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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-22
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
The Black Raspberry.


The Rural Home, in an article on the
fruit-garden, has the following in rela-
ton to the black raspberry:
Over large sections of our country
the black raspberry is more reliable for
profits than the red. It is less affected
by summers heat and winters frosts,
and where there are great extremes of
temperature. it would be we'll to plant
these almost exclusively. In our plot
of five acres, for Western New York,
we have appropriated one to the Black
cap. We would give the best two
acres to strawberries and red raspber-
ries, Black raspberries will grow on
lighter soil, but to make them proita-
BILE, the soil should be in condition to
produce $50 bushels Of potatoes, or 60
bushels Of shelled corn per acre.
If the land is elevated, we'll drained,
not inclined to heave, and can be got in
good filth this fall, we would plant tip
roots of the Black-Cap late in October.
You gain something in time by fall
planting, and on such land as we have
specified we think there would be fewer
vacancies next summer among those
planted IN autumn than among those
deferred until spring. We would mark
the rows with small pillow, six feet
apart, and cross with a light marker,
three feet apart, and would set the tips
with our hands, covering about two
inches above the crown. None of the
cane should be left on. Part of
shovelful of fine manure thrown upon
the hill will afford some protection
against the rigors of winter, and add
somewhat to the fertility of the soil.
At the distances named above, it would
require 2, APO plants to set an acre, and
the planter should demand that they all
be strong, well developed roots.
V0rjetjes.-Two varieties of Black
Caps are enough. The kind to follow
after strawberries we should
plant-would be Davison's Thornless.
where there is any doubt of the Davis
on's doing well, Doolittle might be sub
stituted. To follow ten or twelve days
after these commence ripening, we
would plant Mammoth Cluster, and we
would plant two Mammoth Clusters to
every one of the earlier varieties.
Were we starting such a plantation
as we are considering, we should try
100 or 200 plants of the new raspberry
-Ganargua Hybrid. Should that full
fill its present promise, it will probably
be more profitable than the Black-Caps.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-22
Early Melons

A correspondent says: Gardeners
generally find it difficult to get as early
melons as they would like, for the rea-
son that they will not bear transplant
ing. [ have tried way by which they
can be transplanted when wanted
Save all the pasteboard collar boxes,
and fill them with the best soil. ANY
kind of boxes will do; they can be
made of wood with the bottoms tackled
on. After warming the soil, plant the
seeds, about five to a box. They can
now be sunk in a hot bed, or, if you do
not have one, they can be kept in the
house by the stove. When the young
plants are large enough they can be
transplanted. After making the ground
mellow, make hole the size of the box !:
then slip out the bottom, and the earth,
with the plants, will slip through with
out being disturbed. This plan will do
for other plants, and some varieties of
flowers. By starting plants early in
this way several weeks can be gained.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-22
The Household.

MOUNTAIN CAKE.-One cup butter;
three cups white sugar four of -four !:
five eggs, whites beaten separately !;
one teaspoonful of cream of tartar; one
of soda dissolved in the milk.
TEA CAKE.-One cup of sugar: one
great spoonful of butter half Gu of
milk two cups Of sifted flour; a very
little nutmeg one teaspoon of cream
of tartar; half teaspoonful of soda.
PARADISE CAKE.-Three eggs; one
cup of butter; two and one-half cups of
sugar one and one-half cups of sweet
milk; a small teaspoonful of soda !;
four large cups of flour one pound of
raisins cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg.
FRUIT CAKE WITHOUT EeGs.-Two-
thirds of a cup of butter two cups of
sugar; two cups of raisins two cups
OF currents two cups of sweet milk ;
SIX cups Of -four; one nutmeg; one
tablespoonful of cinnamon, allspice and
cloves, each; half a pound of citron
improves it. Bake slowly.
MINUTE SPONGE CAKE Beat the
eggs two minutes add one and one
half cups OF sugar, beat two minutes
one cup OF flour and one teaspoonfu]
of cream OF tartar, beat one minute
add one cup of cold water with half a
teaspoonful of extract of lemon, beat
one minute. Splendid. s."
RAISED CAKE.-Two cups of raised
dough, two eggs, two cups of sugar
one cup of butter, one cup Of sweet
milk, one teaspoonful of soda, two cups
of -four, one cup of fruit, cinnamon
cloves and nutmeg. To be put into the
oven at once,
EARLY FLOWERS. have early VIC
lets for bouquets and baskets, nail foul
boards together and place sash upo1
them. Form a slight bank of fresl
stable manure, covered by some goot
compost, and plant in it few seeds o
violets. 1t will not be many days be
fore you can cut plenty of these "we
modest flowers" They will not endur
strong heat, nor do they enjoy DIR.
air. They succeed best with the tenn
perature merely high enough to encou1
age vegetation, and plenty Of moisture
but not enough to cause rot.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-22
Ideal Feet.

The celebrated antomist, Prof. Hyrtl,
of the Vienna University, recently
opened one of his lectures to his class
with the singular question, (Which is
the most beautiful foot, considered from
the anatomical standpoint" and then
said: 1T is remarkable that there can
be SO many divergent opinions on this
subject. While the sons of men look
upon small, slender and graceful foot
(if a lady's FOOT as an ideal one, the
anatomist utterly rejects it as beauti-
full, and only the large, long and broad
foot is the ideal one in his eyes. Even
the greatest classical writer's of antiqui-
ty-Horace, Catullus and others-who
had great appreciation Of feminine
beauty, never mentioned, in the de-
scriptions of their beloved, their small
feet. The people belonging to the Gel
tic race have small feet; the Hindoos,
especially, have such small feet and
hands that they may be envied by many
European countesses. The native
troops of the English army in India
possess in England their own armory,
where peculiar kinds of weapons are
constructed for them. The sword hits
made for them are much too small fo1
us to grasp with ease. The greatest
beauties OF Europe-the Italians-have
really long and broad feet"
THE head OF navigation" Blow on
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-22
Keeping Accounts OH Il Farm.

Alderman Mech, in a recent lecture
before the London Farmers Club, said:
Book keeping, or rather the want of it..
is the weak point in British agricul-
ture. In trade, commerce and manu-
features good bookkeeping and annual
or periodical stock-taking are, as a rule.
looked upon as essential. It should be
so III agriculture, because it is no long
er the rude and primitive affair that it
used to be In ancient times. before the
introduction of busy steam, with it's
complication of machinery of various
kinds, and numerous chemical and
other requirements of modern high
farming and meat manufacture, involv-
ing and requiring much larger intel
Egence and agreeable capital. AS a far
mer should never know how things
were going on and where the hoes
pinched unless [ kept distinct accounts
for my live stock, horse keep, labor.
tillages; manures, etc. The cash-book
should be record of every shilling
paid and received, and what for. [
never take any money from the farm
without giving check or receipt for it,
so that it is charged to me personally,
and independent of farm expenditure.
In general the housekeeping account
is mixed up with the farm in my case
they are kept entirely distinct. Any
thing sold to me from the farm-such
as milk, eggs, poultry, pork and other
meats charged to me at the whole
sale market price. The hay and corn
consumed by my pony or pleasure
horse are also charged to me at market
price.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-22
Spring Gardening.

Peas, spinach, onion, radish, lettuce.
parsnip, early turnip, carrot and beet
seed, should be sown as soon as the soil
is dry enough to plant, the earlier the
better, and, If a favorable time should
occur IN February, even though the
ground should become frozen solid again,
no harm viii ensue, for the seeds will
remain intact, and sprout all the more
strongly when the proper time comes,
for the reason that the process of ger
mlnatlon goes on more naturally than
if forced into more sudden growth.
when planted later in the season.
So also with potatoes. Planted as
early In the spring as the soil will admit
Of working, and hilled up six inches
above the planted seed, no frost will in
jure them. They terminate slowly but
surely, and, just before they are ready
to appear above ground, the surface
may be narrowed partially level, thus
destroying crop of weeds effectively.
Ii narrowed twice, the last time the
way the rows run, and after the vines
are up, SO much the better, the subse-
quent cultivation being all done with
the horse hoe. This culture is imprac-
ticable except where the garden is cul-
tlvated upon the row system, the rows
running clear across the garden, and if
the soil has been properly plowed in
the fall, and left rough, it will not be
necessary to re-plow in the spring. and
the surface may beleyeled in the easiest
way that may suggest itself.
Cabbage, caulifower. celery, toma-
toes, ETC., should also be sown as early
as possible IN a warm, well-prepared
border. They will give you plants to
succeed those taken from the hot-bed.
The first two will give you plants to
succeed the first crop. The celery will
be all right for winter blanching, but
should be pricked out when large
enough, three inches apart in beds,
when they will make fine plants for use
Ii July and August. The tomatoes will
be ready for transplanting the middle
of June, and will give large crops OF
fruit IN the fall, when it is most wanted
Tor canning, forcatsup, and for picking
-certalnly SO between the parallels OF
400 to 40 North.
In the latitude just mentioned, the
first crop OF sweet corn and beans should
be planted from the middle of April to
the middle of May, according to the To-
callty, and the planting of early cucum.
bers, squashes, melons, etc., should
follow IN about two weeks thereafter.
As rule, early planted seeds should
De covered deeper than those planted
late. Peas should be covered three
mches, beans the same, corn, melons
ETC., TWO inches, beets three-fourths O.
an inch, and the smaller seeds onl,
nightly, not more than four or five times
their diameter.
Another rule, perfectly safe to follow
unless IN exceptional cases, is to plan
all hardy seeds, if intended for earl,
use, as soon as possible, and to wait
not only un1ll tne ground is thorough,
warm, but the nights also, for all tende
things, especially okra, sweet potatoes
eggplant, and other vegetables tina
even cold winds always check. and ofte1
kill outright If these hints are care
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-22
The Masonic Rock.

BY REV. DIR. ALoNzO G. SHEARS.
Dark was the no ur, and dark our minds,
As in this pilgrimage enc finds.
Till light each sense would quickly shock,
While we gaze on our Altar Rock.
] sailed far of 70 foreign lands ID FF
moved at Joppa with these hands; D
Red lightning flashed, we found no dock
My hands stretched out to Masons' Rock.
Alas! dead. dead at low twelve's hour; E
No help no hope! to rise no power,
Till JUDAH Lion chains unlock =
Man rises, lives, through Isr'el's Rock.
In times of panic or of strife, -EH Hts
Amid the whirls of mortal life,
From storm-tossed seas that life-boats mock,
We haste to old Masonic Rock, ..Fs#.E LID
When our life's taper burns but low, t.fa
When earth has lost it's wonted glow,
Fond mem'ry sees dear brethren flock,
Who pray, knelt at Masonic Rock. ..... 81
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-22
fully attended to, varying the directions

fully attended to, varying the directions
according to the locality, protection,
soil, etc., there need be no difficulty in
any farmer having as good start as
the best. Now, if it be the firm deter
mination to give the garden scrupulous
care, and allow no weeds to grow, the
first lesson may be taken in high farm
ing. The fact, heretofore stated, that
a well-kept garden will afford one-half
the sustenancez of family, will also
become forever fixed in the mind.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-22

HEAVY vertical stone walls are being
put IN on both sides of the canal at Ton
awanda, for nearly half mile. Over
5000 feet of docking is being built by
lumber dealers along the river.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-22

THE head of navigation. Blow on,
blow on.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-22

and more fit for the lover for whom
she waited with such certain trust and
hope-this is the most touching part
of the story-this and the long Journey
which she made on foot, when she had
seen in a newspaper thrown to her by a
girl in town, that 6 the artist Flamen,
whose Gretchen was the wonder of the
salon of the year, lay sick unto death in
his rooms in Paris" Twenty miles a
day for seventeen days the brave little
creature kept on her way, growing weak
and weary and fainting in body but
the steadfast, loving heart serene and
happy in the thought of reaching him
and serving him in his need Wien, at
last, Paris is reached, with her last two
sous she buys two rosebuds to take to
him and with hurried footsteps she
seeks out the street and number of the
artists house; trembling with excite
ment climbs the stairs Of his apartment.
gently pushes open the door, saying
cit is I, Bebee," and there, through
the doorway in which she stands,
catches a glimpse, not of her lover,
poor, sick and alone, and needing her,
but of Flamen, the central figure in a
gay revel such as her pure mind had
never dreamed of. ''She stood and
saw-the rosebud in heH hand. Then
with great, piercing cry, she let the
roses fall and turned and fled"
At the rivers brink she is caught anC
held by the strong hand of her peasant
lover, who had come to Paris days be
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-01-13
ScrranO VIII Lend all His Ener.
giles To the Suppression OF
the CarliSt Insur-
reCtlOn,
Spanish Provinces Declared In q
State or Siegc...The Cor
ties Not 70 be Convened.
Testimonial to the Captain OF
the American Ship TrI.
mountain.
The Speedy CapitulaliOn OF Car.
thagena Looked For.

MADRID, January l2.-The Provinces
of Madrid, Avlle, Cuenca, CuXdad,
Real, Guadalajara, Segoria and Toledo
have been declared in u state of siege
BAYoNNE, January l2.-The Carlists
have captured three companies of Re
publican troops without bloodshed.
LONDON, January l2.-Captain Ur-
quhart, of the American ship Tri-
mountain, received u handsome testi-
monial from the city of Bristol for his
gallant and humane conduct in the
Vile de Havre disaster.
a special dispatch from Madrid to
the Times says that General Domin-
que2, commanding the forces beseg-
lug Carthagena, has telegraphed that
his command has compelled Alfalfa
castle to surrender and that he has
summoned the other forts of the city.
A telegram to the Standard from
the vicinity of Carthagena, gives Il
rumor that another magazine exploded
within the walls on Saturday and two
hundred and fifty persons were killed
1t is expected that the capture of
Alfalfa castle will lead to a speedy
capitulation.
Dispatches from Madrid report that
Serrano viii not convoke the cortes for
twelven,onth. He will bend all his
energies to the suppression of the in
surrection and the tranquilization Of
the country, and not until these tasks
are accomplished will he summons the
Legislature. General Mariones has
commenced operations against the
Carlists on the line Of the river.
BERLIN, January Fin the election
for the Reichstag, yesterday, the Dan
ish party carried all the districts in
North Schlessweig, in which they were
successful ut the last and previous
elections
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DIED.

COLLINS,-At the residence Of her father
m-nw, Mr., A, q, Collins, Ia Dallas, January
II, 1874, altpr q long and lingering lllnnss MIS-
MATTE COLLINS, wife OF Mr., Wllilhm
Collins, OF Dallas,
The deceased was born on the Guadalupe
river, August 7, lsis, ana married October 10,
ISIS she was the daughter Of Captain Ar
thur swift y soldier of 1896, and ono Of that
gallant baud Of men known as the old TEXAS
Rangers, she was also tho grnnd'dNughler
OF Judge NJ. Baker, ali old and honorod cltl'
zen OF De viii county, The writer, having
known her parents before their marriage,
and her grandparents Rlso--havmg been u
ragged soldier with her brave iather-fecls II
u duty 10 record her worth as gentle and
pure woman, a devoted wife nnd sincere
friend, Her memory viii remain ombalmed
In the hearts of her friends, and all have the
consolation OF believing that her pure spirit
In now with her departed parents In the
realms Of bliss, our sincere sympRthles are
offered 10 hor stricken husband, relatives and
friends In their bereavement, j. IL, II,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-01-13
NEW YORK.
The WOrkinsmen Refused Per-
mission to Occupy the
Streets.
The Missing Steamer China
Probably at The Sandwich
Islands.

NFw York, January l2.-The unem-
ployed workingmen having sent n
message to Gov. Dix in relation to the
refusal of the police to allow them to
parade below Canal street tomorrow,
the Governor replied the munici-
pal authorities are authorized by law
to regulate the use of the streets, and
he cannot interfere with any arrange.
ment they make. The chairman of
the workingmen's committee is now
having another interview with the
police commissioners in relation to the
parade. ,,.,,,,.,0.
The Pacific Steamship Company has
received telegram that the steamship
Great Republic, which arrived at Hong
Kong on the 7th from San Francisco,
spoke the China, December Is; me
officers think the China's machinery
is disabled and she will be heard of at
the Sandwich Islands. The China has
one hundred and forty steerage passe,n-
gers. No mention Is made in the tele-
gram of cabin passengers. %.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-01-13
MISCELLANEOUS.
Attorney General Williams
Thinks there will not be
a New Election In
Louisiana.
Indiana Bank 0fllcers Arrested
for EmbeZzlement.
South American News. --ReyOlu.
ton In Honduras.

New ORLEANS, January l2.-The
Evening Times says: 1--WE have seen
late dispatch from Attorney General
Williams, in which he gives 1t as his
decided opinion that Congress will not
order u new election for Louisiana"
The steamer Audean, from Aspin-
wall, January 3, has arrived bringing
the following from the correspondent
of the Associated Press The city of
Panama and the isthmus is quiet. No
news of importance from the interior.
The United States steamer Omaha and
Her Brittanic Majesty's steamer Rein
deer are anchored in the harbor 3D..
There is no likelihood of war in Cen
trail America, ut least so far as Costa
Rica is concerned. The only event
which may have a disturbing influence
in the future Is the action of President
Gonzalez, of San Salvador, who has
proclaimed Leiva as President Of Hon
duras, apparently against the will of
the people of that republic. He colec-
ted a body of troops at La Union and
took the Honduras port of Amapala by
storm. Several lives were lost Oh both
sides.
United States Minister Williamson
was doing his best to recstablish peace
among the several States and proposed
meeting of the five presidents of the
republics to take into consideration
the condition and wants Of the country.
The proposal was agreed to. Peru, up
to the 10th ultimo, continued at peace.
The only matters that still keep up a
good deal of excitement relate to the
financial condition of the country and
the measures taken by the government
respecting them.
A decree has justbeen issued obliging
the banks to buy government stock ut
the governments own price. The
banks were unanimous in the deter
mination to resist this new burden.
Permission has been granted Charles
Scott to construct submarine ca bic
between Callao and some port in
Chill.
A false telegram via Jamaica that
the United States had declared war
against Spain gave rise to much excite
ment in Peru, and no little rejoicing.
CINCINNATI, January FL, n. Still
well, President of the First National
Bank of Anderson, Indiana, has been
arrested for embezzling the funds of
the bank. L. B. Cline, Cashier of the
same bank, has decamped.
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crease taxation or to increase the pub
lie debt by n loan, IL there shall be
economy in the public expenditures,
and that In view of the condition Of
the national finances the House will
reduce the appropriations and such
expenses TO the lowest point consistent
with the proper administration Of pub
lie affairs,
The rules were suspended and the
resolution was adopted-yeOs 22l,
nays ..
Mr. llawley, Of Connecticut moved
TO suspend tho rules and adopt n reso-
luton declaring II 10 be the sense OF
the House that the expenditures Of
nation can be and should SO he reduced
and regulated that they can be met by
existing taxes, aud that in no event
should there be an increase of either
the interest bearing or non-intorest
bearing obligations of the govern
mpnt,
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WASHINGTON.
The House Resolves to Reduce
the Expenditures of the
Government.
Senator COnkling'S Substitute
for the House Salary
Bill.
MIR. Kelley's Resolution to BOr.
row Money Voted Down.

WASHINGTON, January 12.-In the
Senate Mr.. Conkling introduced n
substitute for the salary bill which
passed the House and it was agreed to.
The substitute repeats the act of March
last so far as it increases all salaries
except those of the President of
United States and Justices of the
Supreme Court, and fixes all salaries,
with the exceptions above named,
the same as they were prior to March
last. All back pay not drawn or re-
returned is declared to be covered in
the Treasury and the property of the
United States. The bill now goes
back to ,he House for the concurrence
of that body.
The was no executive session of the
Senate to-day.
Among the bills introduced into the
House were the following: Establish
ing polytechnic schools in every county
of the several States and Territories ;
regulating the seizure of books and pa
pers in revenue cases; further insurlng
the safety of lives on railroads; repeal
ing the internal tax on tobacco; max
ing Treasury notes legal tender for
cnaton,o. trono forming to the Court of
Claims al nronertv taken after April,
1865.
The motion made by Mr. Kelley, OF
PENNSYLVANIA, before the holidays, to
snenand tha miles and adopt resclu-
tiop don,ar;no If to he the sense of the
Un,,So that ~ toxas shoII NOT he in.
croosod hmt IN Of extraordinary means,
If any no oI roo,';red for the slipport OF
tho noror,n,ant shall he obtained nv
tsn,nornr,, Ian Of Ioans hearing n
low rate of 'interast in currency. and
re I IN United states notes,
leueeiliuoie III ohi'o' ''"'''
'" Mr u Wn 10, " Of Nav York suggested
air;, Muo', e % tho resolution and &c
have t tI uonse mass afllrmatively on
tho 6n . nart o,,d 10 nostnone n decis.
;n', l ~, ~, pa aooa ai5 No o''
Ar rn K Snn obianted and called for q
vote hv vaos and nays
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-Four wars have cost the English
government within the last fifteen
Years upward of elG,OOO,0OO' sterling.
The Persian expedition cost e9OO,O
The outlay on the Chinese war
amounted to &c, ll4,000. Then the
New Zealand war, which did not eX-
tend beyond the yearlS66, was covered
by e765,OOO; and the Abyssynian war war
entailed the expenditure of &, OoO,0 200
or IS, 600, 900. Now 1t Is estimated that
the Ashantee war will cost about
q, 900, 600.