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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-08

II Sisc September 10 ls-iSc nominal Market easier
To-day UP 10 r. M-tebruary 4OJ al Is "a &c; March,
1900 At 23S2c 800 l5c 100 at Is IS SIC 100 l5c
April ho at 10 $l6c Ito at I61c 500 at ID s2e 200 at
10 l6c 800 al Is &c. 20v at G< May, 100 l6 Is &c.
so at 6,c 20! at 10 l3s2c June, LOO at l6Ac, i0D at
l6 lil6c 100 At 10 23c July, 20 at l6 81 Sc. Aug us
30 az S32c.. 100 at 71sc Total, II, 80 bales urand
total TO bales The receipts at the ports fol-
Galveston 20l bales; New Orleans 27Si; Mobile
i.s kor,slk. LII: Hsw York 1885, Boston u.s. Ph,ls-
Is bales This day year bales Cotton rates
foreign ports quoted thuss-To Havre by steam, &c
TO Hamburg, by steam, &c To Bremen by steam, Ne
To LIVERPOOL 932d o-I6d. by steam by sail 4d 932d
CoFrEE-The position Of the market remains
changed. Buyers and sellers are decidedly apart in
their some still adhere to the duty question
which Is now virtually settled for at least some weeks
Stocks accommodating and there does appear
be anything in prospect to sustain the market In the
as follows ;Mokio ordinary S.rgoes lshc ssl, fair
q 1fc. range for lots l8sc 2Oxc Java. gov
eminent bags a7c &c. do, grass mats, Csc. Svc
Singapore, 12c. Ac Ceylon, 2lc. a. &c. Maracaibo
&c. $50. Laguavra, 20c &c; Jamaica, l9tsc. =
2lHc ST. Domingo 71sc. l5c. Porto Rico, I9c &c
Costa Rica, l9c. 22c. Mexican. DC axe; Argos.
tura &c. savanilla. zoe. &c.; Curscoa, lyc
2l1sc gold. sixty and ninety days
1880 bushels; corn, Us 100 do corn meal aU bbs and
AT bags oats, s65 bushels barley 49,. do rye, 800
do And the week ending this date Flour, SIS, $50
bills lz9 $40 bushels; corn. 72964 do meal,
4U75 bbs and 1851 bags oats, 1879 bushels; barley
4SLll DO rye, Loo DO. Flour was very dull ana
with prices strongly buyers favor; sales were 1870
bbs Including al grades at prices within the range
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-08

OPENING, HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES SATURDAY.
The following table shows the opening, highest
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-12-01

that class of grain raisers that only
keep stock enough to do the necessary
farm labor. The fences of the former
are in better condition; they have fewer
weeds and less poor land, Besides they
are In much more independent posi-
ton. Farmers all know that at this
season of the year corn is generally low
and money scarce and high, and to bor-
row money to buy cattle, hogs, etc.
is not as safe as to raise stock on tue
farm. It is fact that the soil of many
stock farms is better to-day than it was
before it was ever cultivated. With
land in this condition it is not necessary
to plant SO much corn to raise a sur
plus as it is on worn and tired soil. The
saving in the quantity of land Guilt
waited, while it is very great, is not
equivalent to the saving Of labor and
wear and tear on machinery. We ask
our readers to carefully consider the
grass and stock-raising system of farm
ing, believing if they do they will make
g new departure, and one they will
never regret.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-12-01

INDIAN BREAKFAST OR TEA CAKE
Those having plenty of milk will find
this cake excellent. It is made as fol-
lows: Take quart of skim milk-lf a
little sour all the better-stir in fine
meal to make batter. Add salt, and a
httle soda, as per quantity of cake
Excellent. This cake can also be made
of new milk with cream tartar and soda,
and be better than the above.
SQUASH PH.-Take hubbard SQUASH: :
reat in al respects as for pumpkin
pies; cut, stew, mash; add milk, eggs,
sugar, and spice to taste. Bake nicely.
They are much superior to pumpkin
pies. These pies can be made very
wholesome to dyspeptics by the crust
being made of Indian meal, thus: But
er the pie dish nicely, and sprinkle
over it evenly the meal, say an eight to
quarter incn thick. Will cut out nicely
II just right. Are delicious.
Hop YEAsT.-Boil half pint of hops
IN two quarts of water till the strength
is extracted. Rub half pint of -four
smooth with cold water, strain the tea
and mix it in; let it cook slowly like
mush from five to ten minutes. Let it
cool, and then add a gill of yeast and
two nicely mashed boiled potatoes, and
put in stone jug Or bottles to rise. A
tin coffee pot should be kept to boil
hops in, as the bitter taste is hard to re-
move from kettle.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-12-01
ahead of me, turned his head .

ahead of me, turned his head q
moment, but kept on the trot. Az
we drew near they crouched together
upon their bellies, and began to move
thus toward the middle of the road .
and when we were opposite their gate.
with one yelping bark. they made q
simultaneous rush upon the stranger.
Oh. Thor, Thor, did the spirit of
Shakespeare enter into thee, that with
out even trrning thy head again, thou
heavedst up thy leg, like Crabs dog.
and served those dogs as he served the
gentlewoman's farthingale, and theniog-
gedst on as if nothing happened, leaving
them to sneak back to their lair, with
their tails between their legs, less in
fear than in astonishment, end thy de-
lighted master to cleave the sky with
laughter? Verify, I think there be
some human ours, who like to spring
yelping upon man merely because he
is stranger, whom it would be we'll if
some big human mastif would treat
somewhat after the same fashion. they
deserve no mora espectful considera-
t;o,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-12-01
Five Hundred Miles Without a Crew

From the Pensacola {Fla) Gazette.
Our readers remember that the ship
Western Empire was caught in the
great storm three days after clearing
from Pensacola, was dismasted. water
logged and abandoned about one hun
dred and fifty miles from here, and that
seven OF her crew were drowned in en-
deavoring to land on the Florida coast.
near Apalachicola. The abandoned
ship has been found, after making a
voyage Of more than five hundred miles
without hand at her helm. Caught
In the refux current, which must have
set out southwark from the blight
OF Florida after the storm, which drove
a surcharge of water into the
angle formed by the peninsula coast
line, the masterless ship drifted within
the influence Of the gulf stream, was
swept through the straits of Florida and
on toward the Atlantic, until she was
discovered 80 miles north of Jupiter
inlet, swinging to an anchor. When
we reported the disaster it was stated
that in order to enable the hosting out
of the boats both anchors we're let 20 to
act as a drag to bring the ships head to
the wind. The length of chain allowed
was 80 fathoms. Thus the ship has pi-
loted herself remarkably well in navi-
eating around the dangerous coast of
Florida, with it's keys and reefs, in
never less than 24O feet of water, until
her anchor finally reached bottom and
brought her to in one Of the most fire.
4uented OF ocean pathways. But for
her anchors swinging overheard the
ship would probably have gone on
with the stream to the coast of Europe.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-12-01

the least danger of injuring the animal
that have ever seen applied, is the
common spirits of tar; and, it properly
applied, will penetrate and destroy the
insect concealed in the pustules, or
buried beneath the skin. The quantity
applied may vary according to the age
of the sheep, but for hill, or ordinary
breeding stock, one bottle of spirits Of
tar, mixed with twelve times the GUAM
ty of water, is sufhcientfo for twelve sheep;
or one common wine glass of the spirits
of tar. mixed with twelve times the
amount of water, is sufficient for -. If
mixing for hundred, six gallons of
water with six pounds of common soda
ought to be warmed to the boiling pitch,
then add the spirits of tar.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-12-01
More Grass and More Stock.


The following editorial from the
Journal of Agriculture is especially to
the point and suggestive. The Journal
says:
For six weeks we have been travelling
IN the rural districts and stopping FREE
quently with the farmers at their homes.
and no one fact so impressed us as the
scarcity Of live stock and grass, We
found an abundance of corn. and really
but little else. It seems to us that the
farmers OF this great valley would find
it mnch moro profitable on the start
and In the long run to diversity their
crops to greater extent than ever be-
fore. We believe iii o rotation of crops.
but we do not believe In rotation of
corn, wheat, rye and oats. And while
to raise more of these and have some to
sell may be very good farming, we be-
lieve to raise less OF these. and more
grass will ms ne more ready money, and
much creator clear profit. We take
the position that cereals grown by most
Of our readers will not bear transporta-
ton in merchantable shape and
pay profit to distant markets:
while wool, beef, pork, mules.
and horses will. Leaving out the
greater amount of labor upon the grain
farm, and not counting the risks of wet
seasons, and consequent damage to
small grain, we still believe that farm
ing and stock raising combined will be
tne more profitable. We notice thrift
anu an enterprise among tbs stock
growers that is not perceivable among
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-12-01
Salt and Butter.

In a recent letter M. T.. B. Arnold,
Secretary of the American Dairymen s
Association, discusses the influence of
salt upon butter as follows:
"Modern investigation has shown
that the changes which occur in fermen-
tation and putrefaction are caused by
the growth and multiplication of organ
ic germs-either vegetable or animal, or
both-the germs, to support their own
growth, using part of the substance
affected. Salt preserves by counteract-
ing, in both cases. the incipient devel-
opnent of the germs which occasion the
changes. The whole power OF the salt
as an antiseptic lies in this fact. 1t is
only In the incipient stage that it has
power to preserve. If by any means
the germs in either case get little
start, salt is powerles to check them. I;
a piece of rancid butter, ever SO small,
is placed in contact with a package
of sound butter it will soon spoil
the sound butter, no matter how we'll
sailed. Upon the preservation of but
ter salt eXerts but very little influence.
The keeping quality of that luxury de-
ponds much upon other conditions than
upon the action of any fancied variety
of salt. Butter is subjected to change
chiefly by the action of germs which
lodge upon its surface from the air.
which develop and multiply, and, fill
ing the mass with their presence, work
its ruin. Exclusion from air, therefore,
proves more perfect preservative than
salt, When it must be exposed to the
air, the grain of the butter as affected
by churning and making, exerts the
most controlling influence upon the
keeping. Butter is made up of
minute grannles of different kinds
of fats in state of emulsion, or,
If you please, in a state of combina-
ton, with very small amount of nitro
genous matter. Though containing
many distinct ingredients they are 80
small as to vary from 1900 OF an inch
to 1-20GOth of an inch in diameter.
While whole they take care of them
selves. The germs from the outside
air which lodge upon them seldom dis
turb them, and, failing to gain anything
to foster their growth, remain harmless.
But when these little grains are broken,
and their perfect combination destroy
ed, and the heterogeneous matter separ-
ated and opened to the air, their diser-
ganized contents, like eggs with broken
shells, become ready prey to every
communicating influence the atmosphere
may watt along. The principal use of
salt in butter is for seasoning, and for
this purpose it is only necessary that it
should be chemically pure.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-12-01
A Dog Story.
Told by Mr.. Richard Grant White, in the Galax
for December.

Told by Mr.. Richard Grant White, in the Galaxy
for December.
Dogs cannot laugh, except with their
tails; and then their laugh is laugh of
JOY. | doubt the existence of doggish
sense of humor. But scorn and con-
tempt they undoubtedly do feel-they
show it to other dogs, and I believe
that they must feel it for some men.
At least should not like to run the
risk of losing the respect of dog of
any character. I should certainly see
it in the contemptuous whisk of his
tail, and in the sidelong glance of his
eye. The most supreme exhibition of
contempt that [ ever saw was from q
dog of mine. He was noble
beast, large and beautiful. His
sire was an English bloodhound,
his dam st. Bernard mastiff He was
fawn-colored, brindled, and his ears
were softer than the finest silk. He
was SO big that he could stand on all
tours and take roll with his mouth
from the table, and that he could spring
up, put his paws on my shoulder, and
look me in the face. And yet I had a
little black and-tan terrier that would
bully dear old Thor-for 80 I named
hir-out of everything; everything,
that is, but bones, meatless tones; for
that is subject upon which no dog Of
any delicate sense of what is
due to himself will allow the least out
side interference. But Thor loved
Puck and would let the little rascal do
almost what he liked, and when his
teasing and impndence reached point
that was intolerable, the grand cid fell
low, instead of taking his tcrmentor by
the back of the neck and quietly drop
ping him somewhere out of the way,
would meekly come and put up his
great paw on my knee to beg me to go
out and set matters straight. And yet
for Puck he would fight anything, and
many was the row into which ha got
by standing up for his quarrelsome little
playfellow.
One day took Thor with me on q
new walk, in the course of which we
passed the gate of farmer who had
two large pointer-dogs, who were very
cross and quarrelsome both with may
and beast; even 80 much 80 that then
attacked men that came to the gate.
AS we approached the gate there they
lay together outside of it upon the
close green sward that stretched into
the road. At the sight of Thor they
pricked up their ears, rose to their feet,
and began to growl. Thor trotting on
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-12-01
The Autumn Of the World.

The last wan petals leave the rose,
The latest swallowsplume for flight.
The summers gone where no one knows.
With dead mems love, and spent years light.
And warm hearts buried out of sight.
Red roses are the crown of youth; :
The warm hight strikes on lovers lips;
Laugh though, and fondie happy mouth,
And yet, remember, sweet time slips.
Death hurries on with full eclipse
SO short, so sad o. let not death
hind only faded flowers and wine,
When, hungry for the Joyous breath
That dreams not of the years decline.
He lays his cold white mouth to thine
Cling to the flying hours; and yet
Let one pure hope, one great desire,
Like song on dying lips be set a
That ere we fall i'll scattered fire.
Our hopes may lift the worlds heart higher.
Here IN the autumn month of Time,
Before the great new year can break.
some little way our feet should climb.
Some little mark our words should make
For liberty aud snanhood's sake. t8ita
Clear brain and sympathetic heart,
"A spirit on fame with love for Man, 0f
Hand swift TO labor, slow to part .5s.f
If any good since time began.
The soul csn fashion, such souls cam
Ard SO when we are dead and past,
The undying world will some day reach
Its glorious hour OF dawn at last
And We across Times sunken peace
May smile, one moment, each to EACH
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-12-01
ScDb in Sheep.

The following is from the transactions
OF the Highland Agricultural Society of
Scotland: 1t Is clearly ascertained by
scientific men that the scab in sheep,
like the itch in the human being, is con-
nected with and propogated by certain
minute insects belonging to the class of
acari, which inhabit pimples or pus-
tules. But the question naturally
arises, how came it first into existenoe2
This problem is very difficult of solu
ton, and puzzles the moss eminent
Psychologists. But, as I have already
said, I have never known it
tc break out spontaneously among
a flock of sheep, properly man
aged, during thirty years ex-
perience as a shepherd in pastoral dis
trlcts. Various and conflicting opin-
IONS exist as to what extent the disease
Is Infectious. Some affirm that it re-
CURES sheep to come in contact with
the disease before it can be communi-
Gated, while others maintain that the
disease Is propogated by the mere
travelling on the road, such as q public
drove road, from large markets or fairs.
1, however, don't think the disease 10
30 catching as the latter advocates
affirm. For example, I acted as shep-
herd Tor sixteen years on various farms
where the drove road from Falkirk To
the south passes through the sheep
pastures, and every year some of the
lots OF sheep were more Or SIS affected
with seab, and during all that period
not single sheep of which I had
charge caught the disease.
hn of Il
ton OF the insect, but the important
question is, What is the best compost
ton or infusion for that purpose? The
remedies that are commonly applied are
numerous, but the most effeotual, with
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-12-01
Circumstances Alter Cases.
From the yicksbur2 Herald

IToui Tue t1CKSbur2 Herald.
The other day, while Vicksburger
was riding toward Jackson IN buggy,
he saw a long-haired young man sitting
on roadside fence. There was such
an air OF desolation about the country
man that the Vicksburger drew Gin and
inquired:
''For Gods sake, what ails you,
young man ?" 1 4.9n
Nothing, for Gods sake !" was the
meek reply.
"But iG any one dead 2" st
Haint heard of anybody but old
Matthews, and he went off two months
ago" -
care you sick ?" s
feel kinder bad"
Well, you look bad. In fact you're
the worst looking young man I've seen
since the close of the war. af#e
"1 was all right till a month ago, .
said the young man looking still more
solemn. as 80
"What happened then ?"
GA woman went back on me |"
Did, ehs We're yoE engaged 2"
"I'd hung around there for year or
so, and we'd Rugged and loved and
hooked fingers. If that isn't being en-
gagged, then don't know"
"And she backed out 2"
eyes"
Well, I've been through the mill
myself. 1 had woman go back on
me in that way three months ago, and
didn't loose q bit of sleep over it.
'sYou didn'ts"
No, SIR"
8. But, them" sighed the young man,
as he hitched along Oh the rail, the
woman you loved didn't own sixteen
mules, anu have clean one hundred
bales of cotton to sell -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-12-01
Horse Story.

From the Ashland.(hy.l journal,
Rev. T. F. Garrett, who recently lost
his beautiful mare. says Of her IL note:
" I left her sick in the field and started
to my appointment, setting as far as
Prestonsburg, not knowing whether she
would live or die, and had been there
two hours, and here came thepoor orea-
ture, through the dark, having crossed
the creek twice ana river once and came
right to the house where l was! Does
it not seem wonderful that she should
thus come three miles after being left,
and / wonder if she wanted to be near
me when she dieda It is quite mys-
terry"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-12-01

1Ihes Boston Journal says: The Van
Colt family, of which the lady revival
lst, Mrs. Van Colt, is a member. is of
Dutch extraction, the original name
having been Van Kaatz. They have
organized as an association, as has al
ready been stated in these columns. for
the purpose of recovering large sum
OF money left by their ancestor. Buroo-
master Kaatz, in Holland, which sum is
supposed TO have been increasing since
the seventeent century. The amount.
although the original sum is not known,
Is supposed to be between $40, 900, 900
ana S6O, oOO, 600, and it is supposed that
II Inc claim, properly substantiated. is
laid before the government of Holland.
which IS the custodian of the money. it
will be duly honored. The story of the
inheritance is as follows: During the
wars in Holland in 1862 Burgomaster
Kaatz sent his sons to Americas, fearing
that they might become engaged in the
wars. This he did in accordance with
a custom which at the time was general
among men of wealth. In conse ,uence
OF the custom the government had
passed law for the protection of the
rights of the heirs, providing that the
money left by the parents of children
who did not claim their inheritance
should be placed in what was called
the Orphans Fund, and should
bear interest at the rate of q
per cent. PEI annum. Won Kaatz died
while his sons were away, and they,
numbering four or five, settled ia and
around New York, whe4 9 their descend
ants continued to reside, the family
name gradually changing to its present
form. The family is very large, and it's
genealogy is preserved partly in writing
and partly by tradition Some of it's
records we're lost in church which was
destroyed by fire in Brooklyn about
century ago. Some of the heirs Will
find it difficult to substantiate their
claims. In addition to the property of
old Herr Katz, it is said that one of the
sons returned to Holland, amassed a
large property, and died heirless, SO that
his property will go to the heirs of the
original wealth. 1t is believed that dur
ing the first century after the
emigration OF the sons the interest on the
property was regularly sent over in
merchandise. These shipments CEASED
at about the time Of the Revolutionary
war. The Van Colt family, dreaming
of wealth never 80 much, have after all
a specter in their dreams, which is chat
during the thirty years war in 1911 the
laws of Holland were changed, includ-
ing the provisions in regard to the Or
phans' Fund, 80 that money that re-
manned unclaimed for thirty yesrs re-
verted to the government. The family
claims that this change does not apply
to money already in the funds, but they
may depend that no governments will
pay over sum having SO many figures
IN it if the thing can be legally avoided.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-12-01
Paper Debts.
From Chicago Tribune.

In this statement is substantially
contained the whole objection of the
great multitude of persons who oppose
" immediate resumption, and who
asserts that resumption or contrac-
ton would ruin the whole 'sdebtor
class" Nearly all these people admit
the wisdom of specie payments and par
currency, confess that the huctuating
paper standard of value was great
wrong and ruinous in its effects, but
each is personally interested whether
he shall pay his $1,000 debt in the
paper money worth eighty-five per
cent. in which his debt was contracted,
or 81 900 i'll money advanced to specie
value of their existing debts is, to
thousands of honest men, the great md
only objection to resumption of specie
payments. While this objection is an
swerable in many ways, and is practic-
ally delusion III q majority of cases
we propose to examine whether it is no
practicable to resume specie payments
without delay and yet preserve the
equitable relations of debtor and cred
itor under the paper money system.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-12-01

d ANOTHER statistician has counted the
COWS. He swears to Is, COG, 900 in TINS
country.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-12-01

A LAND terrapin was recently found
on Clifton Heights, On the knobs back
Of New Albany. Ind, carved upon the
shell of which, with knife, was the
following: Up. F. Tuley, 1898" Mr..
Tuley has been dead twenty four years.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-12-01

A ToW-BOAl Will naturally burn quick.
er than any other kind of water GRAFT.