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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-09
The Mosaic Dietary Laws.
From the American Israelite.


1t is strange that the Mosaic prescip-
tions for mans diet, chiefly taken from
the tabernacle rites, have become, by
common consent, the bill of fare of civ
ilized society; with variations, of course.
In the cities, especially, the main ar
ticles of food are those which the Laws
of Moses recommended. When in for
mer days people dieted largely on pork,
many became hogs themselves, and
many diseases still raging among men
have been COW sed into the human
system by the consumption of pork,
rabbits, hares, and other animal food
which the Law forbids.
Psychologists understand we'll enough
the Importance of diet, and yet none
have-gone to the trouble of giving the
Mosaic dietary laws thorough scienti-
tic examination. Here are the Jews,
after 5000 years, healthy, intelligent.
energetic, and fertile race. Much is
said about their longevity, temperance,
charitable disposition, etc., still no
scientist has taken the trouble to exam
inc the food on which this race lived
and thrived. The point is certainly,
scientifically, very important.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-09
Vaudeville Relics.

A rare mine Of last years reservoir
relics has lately been uncovered at Hay
denville, where Superintendent Hanson,
of the cotton mill, set q number Of
workmen at digging over pile of stones
below tie mill-dam. From it they have
taken an almost inconceivable variety of
things steam engine and boiler, sill
yer bells, silver cups, clocks, sewing
machines, gold pens, harnesses, the
brass shop bell, emblens of Free Ma
sonry, brass pumps, shafting, &c. Pic
lures that have laid year under ground
are quite distinct. A cut-glass altar
from the lodge came over the dam, and
was taken out whole from Under tons of
stone; a spy-glass, too, was perfect,
though filled with sand. Springfield
Republican.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-09
Nail Kegs from One Piece of Wood.

There has sprung up at Delphos,
Ohio, new industry, that of making
nail-kegs from one piece of wood.
Under the new process of manufacture
the use of slaves is entirely dispensed
with, the body of the key or barrel be-
ing made of one piece. The process is
covered by patent, but is quite
simple. The kegs are cut into the
proper length and thoroughly steamed,
and are then put into kind of a lathe;
here ''veneeIing knife" cuts the wood
the right thickness for the body Of the
key, the sheet rolling from the log
under the action of the knife just as a
carpet is unrolled. Another knife cuts
the sheets into the length required.
These are then transferred to table
fitted with goring saws otherwise called
drunken Or ''wabbling saws, y which
cut wedgeshape cores, in order to give
the package the proper bulge when
shaped. The sheets now pass through
machine which prepares them to
receive the heads, and are then placed in
drying house, where they remain for
forty-eight hours. They are then ready
for shipping to the shops.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-09

tie flour (made smooth in small guam
THY OF water.) Add the boiled yolks of
the eggs mashed fine, a little butter, and
the milk. Sprinkle with salt and rep-
per. Stew gently until tender. To be
LEMON CAKE.-One pound of sugar.
one-half pound butter, eight eggs, rind
OF two lemons, juice of half a lemon,
one pound OF sifted -four. Beat the
yolks and whites of the eggs separately.
Crate the rinds from the lemons. Beat
the sugar and butter together, until
they make a smooth cream. Add the
beaten egg, the rinds of the lemons. and
juice of half Of lemon. Stir the flour
in gradually. Line two baking-pans
with white paper, we'll buttered. Bake
in quick oven. When done, turn the
cake out, and place them on sieves tc
cool.
DRY Hop YEAST AND BREAD. To
make dry hop yeast put large handful
OF hops into two quarts of boiling
water. Boil three lsrge potatoes till
they are tender. Mash them and add
to them two pounds of -four. Pour the
boiling hot water over the -four through
a sieve, and heat until quite smooth.
While it is quite warm add two table
spoonfuls of salt and half teacupful of
sugar. Before it is quite cold stir in
half pint or more of good yeast.
After the yeast has become quite light,
stir in as much Indian meal as it will
take, roll it out into cakes, and place
them on cloth in a dry place, taking
care to turn them every day. After a
week or ten days they may be put in a
bag and put In dry place. When used
for bread take some of the yeast, soak it
in milkwarm water, mash it until
smooth, and use it as any other kind of
yeast.
CaUsHED WHEAT.-Add one part of
crushed white wheat to two parts boil
ing water, stirring sufficiently to re-
move the Jumps; then cover close and
set it where it will continue to simmer.
Cook it at least thirty minutes. It will
improve with three times that amount
of time, but will be likely to dry on to
the kettle and be wasted. If you steam
it or cook it III double boiler, three or
four hours will not hurt it. Serve warm
or cold, with or without trimmings. If
you wish to warm it, steam thoroughly
without breaking. MASKING it up III
warm water and heating it does not
make an agreeable dish. A small pro-
portion of this and of cracked wheat
may be diffused in the water in which
more is to be cooked, without dstriment.
Cutting in slices and browning is allow
able, but frying is Objectionable. For
trimming the mush, use stewed fruits
or fruit juices, Or milk and sweets, if
allowed. .- fe
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-09
! THE SILK FRAUDS.

Heavy Seizure of Silks-SuryeiIInnce ~,
Silk Houses in New York-New ReruIn.
ions III Searching Baggage-ttraf,s Tin
Thirty invoices oflsilk goods, COM
prising about one hundred cases were
detained by the custom house a1thori-
ties IN New York, on Thursday. They
present importations made by Philip
Schulotf q Co., entered at the custom
house at different times, and sent to
bonded warehouses; The consipnees
hastened to Withdraw the goods from
bond, Immediately after the exposure
OF the auction sale of treble grapes in
Wilmerding, Hoguet &. Co.'s store.
twenty thousand dollars in gold was
paid In duties to the custom house.
after which permits were granted for
the withdrawal of the goods from the
warehouses. The . withdrawal of SO
many invoices at one time ex-
cited suspicion, and the collector
gave orders to detain the whole lot.
The collector says he has not yet
received the report of the officers who
were detailed to examine the goods.
Ihe goods are valued at $3.50, 600. One
hundred cases Of Schuloff' goods remain
IN bonded warehouse. and there is no
doubt, it is said by the custom house
authorities, that the grapes imported
BY Schuloffs & Co.. have been under
valued. Commercial experts saw the
case OF Grape in the seizure bureau. and
made report that the goods had been
1nvolced to Schuloff Il Co., at about so
per cent. below their value. The sur
veillance of the store of Schuloff
& Co., and of Field, Morris,
Fenner Il Co.'s auction rooms, where
many OF the goods were sold, is con-
tlnued by the revenue officers. None
of the suspected cases of goods are
permitted to be taken out of either
place. In Field, Morris, Fenner &
Co. s store there are 81 cases of silks.
and these will be examined as soon as
the Appraisers officers have finished
their labors in the bonded warehouses.
The Collector intends tc hold all of the
Schulof 8 goods wherever found, un-
der section of the act of June, 1874.
The section authorizes. the holding of
all goods OF an importer guilty of frauds,
to indemnify the government for it's
losses.
One of the results of the present agi-
tation about smuggling has been to re-
form the system of examining passen-
gers baggage. The staff officers who
have performed this duty for years and
VINO have become careless, if not corrupt,
were removed by the surveyor, and in
spectors were appointed to take their
places The latter are to hold their
offices for month, and then be sue
ceeded by others. ase
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-09
cold Dog Tray Ever Faithful

rom mesa FRANCISCO Chren1cle.
A quiet game eff draw, quarter ante,
was in. progress the other evening at
Chico. One Of the party managed to
get heart flush, ace at the head, out of
the deck, and laid it in his lap waiting
to play it. Presently the chance came.
The guileless gentleman counted out
$40 better with one hand, and went
doWn with the other for that flush. It
wasn't there, He had to play his origi-
nal hand. Twoof the party called his
$40 better, and one Of them in the
showdown produced the identical heart
flush that he had been at such pains to
secure. He knew it was the same, for
the ace was crimped just as he had done
it. The secretwas that Ira Wetherbee's
dog, :" Patsey," had quietly put his
nose in, picked up the flush, carried it
around to his friend, wagged his tail
knowingly and walked off. a@e
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-09
The Cocoa Trna

The cocoa tree, SO often COMPOUNDED
with the cocoanut tree, is about equal
to good-sized apple tree; the POD that
encases the bean, of which chocolate
is made, is about the shape of a lemon,
but three times as large, and is of q
deep orange color-the kind called
Caracas" cocoa is so deep as to be al
most red. The pods grow on the
branches and On the stem, quite down
to the ground. The branches do not
grow low, SO that in looking down a
cocoa piece of ground the vista is like a
miniature forest hung with. thousands Of
golden lamks. Anything more lovely
cannot be imagined; it is perfectly
unique. After the pods are picked
they are cut open with cutlass; the
beans, which arc tightly packed to-
gether, and from forty to eighty in
number, are dried in draws in the sun,
after having gone through process
called sweating" which is being
packed close in barrel and covered
over. When the cocoa is thoroughly
dried, it is put in bags, each containing
one hundred and fifty pounds, and
shipped.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-09
A Visionary IOWan.

The President recently received let
ter from E. G. Ross, of Des Moines,
Iowa, in which that gentleman asks the
privilege of advertising new horizon
tai street car steam engine and hand
saw car dressers on the back of one
dollar bills, national bank notes, etc.,
for fifty years. For this privilege he
offers to pay all the expenses of the In
dian Bureau, the expenses of the White
House, and the Presidents usual salary,
build and equip ten ocean war steamers
Gron. clad), and pay off the national war
debt in ten annual installments, pro-
vided that all postage stamps and postal
cards, and the face of all national bank
notes contain steel cut Of his hand saw
and dresser. ta
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-09
MOn0grams in Dress.
Paris letter to New York Times.

Everything at present is enriched
with monograms. Ladies wear around
their necks in the evening their mono
grams of diamonds fastened TO . dia-
mond necklace. In the daytime they
have monograms in enamel, gold, plati-
ma, or composition on their cloak fas.en-
ings and belts. Sleeve buttons, lockets,
and breaches are ornamented in the
same ways. Gentlemen wear initials OF
silver on onyx buttons on their morning
coats; they have also initials cut on OK
idized silver or platina to adorn their
low hats. This is Vienna importation.
These ornaments are also made to cor
respond with the Jewels in wear.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-09
Literary and Scit ntiflc.

| PAMPHLET history of the famine in
Asia Minor, has been compiled from the
] Leyant On. y Herald, by the editor of
that journal. q af
CARIY1E's "The lEarly Kings Of
Norway, with the paper on the por-
traits OF John Knox, will be published
III this country by the Harper Brothers.
A CHEMIST in Troy suggests that a
lew barrels of grasshoppers be caught
inoculated with smallpox and turned
loose again.
Ex-hINe Amadeus of Spain is writing
history OF his reign in that unhappy
country. Its title will be (" Recollec-
tions Of King.
IT is said that bones may be beauti-
fully bleached and deprived of their
oily matter and disagreeable odor by
soaking them in oil Of turpentine for
three or four days in q glass vessel ex-
posed to the direct rays of the sun.
DIR. SoRRs's centennial prelude"
delivered at the anniversary meeting of
the Historical Society, on THE early
American Spirit and its Genesis" will
be published within few days by A.
d. f. Randolph & Co.
The Rev. J. G. Wood, in his preface
to " Man and Beast" to be published
Immediately by Harper Brothers, says
that he has endeavored to carry out
Bishop Buffers train of thought, and
to show that the lower animals possess
the characteristics Of the immortal
spirit t
IHE third book of the Moody and
Sankey revival is to be published i'm
mediately by Harper Brothers. "The
Work OF God in Great Britain" by the
Rev. Rufus W. Clark of Albany, will
include portraits of the two evangelists,
view OF Mr.. Moody's preaching place
IN Chicago after the fire, and many in
teresting particulars Of his early work.
Mr.. RUsK1N still adheres to mis- re-
fusal to reprint !" Modern Painters In
complete form, but since 6 the younger
lady OF Thwalte,' which is Ruskinese
Tor one OF the authors friends, has Sc
lected favorite passages from that work,
ne consents to arrange them into proper
sequence and to present them in reason
ably cheap form. jasf
In Paris they make two eggs out of
one by cutting the shell with GLACIERS
diamond, and then slicing the egg
quickly with an oiled knife. The TWO
halves are deity dropped into boiling
butter on the plate, which ssixes "
them, making them look like two, and
for which the customer-who has not
seen the performance-pays without
suspicion.
A FRENCH professor, M. Cornu, has
been making some interesting expert
ments on the velocity of light. His
method consists in throwing a ray of
light across slit in a revolving wheel
upon a mirror placed at suitable dis
lance, which reflects it back. IF while
the ray is travelling to and from the re-
Hector, the wheel has turned so as to
intercept the ray on tooth instead Of
slit, the light will not be seen by the
observer stationed behind the wheel,
and the time occupied by the wheel in
going from slit to slit, will afford a
means of l-easuring the time of the
passage of the ray
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-09
Bookkeeping. in 1875.

A writer IN the Journal of Horticul-
ture, England, gives the following hints
On oee-keeplng, adding his own expert
e.ce on removing dead bees from the
hlVe. Ii the writer's observations are
correct, that the best honey seasons fol-
Low Tue coolest winters, certainly the
coming summer must be a productive
one to this country:
have often observed that our best
money seasons-and they are of rare oc-
cur1ence here-have followed our cold
esq WAnters. Therefore I augur hope
fully' for the summer before us.
1t Is good thing when the weather
s open, as at present, to clear away as
many DEAD bees as can be got at within
the hive without breaking away the
hive from its board. This can fire.
quently be done by inserting piece of
wire with curve at one end, and hook
Ing out the dead on the floor board.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-09
Household Matters.

CREAM PIE. One and one half cup OF
sweet cream, about tablespoonful OF
sugar, one level tablespoonful of -four,
one teaspoonful extract of lemon; stir
well together before putting in the pie
pan.
BLANC DE VEAU. "A brisket of veal,
yolks of two hard boiled eggs, one cup
Of milk, -four, butter. salt, pepper. Gut
the'veal IN pieces; boil them at least one
hour. Make gravy of the water in
which it is cooked; thicken it with lit
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-09

The President will make visit in
the West in the course Of the next three
weeks, during which he will attend the
wedding Of General Sheridan, which is
to come off the first week In june, at
Chicago. About the Goth of that month
he will leave Washington for his sum-
mer residence at Long Branch.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-09
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Caitivating Oak TREES.

1t is not too late at the North to di.
rect the attention of our tree planters
and nurserymen to the planting and
propagation OF the varieties of the ma
tive oak, SO abundant In American for
ests. The oak is eli emblem of strength
and endurance. It is a notable, stall
wart tree, stretching its brawny arms
out far and wide and towering as lofty
as It's more rapidly growing companions
OF the forests. No one who has seen
those fine specimens Of native oak in
the public squares of Philadelphia but
must have admired their vigorous forms
and strong, spreading branches. They
are striking specimens of successful
growth. Yet the same objection exists
to the oak as the white wood: its wide
spreading, lateral and deep-de-
seending tap roots. For success
full planting they should be started
from the acorns where the trees are to
grow. Of all the varieties the upland
white, the common oak of the ship
builders, and swamp Or lowland white,
and the over-cup oaks are the grandest
in their growth and stature. The latter
hrows up antler-like branches, which
when denuded of their leaves, have a
bold striking appearance, with less OF
spray than the others, but a deeper.
colored, larger and longer leaf. The
red, yellow, gray and black oaks, as
they are severally called, but which in
reality differ. In size and appearance,
are also noble trees, and grand objects
when standing apart, or in groups il
he park or on the lawn.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-09
New Rifles in Texas.

In connection with the Texas border
difficulties, it has been reported that
there have been recently large ship
ments of arms to Texas. The calibre
OF the Springfield rife has been changed
from fifty hundredths to forty-fve hun
dredths of an inch, and the guns sent to
Texas by the Government have been
1000. The government intends to sup
ply the troops in that state with the
rife.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-09
" The Blue and the GRAY, !"

By the flow of the inland river.
Whence the fleets of iron have fed.
Where the blades OF the grave-grass culver
Asleep are the ranks of the deal:
Under the sod and the dew.
Waiting the judgment day;
Under the ono the Blue;
Under the ether the Gray
These in the robings of glory,
Those in the gloom Of defeat
All with the battle-blood CORY,
In the dusk of eternity meet;
Under the sod and the dew.
Waiting the judgr1 ent day;
Under the laurel the Blue;
Under the willow the Gray.
From the silence Of sorrowful hours
The desolate mourners go,
Lovingly laden with flowers .s54st5sa
Alike for the friend and the foe;
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the Judgment day;
Under the roses the Blue;
Under the lilies the Gray
SO with an equal splendor
The mcrnlng sun-rays fall.
With touch, impartially tender,
On the blossoms, blooming for all;
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the Judgment day;
Broidered with gold the Blue;
Mellowed with gold the Gray.
So when the summer calIeth
On forest and field of grain,
With an equal murmur falleth
The cooling drop eft the rain;
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgment day;
Wet with the rain the Blue;
Wet with the rain the Gray.
Sadly, but not with upbraiding,
The generous deed was done
In the storm of the years that are fading,
No Drawer battle was won:
Under the sod and the dow.
Waiting the judgment day;
Under the blossoms the Blue;
Under the garland the Gray.
No more shall the war-cry sever,
Or the winding rivers be red;
they Danish our anger forever
When they laurel the graves of our dead
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the Judgment day;
Love and tears for the Blue;
Tears and love for the Gray.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-09

On bury Bartholomew out In the wood,
In beautiful hole in the ground.
Where the bumhlebees buzz and the wood
peckers ring, G
And the straddle-bags tumble around.
So that in the winter, when the snow and the
slush
Have covered his last little bed,
His brother Arte:.as can go cu. With Jane,
And visit the place with his sled.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-09

TALLTRAND once complained that the
English had thirty-nine religions and
only one sauce, which evoked the retort
from q witty Englishman, And the
French have thirty nine sauces and nc
religion. tta7
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-09
Strawberries in Beds or Hills.

Strawberries IN Beds or Hills.
A correspondent writing the Fruit
Recorder from the Oneida Community
gives his experience as follows:
We have been IN the business of rails
ing strawberriesabout twenty four years.
We knew of no other than the bedding
system when we began, but for many
years past have adopted the hill system.
For simplifying the process Of cultiva-
ton, and Tor increasing the yield we
have thought it preferable. Two
hundred bushels to the acre we regard
as no unusual yield and the amount has
sometimes been greater It is never
theless true that plants In hills are
much more tender than the summer
ones In beds.
For several years we have adopted
what might be called the drill system.
The rows are thirty. two inches apart
and ten inches in the row, and a horse
hoe that leaves the ground level is used
for cult1vating, and when they are hand
hoed the runners are mostly thrown
out at right angles with the rows.
then runs along both sides of each row
with Goodwin 8 Patent Strawberry Run
ner Gutter, which is much easier to run
than an empty wheelbarrow, and cuts
the runners as fast as man may wish
to walk or run. A man can cut the run
ners On more than an acre in day.
Ii few runners escape the cutter and
take root In the row I do not mind it,
for IT the winter should be rather hard
one and the larger and more tender
plants should suffer some, these young
er and harder plants would, in a
measure, supply their places.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-09

GENERAL MCCLELLAN, who has been
spending his winter upon the Upper
Nile, will return home in July.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-09

ONE is not SO soon healed as hurt.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-09

too many on at one time to waste.
Melons, cucumbers, corn, okra,
squash, beans, sweet potatoes, lima
beans, pepper, egg-plants, tomatoes,
and other tender vegetable that do not
do well till the sun gets high, and the
ground warm, should go into the soil
without delay.
Beanpoles should be set before the
beans are planted; and near cities,
where they are comparatively high
priced, their ends should be charred.
This will make them last some years.
Many find them last as long when gas
tarred. Mr.. Penniman, Of Michigan,
uses no poles, but cuts off the runners
as they appear, and the plant bears
abundantly as bush. Tomatoes do well
tied to poles.
In sowing seeds it is well to remem-
Der the, though the soil should be deep
and nnely pulverized, loose condition
is unfavorable to good growth. After
the seeds are sown, a heavy rolling
would be of great advantage. The far
mer knows this, ard we have often won
dered that the practice never extended
to garden work.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-05-13
PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY
COMPOUNDED.

Il is my aim TO keep on hand at all
time full stock Of everything appersain-
ing TO the drng trade.
J. II. VIVIAN.