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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-19
THE SUN COMES PEEPlN. THRo.

How love the dear old haymow
And the perfume of the hay,
And to listen to the sparrows
In the rafters hard at play;
And to watch the dancing dust notes,
Sometimes yellow, sometimes blue,
-durrying out the little knot hole
Where the sun comes peepin' through:
And to hear the cattle munchins
In the comfortable stall,
And to see the calves a romping,
Now and then to hear them bawl;
Then to see the mother coming
With willow switch or shoe,
And watch her through the knot hole
Where the sun comes peepin' through!
Then to tread the horseless thrasher,
And turn the tanning mill,
And climb up to the pigeon nests
And sit there awful still;
Then spy the folks upon the porch,
And wish they only knew
What fun to watch them through the
knot hole
Where the sun comes peepin' through!
How I wish I could live aver
Those scenes which come to me,
Through the long and winding alley
OF my clouded memory;
And hear the voice of dear mother,
With a tenderness so true
And watch her through the knot hole
Where the sun comes peepin through!
w. A. Engard, in Springfield (Mass.)
Republican.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-19
GIRLS TaOUSERED AT PLAY.
Innovation That Has Added Much
to the Comfort of
Children.

1--WE seen women riding astride on
horse and wheel" said a woman who had
been out of the world long time, land
I've seen the new style gymnastic suits
and bath suits and various other inno-
vations that custom now sanctions for
woman's benefit But to my mind the
play dress for little girls is the most rad
ical and far-reaching Improvement OF
the age.
''The first time that I saw my little
friend Dorothy, we'll grown for ten years,
arrayed In her blue trouser overalls for
an afternoons romp in the yard, | was
surprised, of course. But such figure
of untrammeled content as the child pre-
sented! There was no frock skirt and
petticoats to hamper and catch onto
things and require care lest they get
spoiled nr torn. There was free swing
for the limbs, and at the same time en-
tire security for the small person and her
mother that no conventionalfties were
being outraged by the frolic.
eff girl of that age in my day had
had in her wardrobe bifurcated gar
ment to play in she would have had to
wear it close within doors, where nobody
could see, else there would have been a
cry that her mother was bringing Ter up
on wrong principles. A child's creeping
apron was the only form VT play dress
then allowable.
''The fashion of letting the small girl
go as she pleases in off hours within the
home precincts of garden, lawn or back
yard will give the woman Of the future
better health and stamina than was her
mothers and grandmother's erdow-
ment."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-19
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NICE BANANA DISHES.
Three Recipes Which Are Worth
Filling Away for Days When
Other Fruit Is Scarce.

When other fruit is scarce bananas
are very useful and most popular These
dishes are all excellent, says the Chi
cago News:
Banana fritters-Peel and slice the
fruit lengthwise, using silver knife.
Scatter the slices with sugar and over
all put little rum, liquor or wine, and
soak for a quarter of an hour. Have
ready a good frying batter which has
soaked an hour. Dip each piece of ba-
mana into it and fry to golden brown
in deep fat Drain and serve on nap
kin, with sugar.
Baked bananas-Select large ripe ba-
nanas, cut off all stalk and put on piece
of buttered paper in a steady oven.
Bake slowly till the skins begin to split,
then remove all the skin, put the fruit
on an entree dish and garnish with
stiff1y beaten cream. Scatter over glace
cherries.
Bananas and sirup-Heat in a china
and raspberry juice, sweetened to taste.
(This may be made from preserve if de-
sired.) When boiling drop into it one
dozen peeled bananas and simmer very
gently for 20 minutes. Add few drops
of lemon juice. Remove the bananas,
boil up the strip, and when it is thick
pour over the fruit. N. B.-To produce
the strip from preserves boil it in water
and strain through a cloth.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-19

always should be- of playing for a
minute or cuddling the little, round,
warm, bare body before you settle
down to business. Colds don't come
that way. And babies have such a
horrid way of growing up.
Now put that baby on the table
on it's back. apologies to Miss Baby.(
With clear water wash his face and
head, using plenty of water, so that
he blinks and splutters under the del
uge he'll have no doubt of the nature
of the event that's Detailing him.
Wipe his face on the linen towel,
SO that it may not become chapped.
Then take soap-lots of soap-and wa
ter, too, upon the sponge and cover
his whole small person with a good
lather, paying special attention to the
creases, where the fat rolls UP on his
neck and arms and legs.
When he looks like frosted cake,
he's ready for the tub. While he Is
splashing in the warm water move the
bath towel over so that dry portion
rests on the table. Now, with last
dip and splash for good measure, lift
ulI Jul O11 IuC IdO1O, lO1U LuC lily CI1u
of the towel over him, and rub him
briskly. You can polish him off in
your lap if you want to, using the lit
tie old linen towel to supplement the
bath towel, which will be by this time
pretty wet. Slip cotton pad across
your knee before you take him, and
when he is at last thoroughly dry give
him a good rubbing and legs,
and shoulders, especially with the
palm of your hand. He'll like it, and
SO will you.
No powder! If he be thoroughly
dried he doesn't need it.
If you've left any small pools of
water on him all the powder in ths
world won't dry them out, and you'll
have a raw and angry looking skin to-
remind you of your carelessness or
haste, or both.
Now he's ready for his clothes, his
your bath hour wisely SO that he is
neither too hungry nor too sleepy.
you'll find that your baby will enjoy
every moment of such bath, since
from beginning to end he has been
perfectly comfortable.
The only time he is likely to dis
play any indignation is when his
clothes go on-the protest of the fres
man, the untrammeled savage, against
the hampering conventions of civilized
life!
Now just a word as to the hour OF
the bath, and this lecture is ended
Everybody knows that bath, proper
ly given, is most soothing and sleep
inducing. Al; mothers count on this
factor should-to help them beguile
their offspring into long mornings
nap. AS most little babies are ready
for a feeding between nine and ten
o'clock in the morning. good half
hour before bottle time" is the right
time for the plunge. 1t sometimes
happens, however, that some slight ir-
regularity in the feeding occurs, and
the bottle must be given an hour or
more before bottle time" To far toe
many mothers this means trotting to-
sleep, or rocking TO sleep, or, worst
of all, walking to sleep, afterwards
Don't! After the baby is clean ans
dressed give him warm milk in his
bottle. He'll take it most gratefully
and be off into dreamland in no time.
while you go away to your marketing
serene in the consciousness of gnoI
deeds well done.-Chicago Tribune.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-19

q n HERE is only one good way to
battle baby That only few
- mothers know about it is no
fault of mothers as a class, but is due
to the fact that there is only one ply
stefan in Chicago whose nurses are
trained in it. For (the truth must
be told) it was father, not a mother,
who thought out this bit of nursery
wisdom. It's as simple, too, as it is
good. This is how you do it:
Add to the furnishing of your nur-
sery small table. An ordinary kitch-
en- table, with few inches sawed off
its legs will do, although one that ID
lighter and more easily handled is bet
ter. The only real requisite is that
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-19
HIGH ART IN SERVING.
Raspberry Ice Cream I'm PineRryI0
Shell Is a Novelty of Cen
uine Attractiveness.

Cut off the top of large pineapple.
then with a strong spoon scoop out
the pulp, separating it from the hard
core, which should be rejected. Sugar
the fruit, let it stand some time, then
pour Off one cupful of juice. Trim the
pineapple-shell at the bottom, so it
will stand firm, and chill in the re-
frigerator. Mash well one pint of red
raspberries, add one-fourth of a cupfuI
of water, one-half cupful of sugar, and
the pineapDle-juice, and cook the mix
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-19
THE ENID
Wrote Rock While Waiting for Wife.

Madame de Genlis, in a work on
Time" tells US that the famous
Chancellor D'Aguesseau, observing
that his wife always delayed 10 or II
minutes before she came down to dim
T,er, and, reluctant to lose so much
time daily, began the composition OF
a work which he prosecuted only
while thus kept waiting. At the end
of Is years, book in three quarto
volumes was completed, which ran
through three editions, and was held
In high repute. Madame de Genlis
profted by this example. Having to
wait at the dinner hour in the Palais
Royal for Madame de Chartrea, who
was always Is or 20 minutes late, she
utilized the time by copying Selec-
ton of poems from eminent authors.
1t is told of a German critic that he
could repeat the entire ''Iliad" of
Homer with scarcely an error. How
many years, think you, did he spend
in depositing the immortal epic In bis
brain? Years he had not to spare,
or months, or weeks, or even entire
days, for he was a physician in the
full tide of practice; but he con:rived
to store in his memory the "a hooks
of the old bard of "Scio's rocky isle"
in the brief, disconnected snatches of
time while hurrying from one patient
to another. DR.. Mason Good, cele-
brated English physician, performed
a similar feat, having contrived 80
translate the whole of Lucretius dur
ing his long walks in London to visit
his patients.-William Mathews, in
Success.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-19
Those Who ROOst.

Ncwcome-They tell me hens never
lazy eggs at night. Did you know
that?
Subbubs-Oh yes.
Strange, isn't it?"
Not at all. All the hens are
ROSTERS at night, you Phil
adelphia Press.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-19
One Trouble.

of course" said Nuritch, self
complacently, ''it's something to be
e self-made man, but then it's got
its drawbacks.''
that's So" replied Peppery. "You
cant blame it on anybody else, for
Observation-Disclosures Press.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-19
How to Treat a Bru;.e,

The best treatment for bruise is an
Immediate application of hot fomenta-
lions. After that witch hazel, vinegar
and hot water, or alcohol and water.
put on with bandage and often mois-
tened
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-19
In a Case of Poison wv

In case of poison ivy try solution
of baking soda or a weak solution of
sugar of lead. Mackerel brine from the
kit in the farm cellar or tomato from
the vines will also be found effectuaI.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-19
he KIDNAPPED
MILLIONAIRES
A Tale Of Wall Street
and the Tropics * *
BY FREDERICK u. ADAMS

Copyright, 1901 by Lothrop Publishing Company
All rights reserved.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-25
Where John Wilkes Booth Lies.

A Baltimore correspondent of the New
ork Sun writes as follows. regarding the
urial of John Wilkes Booth:
Captain E.N. &Hilliard, of Metropolis,
l., recently told a story in which he
sserted that he was one of four pr1yates
no carried the body OF Booth from the
. ID Capitol prison in wa shington, to a
unboat which conveyed them about ten
niles down the Potomac, where the body
.as sunk. This is emphatically denied
~ Henry w. Mears, an undertaken OF
his city. q
at the close of President Johnson's
ADMINISTRATION" said Mr.. Mears few
lys. ago. she granted permit for the
emoval Of the assassin's body. J ohm A
Weaver removed the body to the building
am now occupying, and though It had
en- inferred nearly four years. II. was
u a fairly good state Of preservation. s
Prior to that time the Booth lot was
Baltimore Cemetery; then they secured
he one in sGreenmohnts Cemetery, where
cost Of that illustrious family now sleep.
unius Brutus Booth and his wife. Mary
nm Booth.arest' there. Since their inter
lent other members of the family have
cen buried there, DR.. Joseph A. Booth.
Tho died recently in New Jersey. being
he last He was the youngest son of
IT, SSAASA "
edwin Booth and OF John Wilkes Booth.
'reside lent sLincoln's ASA SSH.
81 saw the body of John Wilkes Booth
owered into the grave, and for many
ears have had charge OF the lot. While
edwin Booth was alive he evinced a de-
sire to beauty It, and sent for me to arr
ange the details. Each grave was dis
f.ussed. but when that sof II ohm Wilkes
3ooth attracted his attention he turned
ONE and said:
sss.sS.tI. et II remain as It is-unmarked.'ss"
While John wi likes Booth was the assas-
sinsof a. Preside Of the United States
neutrality-suspicious. upon his head the con-
slemnation Ola patrio Il ma ton. vet there
.1resmany features IN his life which APP
5pealsto the intellig gent classes sof this
and !. and there are many interesting
5eplsodes of his career not generally.
known.
Observation-Disclosures sof being
The chief stage upon which Booth pliysd
hi0s somaptlc part. and thaee# ars@naAny
n - ellscllsN1o
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-25

treasure up "reminiscences Of his missuid.
ed genius.
Edward NJ. sAlfriend. of Richmond. Va,
recently talked of Booth, and among
other things, had this to say of him:
Edwin Booth once said to me: John
Wilkes had the genius of my father; and
was far more gifted than L. Many old
actors who saw him in his last years. be-
fore his terrible and insane deed at Wash
ington. have told me that they never saw
SO great a performance as he gave OF
Richard III. and other great parts. In
Richmond he played under the name of
John Wilkes, and never used his own
name, until his brother Edwin, came to
the city to play Hamlet
t..He then played Horatio to his BROTH
er's Hamlet, and his name was given in
the bills as John Wilkes Booth. AT the
close Of the play. when the usual call
came for Edwin Booth, the curtain was
run up and he came down the stage
Leading John Wilkes by the arm. Point
Ing to him, he said: I think he has done
well, don't you?' From the audience
came cries of Yes, yes, and thunders Of
applause. .l3
s e. John Wilkes EBooth.swas little taller
than his brother Edwin, possessed his
intellectual and beautiful eyes, with great
symmetry of feature specfall5es fine fore
head and curly, black hair. He was as
handsome as a Greek god. 1t is saying
"a good deal but he was much hand
=somer man than his brother Edwin. He
possessed # voice very much like his
brother s.. melod ious, sweet. full and
strong. and was a.. contaminated elocu-
Zionist. E
was great admtrer OF those
Greek and Roman characters that are
deemed Sexponentss Of popular liberty and
heroic patriotism. IN this he went all
most to radical ism. OF the Brutuses he
was an especial admirer. and ] shall
never forget his recita ton of Brutus's
speech in Julius Caesar. IN defence Of
his sshare..in the assassina ton, and With
what force he rolled out the line:
MY ancestors did from the streets OF
Rome
The arquin drfvas & ST.
HE Hsatd i to me: OF all 1hAkespeare't
like Brutu1 tho sbsatexoept-
.lnes oulys I1ar..s There 80 no doubt thaf
shosstndys of and me- ttaxi Xh0ss
s1Aaln 80
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-25
M...a chu.ett. co.rt custsra.

New York Commercially
Justice Barker, OF the Massachusetts,
Supreme Curt. which sits this month
sat Salem. appears on the bench Ia q robo.
The custom Is not general In the courts
OF the Bay State. Essex county being one
of the few places having this distinctive
court dress The High Sheriff ard hiet
sittings.
The Justices robe Ia ono Of black silk,
hanging loosely from the shoulders -
5 the AMI les sssss
Tbs Sheriff still keeps up the old cus.s
tom Of preceding the Judge to the bench
with his light wand In hand AAa
procIaiming IN loud tones: Court
The Sheriff staH ID one Of the To-
relics off anc4entscustouna.sa and sdAAae 49,
{ "a tia days ef Rome and EO1 ~
the 1ioss Of every court 90 a ~
crisr closes With the thrtsf itsalszS1
& 1avo.@ p91ye4::
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-25
that mental condition which induced his

that mental condition which induced his
murder of President Lincoln
Il was talking with Edwin Booth at
The Players one day and remarked to
him. Mr.. Booth, there is an incident in
the nations history to wnich I would like
to allude. He promptly comprehended,
and replied with fla ring eye and con-
striction of the lips. You mean that
affair at Washington. could not ap-
prove what he debut he was my broth
err The last words were uttered with
great emotion.
Tt is an interesting fact that Edwin
Booth never desisted from his patient and
quiet endeavor to recover the body OF
John Wilkes Booth until he delivered it
to his mother in Maryland OF John
Wilkes Booths burial there can be no
doubt. John T. Ford, the Baltimore
theatrical manager, and Charles B.
Bishop, the comedian. both told me that
they witnessed. for Edwin Booth, the
Sexhuming Of the body, identified It and
sent it to his mother. This should set
at rest the persistent rumor. that he is
stillsa alive.
AS to the dramatic genius OF John
Wilkes Booth. I can speak with pro-
fessionaI authority. It was of the high
est order. and had he lived his fame and
8s'oSSSASo33aa thai MS
father The father never saw, but
nearly every great actor from Edwin For
rest down to the present day have seen
md heard. and except Forrest and that
brilliant cratic genius Edwin Adams
John. Wilkes Booths genius exceeded
them ALL AS have So. ID he was great
4admirer OF Lear. I cont think hts genius
would ever have made his rendering Of
the part equal 70 Forests. but he was
nm unequalled Richard III. and would
have made tie greatest Page. Hamlet.
Cassius. Othello. Macbeth, Coriolanns.
Charles fMosr and similar parts IN plays
like The aming Of the sShrew.s he, Ia q
achieved distinction before he died. He
acted with q brilliant dazh ana sweep
that wesse irresistible.
To Women In. such parts he was an
tmperieus fascination. They idolized him.
sLearlsand Booths genius were not quite
m q l,a rmony. He did not have the largo
tphysicsl proportions essential to per-
Torrance ofs the subl:mest lof snakes
speare'a schafactsIs Edwin forest an.
and was.the greatest Lear tAasstaeA has
ever sesns OnD In PhtladsIphia when
kotng oyar With ". Forrest 81 ls5l
g ehA1a1Dssr ~ In
6 1bssl "a =
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-25
HIS DANGER.
nm IDLE REPORTERS TERRIBLE
Feat on a STEP LADDER.
HONG 4. JAPANESE PARAsoL.
i Fortune Can BE Made in stock
ane., Provided They are the Kind
Tint childrcn CAME Wear ons-
why Farmer. are Cutting Ice.

i large circle OF aomir1ng 1r1enns. not
1 to mention Two CT three life insurance
companies. will shu6der when announce
that quite recently was very near
deaths door Not that / was sick. how
ever; on the contrary. j have been as
preIl as man could be OF late. barring
d grumbIing headache. and q slight touch
OF rheumatism and the ch'lblafns, and the
usual tendency OF my liver to take
vacation Just after the holidays The
day was near deaths door was the
day hung the Japanese parasol on the
ceiling over our gas Jet In that nota-
Bile Incident figured the CommandeT-in-
chief. the step.iadder. and myself, not to
mention the thirteen matrimonial 'ac-
cessories after the fact who were dodg-
5 Ing in and out the room while the thrill
ing scene was being enacted
Now. / might as well admit in the be-
ginning that would far rather amuse
myself by shifting dynami cartridge
with blacksmith's hammer than by try
ing to do business with step-ladder.
No sooner do mount one than sacrifi-
cial-lamb feeling comes over me. Before
ascend the plague-it things feel like
kissing all the family good-by. just as
men do when they go up In balloons.
A step-iadder will throw Its best friend
down and what is more. 1t can throw him
down so hard. Milton's description of
the srchangel being cast from heaven
has something in It which to my mind
r. weirdly suggestive Of step-ladders.
II runs something like this:
.Hurled headiong flaming from the cthe-
real sky.
wtth-hideous ruin and combustion. down
To bottomless perdition; there to dwell
In adamantine chains and penal fire"
etc.
The chances for having Miltonian
finish put on such tumble are doubled
and trebled when ones multifarious off
spring. to the number of bakers dozen
are on hand and seek TO play tag between
the legs OF the ladder. But the dangers
inciden, to ordinary chores on the treach-
erous invention are as service in the COM
r.issary compartment compared to lead
ing an Infantry charge. when contra sted
with the performance of hanging Jap
anese parasol on the ceiling. Not till you
try such trick do you know how high
Il twelve-foot room is: not till then do
you know how sweet life is; not tell then
do you positively hate the woman who
made you make the perilous ascent. And
not till then do you fully realize the
fact that step-ladder's legs are more
uobbly than the legs of a man who has
been around to see all his friends on
Christmas-Day.
For the benefit OF those whose domestic
instincts make them love artistic designs
bearing such serene notices as What is
! Home without Bathrobe?" or why
Does Sister Use Ny Razor When CHR
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-25
First STRINGS.

Cleveland Plain Dealer)
When the days begin to lengthsa
And the shadows shorter grow.
# And the rudy sun creeps higher
Where the gray clouds duly ga,
Like starved and 'prisoned thfna
For I'm longing. longing. longing
For the coming Of the sprng-
Oh, hate the winds that blustsh
And hate the chill that blightS
Ard the days of gray depression
And the drear ice-fettered nights.
When the light begins to tength0
Then my heart begins to sing,
For N longing. longing. iongfna
For the coming OF the spring,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-25
eyes flashed. and he said. Sir. / act Ham

eyes flashed. and he said. Sir. act Ham
let, but y am Lear
It Is iamentable that through the iu-
sanity which led to the dark deed in
was h1ngton the genius OF John Wilkes
l Bootn was lost to the American stage.
HIS star went out IN the darkest night.
and through deed that cost the stricken
{ south It's best friend In the North Abra-
& nam Lincoln He alone could have stood
at the end OF the war as the pacifcator
between the North and the South. and
the bullet of John Wilkes Booth robbed
the South Of his genius, his influence. his
noble and kindly heart I believe that II
the truth could be known John Wilkes
Booth In his insanity lost his identity In
the denrious fancy that he was enactinR
the role of B-utus and that Lincoln vaa
his Julius Caesar"