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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-11-09
Fertilizers Tested.

Bulletin No. 253 Of the New York
Agricultural Experiment Station Gen
eva) gives the results of analyses Of
commercial fertilizers for the spring
1904. There were collected 46S sam
pies representing 81 different brands.
While eighty-One of these brands fell
short of their guarantees in nitrogen,
twenty-nine brands in available phos-
phoric acid and seventy-five brands in
potash, general average of all shows
that the guarantee was exceeded in
these ingredients. Farmers who are
purchasing commercial fertilizers
should send for this bulletin in order
to ascertain the standing Of the goods
they are using.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-11-09
IN CASE OF A RUNAWAY.
What Is Best to Do in Order to Avoid
Serious Injury.

What Is Best to Do in Order to Avoid
Serious Injury.
Some forty years ago, when first [
began to handle horses, [ asked my
father:
What shall 1 do if a horse starts to
run awayY'
"Sit tight keep your mouth shut and
trust in the Lord was his response.
Prolonged experience has taught me
that there is no better general rule for
application in a runaway.
To sit tight is Of prime importance.
A runaway horse gets over the ground
at about the speed Of an accommo6a-
ton train; and how many men would
think Of risking life and limb in a leap
from a train? The average man, in
jumping from a trolley car after it has
slowed down and before it has stopped,
is put to some difficulty to retain his
footing. What hope, then, would he
have Of maintaining his equilibrium af-
ter leaping from madly careening
buggy or runabout, or the back of a
flying horse?
My two score years of observation
has taught me this one fact above all
others-that four out Of every five per-
sons who are either seriously injured
Or killed in runaways have brought cal
amity upon themselves by failing to sit
tight.
Therefore, 1 say to the man, never
jump. You are safer ON the horse OF
in the buggy where your only danger
is that it may turn over with you. But
that is to be feared far less than the
consequences Of jumping. In the first
place it happens infrequently. In the
second, if it does turn over, your fall
will not be SO great as If you had
jumped, and, if you are cool and quick,
you can certainly grab hold of some
thing, thus preventing your being
hurled through the air, or breaking
your fall. Then, too, with the vehicle
overturned the average horse either
slows up or stops altogether, in either
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-11-09
The Perennial Plants.

More and more people who love flow
.ers are getting into the way of grow
ing the old-fashioned flowers such as
the sweet william, hollyhock, larkspur
and others familiar to most people who
have reached middle life This class
of plants are among the easiest to
grow and are particularly useful on
the farm grounds where it is not al
ways easiest to care for tender plants
over winter The one complaint about
hardy perennials is that they are not
so profuse in blooming the second sea-
son of Towering. With many Of the
classes this may be remedied by plant
ing the seeds as soon as they ripen, in
the late summer, in the places where
you want the plants to grow and
bloom
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-11-09
Plea for Organization.

There seems to be no good reason
why an organization among farmers
for mutual benefit should not be as
successful as similar organizations IN
other lines. It is not intended that
such organization should increase the
cost Of farm produce to the consumer,
for this is unnecessary. But there is
certainly room for a plan which will
enable the producer to market his
crops at a price which will give him
a fair return for his labor.
The subject is too large to treat ex-
haustiyely in one item, for there are
many essential things to do to make
such an organization a success. The
idea is worth serious consideration,
but it must be based on business prin-
ciples, the lack Of which has caused
the failure of nearly every attempt at
organization among soil workers. Here
are a few Of the things which must
be done to win success: Every mem
Der should bear a proportion Of the
expense in accordance with the pro-
portion of his crop to that of other
members. Crops Of unequal quality
should be mark eted on their merits.
In other words, the grower of infe-
rior fruit or any other crop, must not
expect to share equally with the man
whose shipment is of the first grade.
The manager should be selected with
care and then be given proper control.
If these few essentials seem too for
midable, work up to them by combin-
ing with one or two growers whose
crops are of the same quality as your
own and select a good commission
man and all work together. A year
or two in this line will give you faith
in the larger organization plan-In-
dianapolis News.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-11-09
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
FOR HOLD-UP MEN.
Chicago Grand Jury Recommends That
Severer Laws Be Framed in Re-
gard to This Crime

Chicago, ILL.,, Nov. 5.-Capital punish
ment for highway robbery is formally
recommended in a grand jury report sub
mitted in court here today. The report
says:
In view of the prevalence Of the phase
of crime known as 'hoid-up, we would
respectfully petition the next General AS
sembly to frame seyerer laws bearing
thereon, even to the extent of capital
punishment for such offenders. Any man
who with firearms commits a robbery in
the street, does SO with murder in his
heart, and murder following it is but an
after result
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-11-09
= y Chicago Items. u -

James Brewer, aged 13. was fatally
shot by James \. Strong, aged 16, While
shooting at a target.
Henry Whitman, 80 years old, gro
Ger, dropped dead while drinking with a
number Of men in a saloon.
Charles Bader, years old, died sud
denly at his home from strangulation re-
sulting from an attack Of bronchitis.
As the result of injuries he sustained
October %, when he was struck by Il
street car, August Maier died at his
home.
John Pizlarslle. aged il years, was
probably fatally injured by falling down
an elevator shaft while paying i'll a
building.
james Tuggy was killed by an engine
on the tracks of the Chicago Il Western
Indiana railway. He was 40 years old
and unmarried.
Blood poisoning resulting from q nail
wound in his foot was the cause Of the
death of John Hogan, 10 years old, at
the county hospital.
A violin 100 years old and valued at
$4,000 was stolen from a strong box in
the home of Vlatislaz Mudrock, an aged
professor Of music.
Joseph Riley, boy who was struck
While trying to jump across the tracks
in front of a passenger train, died at
the county hospital.
George Barry died suddenly of heart
failure at his home in Wilmette. He was
one Of ChicagOS earliest citizens, having
been born here siXtythree years ago.
State Senator Edward j. Rainey and
two companions were thrown out and
severely injured when a buggy in which
they were riding was struck by a Hal
Sted street car
John Cannon was killed and two 9TH
ORG a1 n when
a wagon in which they were riding was
struck by a freight train on the Grand
Trunk railway tracks.
Forty detectives from central station
attended the funeral Of Detective Frank
Mcdonnell. The death of Mcdonnell
came after six weeks illness at his home
He had been a policeman for fifteen
years.
Peter Conrad was probably fatally
burned by an explosion of gasoline. a
comrade was badly burned. They were
sent to get a supply of gasoline for a
fruit stand and lit match to assist
themselves.
-Ill-feeling existing between Charles
Barrett and Louis Tessitone resulted IL
the stabbing of the latter in the saloon
of Bertana & Chiappe. Tessitone was
taken to the Passavant hospital In an
ambulance. His condition is said to be
critical.
One of the largest meteorites ever
found in America is on its way from Mt.
Sterling, KY, to Chicago to be placed in
Northwestern university. The meteoritc
was purchased by H. b. Kinsolving from
Jessie Turney Of Paris, Ky, and j. E.
Gaitskill, agents for the Ewing heirs.
The meteorite fell on the Ewing lands in
Bath county. The price was $500.
Arthur G. King, for years in business
in Chicago died at Oakland, Cal, from
heart disease. Mr.. King was manager
Of the western branch of the tea i'm
porting firm of Carter-Macey & Co. of
New York, of which he was a partner
Less than twenty-four hours after his
arrival in Chicago, t. G. Mcpherson, a
nurseryman Of Troy, o., was found dead
in a ditch half filled with water near the
east approach to the Madison street
bridge He fell in the ditch while drunk.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-11-09
Not a Continuous Performance.

A year or SO ago, when President
Roosevelt was making a trip through
the West, says the New York Herald,
each town in which he stopped planned
some characteristic performance to
honor him. One, in which the Presi-
dent was by schedule compelled to re-
main eight or nine hours, made the day
a public holiday and arranged plains
mans sports to amuse the guest.
One of the cowboy riders was
mounted on an especially ill-tempered
beast. His skill in managing the
mount won the Presidents admiration.
'.Do you ride all the time? Mr..
Roosevelt asked the Westerner.
The rider curbed his steed a second
and replied:
mo I stop for meals"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-11-09

of which events it will be an easy mat
hicle before the beast takes it into his
head to renew his fight, or for some
one to be at his head to check him.
To the woman, l say, never jump!
Such a course is infinitely more peril
Gus for her than man. Woman is so
encountered with her clothes that, even
with the horse going at a comparative
ly easy gait, her skirts would surely
trip her when she ran forward in an
effort to keep her feet; and 1t is thus
falling head forward to the ground
that causes fractured skulls, the force
being so great that the arms, though
they are thrust forward in an instinct
i've effort to protect the head, are little
or no protection.
Again the odds are very heavy that
the woman, in an effort to jump,
would get her skirts caught in d wheel.
| have known this to occur many times.
But I would take care that my skirts
were gathered up" you say. That Is
what friend of mine told me ten years
ago. A week later her skirt caught in
q wheel, she was dragged the length Of
several city blocks along a country
road, and when finally released she had
received injuries from which she died,
and her body was mass Of bruises
from head to foot.
No woman can gather her skirts so
carefully as to remove the probability
of their catching in the whirling
spokes.
Sit tight, everybody. Also keep your
mouth shut.
The average man shouts wildly, and
the average woman screams hysteri-
cally when in runaway. Both meth
DDS are equally pernicious. Your cries
only tend to excite the horse further,
and to make him run the harder Your
open mouth in it's effect on the horse is
on a par with the swildly swung hat
of a citizen with good intentions who
rushes out in the roadway when a run
away happens his way. Then, too, the
more you shout or scream the more
excited YOU become, and the first thing
you'll be doing is what you should new
er do-jumping.
Keep your mouth shut, not only
when the horse is running away, but
also keep it pretty well shut when a
horse is FESTIVE. A calm, cool voice is
the commanding voice, calling forth
obedience in man and beast alike.
How to Pull On the Lines.
If you are driving get well over the
horse to pull OH the lines-to pit your
strength and ingenuity against his
strength alone Most persons lean away
back the moment horse starts run
ming. Don't. You place yourself at a
disadvantage by getting farther away
from the horses mouth, the fulcrum,
as it were.
Instead, lean well forward, and,
bracing yourself firmly on your feet,
grasp the lines as far over the horses
loins as you can without endangering
your balance You will find that you
can get we'll out over the horse and
still run no risk of being drawn over
the dashboard. This position will give
YOU control of the lines and you will
be able to feed them out and pull them
in quickly at will.
Do not pull steadily on the reins.
Give and take with the horse. \ steady
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-11-09
Turkeys Grow Fat on Acorns,

A farmer from western Massachu-
setts writes that he has successfully
fattened turkeys on sweet acorns with
very little other food. The turkeys
would go to the oak groves in the
morning and stay there nearly all day,
and soon got themselves into fine mar
ket condition. AS soon as they are
well fattened, they should be sold off,
as they show tendency to go off con-
dition when the supply of acorns be-
gins to fail
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-11-09
HOLD-UP JOKER IS KILLED.
Union Mine Worker Plays Prank and
Pays Penalty with Life.

Springfield, Ill.,, Nov. 5.-James NJ.
Maxwell, president of local union No. 63.
United Mine Workers of America, at
Nirden, was shot and killed by Thomas
Hall, bartender, as the result Of a
hold-up joke. Hall was returning home
after closing the saloon, when Maxwell
stepped from behind tree and ordered
Hall to throw up his hands. Hall, who
had been victim of hold-ups twice re-
Gently, drew revolver and shot Max
well IN the stomach.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-11-09
Code of Marks.

The Fifth Avenue Hotel is one Of
the few in Louisville which still re-
tains the system Of secret marks to
designate the character and standing
of it's guests, says the Courier-J ournal.
The custom Of making these marks is
an old one, and not so many years
ago every hotel had code Of marks
which was known only to the clerks
of the house.
Almost any night the register of the
Fifth Avenue will show a number Of
oddly shaped circles dotted with
broken lines and other marks Of a
puzzling character.
The characters do not mean that the
person marked is crooked, or will
make an effort to beat his board bill.
One Of the marks means that the man
is to have the best that is in the
house; another that he is an old Gus.
toner and can be relied upon to take
anything that is available.
A third may mean that the money
must come in advance or that the
man is a chronic kicker. Some hotel
clerks, especially the older ones, like
this system Of signals and depend
upon it for obtaining information from
the clerk who preceded them on watch
as to the character and standing of
the men who have registered.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-11-09
SHIP AND CREW LOST.
German Bark Pionier Of Bremerhaven,
with Eighteen on Board, Has Gone
Down in the Ocean.

Hamburg, Nov. 5.-The German bark.
PIONEER, of Bremerhaven, from Buenos
Ayres for Hamburg, has been lost with
her entire crew of eighteen.
The PIONEER sailed from Buenos Ayres
April II, for Falmouth, England, and
was posted at Lloyd's as missing Sep
tember H.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-11-09
Mahatma Pierced by $4,000 Arrows.

Srimat Murugasa Swamgal, q pious
Hindu devotee, has conducted the Ka-
vady ceremony with $4,000 silver arrows
pierced in his body
About ten men were engaged fixing
the arrows in the Mahatma's body from
10 a. m. to 2:3O p. N. All being done,
the Mahatma put on a pair of slippers,
spiked with iron, and proceeded from
the Amman temple, owned by the In
dian community, to the new Kandas-
wamy temple, erected by the Jaffuese
Tamils, followed by about 1000 persons,
who sang Deyarums and other religious
songs.
At the temple entrance milk and wa
ter from young cocoanuts were poured
on his feet. Then he was relieved OF
all the arrows.
He did a similar thing some time age
in Penang with 10000 arrows.-Penana
Gazette.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-11-09
Fresh Water on Icebergs.

In confirmation Of the theory that the
great icebergs of the North Atlantic
originate from glacial formations on land,
Capt Hayes of the Gloucester Mass.
fishing schooner Admiral Dewey reports
that on his recent trip to Davis strait the
crew obtained supply of fresh water
from the melting of ice on the tops of
the bergs
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-11-09
TWO KILLED IN WRECK,
Several Severely Injured-Marble Train
Runs Off Trestle Into Pond.

Atlanta, Ga, Nov. 5.-As a result Of
wreck on a branch line of the Atlantic,
Knoxville q Northern railroad near Ball
Ground, Ga, late yesterday, two men
are dead and several seriously injured
The dead:
HARRISON, JAMES p, Bail Ground.
GADDIS, A. c., Ball Ground.
A marble train ran off Il trestle into
& pond.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-11-09
A Make-Shift Ice House.

A New York dairy farmer secured a
supply Of ice which lasted nearly all
summer by packing it in one end of a
shed which was foored with poles,
filling with ice, partitioned with slabs
battened with boards, the spaces
around the ice filled with sawdust.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-11-09
Small Yards for Poultry.

Small Yards for Poultry.
When it is not possible to supply a
range Of . considerable size for the
fowls and they must be practically
kept in yards, an excellent plan is to
divide the yard into two or three Sec
lions, according to its size, and treat
them in the following manner: Plow
or spade each yard, and in one or two,
if divided into three spaces, plant some
early vegetables that will require some
cultivation = radisheS, for example.
When the crop is taken out, turn the
fowls into this yard and plant the
others in the same way. When the
yards are divided into three, one of
them may be prepared thoroughly and
grass seeds or oats Or millet sown in
it, with the vegetables in the second
yard, while the fowls occupy the third.
When the grass or small grain gets
two or three inches high, turn the
fowls in this yard and SOW the soil in
the yard they occupied, in a like man
ner By the time they have cleaned
out the grass lot, the one in which the
vegetables are grown will be ready for
them to scratch oyer It is surprising
how we'll the fowls will do under this
plan, even though each yard is very
small
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-11-09
Look Out for Ticks and scab.

Your sheep should be carefully
looked after before winter. Ticks and
scab should be removed. It does not
pay to feed ticks on expensive food
during the winter months.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-11-09

Burch, with a number of holes in the
uprights at the ends Of the trough so
it can be adjusted to suit different
sized hogs. The top piece or rail can
be taken out in cleaning out the
trough. A trough of this kind is al
most always clean and such a thing
as mud is unknown about a trough Of
this kind /"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-11-09

ing their fresh appearance, prevent
ing accumulation Of mould on the stem
or at the calyx, lessening the decay
and preventing evaporation from the
fruit. Little difference was noticeable
in the efficiency Of the different wrap
pers. 1t is believed that with all fancy
fruit for long keeping wrapping is
worthy Of commercial consideration.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-11-09
Fruit in Wrappers,

Wrapping fruit in tissue, parchment,
paraffin or newspaper has been found
to prolong the storage season Of winter
apples and l@.e-keeping pears, preserv"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-11-09

pull will break down q very strong
ject is to hurst your wrist strength.
1t is all important to make it last IN
til you tire out the horse, or get the
better of him by some trick Of the
reins. Try a steady pull and you throw
away your strength.
A steady pull soon hardens and
numbs a horses mouth, just as con-
tinuouS pain deadens. But give-and-
take pull is akin to the jumping tooth
ache in effect. Because there is an in
terval between jumps, the ache never
deadens.
See-sawing often works wonders.
Many horse ID running away, literal
ly gets tho bits in his teeth; hence the
expression. A little see-sawing will
compel him to loosen his hold on the
metal. Then, by further vigorous see
saving send the metal cutting vicious
ly into the flesh, first on one side OF
the mouth, then on the other; and be
sure that you give a loose rein on the
side on which you are not supposed to
pull.
Besides tending to stop the horse
through pain, see-sawing jerks him
more or less out of his course by send
ing his head suddenly from side to
side.
Throwing is trick of last resort and
requires not a little strength. It is an
effectual way Of stopping runaway.
To throw horse, drop one line, cen
ter all your strength on the other, and,
having grasped it as close to his mouth
as you safely can, give it sharp,
hard pull-your very hardest. And
here's hoping that his head all sud
denly comes back sidewise and next
instant he falls on his knees or COM
pletely between the shafts. During
the respite, if no one runs up to your
assistance, your wife or child can clear
the buggy with safety while you are
still pulling hard on the line. Or, if
you are alone, all you need to do is to
leap clear Of the standing vehicle,
which, mark you, is far different
proposition than that Of jumping from
a moving one.
For see-sawing, throwing-in fact,
for the better control Of a horse at all
times-I would advise a Touring snaf-
fe bit When the horse behaves him
self the bit is comfortable. When he
gets ugly it can be made an exquisite
instrument of torture.
Some horses are known among horse
men as pullers. When under control
they tax strong mans wrists. Run
ming away, they are the despair Of
strong men. If you find that you have
a puller, your play is not to pit your
pulling powers against his, but to
| throw him.
If your horse is running away on
country road where you will have q
comparatively clear course, hold that
under ordinary circumstances you
should let him run for it and tire him
self out. which he will eventually. Of
course YOU can hasten this eventually
by iudicious pulling. There will be
very little danger of the vehicle turn
ing over on the average country road,
for the bends are not sharp enough.
In the city, on the other hand, if you
find that see-sawing is of no avail and
YOU cannot throw him, run the beast
into something. Try to make that
something heavy, like the rear end Of
truck or a stone wall or sturdy
tree. The only thing you will be like
" to hurt is the horse. The truck sure
ly will not be injured, and you won't.
for the horse will get all the force Of
the compact.-Kansas City Journal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-11-09
Good Pig Trough.

O. G. Burch Of Nebraska, sends
Iowa Homestead a plan for making
pig trough to prevent the hogs get
ting in it. 81 have mine' says Mr.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-11-09
the Seance.

Widower-Is that my wife,
Medium-It certainly Is.
Widower-LorG help me! And to
think that l put ten tons of granite
over her!-Atlanta Constitution.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-11-09

There are 800 American educationa
and philanthropic institutions in the
Turkish empire.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-11-09

Lightning recently struck an Ohio
man and cured him Of rheumatism
so his widow says.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-11-09

TO slip the handle Of the lantern be-
tween, the danger Of knocking it off
is much lessened, although this plan
is not as safe as the snap.