on it at
once to prevent it soaking into the wood.
1t will quickly harden and can be lifted
with knife.
plenty of fine salt over it and sweep. along
the grain of the carpet. Repeat until ev-
cry trace of the SCOT is removed.
In making down pillows go over the
wrong side Of the case with an iron
rubbed we'll with beeswax each time it is
applied to the cloth, to prevent the down
working through the cloth.
Flatirons should be washed every week
and always kept in clean. dry place.
Few housekeepers use sufficient wax in
ironing. Do not allow your irons to be-
come red hot, as they will never again re-
tain the heat.
When winds do blow and there is frost
in the air, put handkerchiefs, collars, cuffs
and ali small articles in the wash to dry
whipping by the wind, they will freeze
dry and be quickly gathered for ironing.
Buy strip Of asbestos cloth at the
hardware store, and use small squares 10
interline your iron holders. Keep a good
sized piece fastened to your ironing board
to save the sheet, and lay a square under
the cable pad where the meat platter
rests.
Do not try to sweep an invalid's room,
but wiring clean cloth out of cold water
to which few drops Of ammonia have
been added. and carefully wipe the car
pet, mating or floor, turning and rinsing
the cloth and changing the water as It
gets dirty.
Cheese cloth or silkoline makes good
busters, and window or box draperies
that are no longer fresh and attractive
should be cut into squares and neatly
kemmed for the purpose. There should
be a sufficient number on hand that they
may be washed as regularly as the face
towels, as they last longer and give more
satisfactory service with frequent wash
ings.
A brides trousseau includes the wear
ing apparel Except dresses) and all the
household linen necessary for two years.
A simple list of the latter includes four
tablecloths. with four or five dozen nap
kins of different sizes: twelve sheets, with
dozen and half pillow cases: two
dozen towels, with dish and kitchen tow
els, doilies, centerpieces, bureau ami
washstand scarfS and other linen pieces
needed about the house.
Teach the boys as well as the girls the
proper way to put the bed clothes to dir
over two chairs in the morning and also
occasionally give the boys a lesson in
simple cooking by having them help pre-
pare breakfast The lad who can make n
good cup of coffee broil a steak and ser7e
them will lose nothing of manliness. but
may find the knowledge useful in after
life.-Katherine Kay in The Pilgrim.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-11-18
Candy and Gossip.

Nduuy anu UOSSip
1t is reported that all the women stem
Grand Trunk railway are to be dis
charged for the reasons hereinafter set
forth, tO-wlt:
Because they are too much addicted to
the chocolate cream and caramel habit.
Because, when not indulging in various
kinds of CONNECTIONS, they are engaged in
nibbling at solid food.
Because they talk too much, and espe-
cially about matters in which the railroad
company as common carrier and a cor
poration organized for profit is not now
and cannot under any circumstances be-
come Interested.
Because the average woman employ
has no thought for the future that is as
ISOLATED with the development of the
co1npany's interests, her main purpose
being to kill time until she finds a hus-
band.
1t is possible that some of these
charges are we'll founded. It is possible
that women employees as rule, and par
ticularly when they are thrown together
in large numbers, are prone to carry
feminine weaknesses into the daily rou-
tine of business life, to the extent of en-
dangering the balance of those masculine
minds which are more or less influenced
by their delightful presence.
tits possible that half dozen caramel-
eating women in a general Office are ca
pable of throwing a well-organized rail-
way system out Of gear and that no
discipline was ever esta blished that has
been sufficiently rigid to prevent the
average woman from forgetting business
If there is anything more interesting al
hand.
But, with this admitted, the fact re-
mains that if candy, lunches and gossip
only can be eliminated, women as a rule
are not only faithful and honest but
competent employees. This fact is we'll
recognized.
Men are net perfect. We believe that
this will be admitted even by railway
managers. And it is frequently the
fault Of the men rather than the fault
Of the women that the women do not
adhere more strictly to the office rules
When there are no men the women do
better. When there are a few men the
women do not do SO well. When there
are as many men as there are women
neither the men nor the women do quite
as we'll as they ought TO do. And man
! is as much inclined now as he was in
the Garden Of Eden to throw the blame
on the woman when anything goes
wrong.
Still, for woman's sweet sake. let us
hope that the action of the railway COM
! pany in question may teach her thar.
while candy, lunching and gossipinc NAV
be all very we'll in their way. from
mans point of view business il husi-
ness.-Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-11-18
Care of Canary.

1t makes ones heart ache to think
how few people out Of the thousands
VINO keep pet canaries understand the
proper care of them. The SUFFERING I'M
posed on these tiny creatures by the
carelessness and ignorance of their oWn>
ers is often very great.
The commonest mistake made is to
feed the canary on bits from the table,
bread, vegetables, eggs, and so forth.
Inns makes it too fat and invokes many
other evils. Ordinary seed, with a little
plantain occasionally. will keen if in gooo
condition A very little hard boiled egg
given once in long. long time may be
beneficial, especially in the moulting sea-
son.
Another serious mistake is to hang the
cage close to window. There never
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-11-18
His Ideas of Her Clothes.

His Ideas of Her Clothes.
L like her to have pretty things to
wear, and I'm perfectly willing to pay
for them, but must say I think that my
obligation should end there. Does it?
Well, | should say it doesn't. I fly home
some evening with tickets for the theater.
There is just about time to dress and
have dinner. The girl is delighted, and
says that she will be ready in iiffy.
I will wear my new dress, she says, and
takes down a box full of tissue paper
and scatters it all over the room, hiding
my waistcoat and tie and covering up the
shirt | meant to put studs in. While |
cooling to herself as she struggles into a
mass of frills and trains. and finally she
calls in muffled voice for help. She has
her head inside of her skirt, but hook
has caught in her hair and she can't get
free. [ get her out CT it, somehow. but
/ usually pull her hair down in the proc
ess, and then it has to be done over, and
that means another half hour of precious
time.
when the dress is three-quarters on I
am called again. [ may be shaving Or
tying my cravat or putting on my over
coat, but have to roll up my sleeves and
go to her aid if l want her to go to the
theater with me.
L do my best to hoodwink an inauis-
tive world as to how she got into her new
of instructions over her shoulder DO be
CAREFUL she says, and don't stick the
hooks into the lace. even if it does look
like loops to you. And be careful about
the piece of silk that is intended to go
under the hooks. Have you found it?
| tell you it is important. Do you want
me TO go out with an open space down
my back? Now use your eyes and see
that the line is straight. The last time
you fastened my frock | was all on one
side, like that village street we saw in
Cape Breton last summer. Now switch
that belt around to the left bit. Is it
straight now? Then fix it. stupid. Such
man! Why, you are no more help
than Fido would be. I wish to heaven
YOU would hurry up and get rich and
have a Japanese valet. They say they
are fine ladies' maids Wait minute,
here are two pins. Don't put them in
your, mouth. Do you see the middle of
act line with the middle of the belt? OF
course you don't understand what
mean. That would have been tee much
to expect, [ suppose. But you don't
want your wife to go around in frumpish
rags and sags fastened up the front. do
enough to keep maid? If you had just
little patience | wouldn't need maid
Sometimes I get so balled up with all
the old frills and hooks and pins and eyes
that make a bolt for the door, and /
don't know how she gets into the things
at all. L suppose there is sort of free
masonry among women whose clothes
fasten in the back. and perhaps she asks
the Iirst stranger she meets to help her.
asked her once how she managed. and
she told me with a freezing glance that
she had to call in the elevator boy.
never asked again
And the Inconsistency of clothes.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-11-18
To the Bride.

Love be true to her; Life, be dear to her;
Health. stay close to her; Joy draw near
to her;
Fortune, lind what you can do for her,
Search your treasure house through and
through for her:
Follow her footsteps the wide world or 9r
Aud keep her husband always her lover.
philadelphia Evening Telegraph.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-11-18
- 49, II. S E Z e..
eaars tha = The Kind You Have Always RGarrn.
= Of ZNZeZl1z

To keep the whole German army in
the field for Il week would cost $50,
100000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-11-18
Where Woman Is Weak.

GAS a general thing l am pretty we'll
satisfied to be Of the masculine persua-
Sion''
The Crusty Bachelor relighted his pipe,
drew few cheerful puffs and spoke with
the complacency of one who had no fault
to find with fate.
There are occasions, however" he con-
tlnued, genially, when [ am more than
satisfied when [ am devoutly, nay, hum
bly, thankful to have been permitted to be
nlan instead of woman"
This was strong language. It elected
the curiosity the Crusty Bachelor lab bored
to excite, as we'll as the feminine sarcasm
which was his just due.
hose occaSions?" he repeated mu-
singly, as he eyed the delicate wreaths of
smoke curling above his head. "Those
occasions? Well, one of them will suffice.
That is when 2 bird of paradise meets a
little brown sparrow; in plain language,
the encounter between a we'll dressed
woman and n shabby woman. Ye gods!
There isn't man on earth who would
be guilty of the deadly inspection Ny
Lady Paradise deals out to Miss Spar
row. She begins at the top of her hat
and sweeps those naughty orbs Of hers
down, down to the very toes of Miss
Sparrcw's shabby little boots. Then up
she goes again, freezing colder every min
ute, until by the time she reaches the
shabby woman's face Madame Paradise
lets loose regular North Pole stare, and
the poor little Sparrow is chilled to the
marrow!
The Crusty Bachelor wakes into ur;n-
territorial verse II his Indignation. He
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-11-24
A Thank-0 Offering.

The people of North Carolina know
that the orphanages of the State
rank among the greatest, most bene-
fcent of our institutions.
An institution which rescues limo
cent, helpless, children from the
wreck of homes, provides for these
little ones the necessities of life,
gives them kind care, advantages of
school and training in industrial
branches, and moral and religious in
struction, surely has the strongest
of claims upon the heartiest sym
pathy and support of all our people.
Many, who have had the care and
training in our orphans homes, are
to-day living upright, Christian
lives. We know not what their lives
would have been without this help at
a critical time, without training in
their childhood.
The Importance, the necessity, of
such work is becoming more and more
appreciated.
At no time in the yea is more
done for this worthy cause than at
Thanksgiving, and the practice of
giving to the support of the desti-
tute, homeless orphan children at this
time is fitting and commendable.
We are glad that Thanksgiving Day
is growing to be distinctively Cor
phans' day" in North Carolina.
Gratitude to God, which must fill
the heart as we mediate upon His
mercies, leads out into service for
humanity.
May the thank-offerings to this
great cause this Thanksgiving mani
fest in a plain, practical manner true
thankfulness on the part of a people
greatly blessed.
May our gifts prove even a deeper
interest in this most worthy work of
caring for and training our most
helpless and needy children.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-11-24
Many Large Planters Are Holding Cot
ton While Small Farmers Are Selling.

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ton While Small Farmers Are Selling.
It is a noticeable fact that practi-
caIy all the cotton being marketed
now is that of the smaller farmers,
very little being sold by the more x
tensive planters. This establishes
the position taken by quite a number
of the best judges of the local a
ket conditions that the larger plant
ers are still holding their cotton
with the expectation of getting at
least 1912, if not Il or Is cents, for
it later in the season. Of the 1874
bales sold yesterday, a prominent
dealer said that there was scarcely
a single one that was from one of.
the county's more extensive growers.
And, too, a large number of these
who do bring their cotton to the mar
ket give their friends to understand
that they have one, two, three or
more bales that they do not propose
to sell yet awhile. That they will
hold it until the spring, even though
they should not realize a higher
price. They reason that were they to
sell now they might spend the money
soon, while if they hold the cotton
there is no chance to let it slip from
them in that way. However, as
prices hold up to and move above II
cents it is hard for many to resist
the temptation to market just one
more bale," and so some of them
gradually cut down their reserve. =
Raleigh Post.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-11-24
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