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Russia and GERMANY,

Alexander III. may profess boundless
affection for the Emperor William, both
as a relative and as his fathers friend.
But those who surround Alexander Ill. ,
those who really control the destinies of
Russia, have as deep hatred, both for
the Germans and their king. They hate
the Germans, whom Count Neselrode in
troduced to Nicholas court; who for a
quarter of century held every political
post Of honor; who became the Name
lukes of the Russian empire. They hate
Prince Bismarck, who made them dis
gorge their plumber of their war with
Turkey. They hate the Austrians, who
stopped them on their road to the Bos-
phorus and the Dardanelles, whoare their
only competitors in the race for Con-
stantinople. Russian hatred of Austria
was the bond between Gortshakoff and
the national party. Russian hatred of
Austria is seen today in every state
along the line of the Balkans. In Bull
garia it has nearly overthrown prince;
in Servia it has almost assassinated a
king.
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10. 1882.
ENGLISH TRADE TRICKS.

In the volume of consular reports is
sued by the state department, attention
is called by our consul at Smyrna, Mr..
Duncan, to the limitations of American
cotton goods which are now being placed
on the markets of that part of the world
by English firms. The result is to in
jure our trade and manufactures. Mr..
Duncan writes "These dishonest imi-
tations, am informed by the principal
importers of the real American domes
tics, are continually doing us a great
deal of harm by cheating the public,
and yet the brand is probably sufficient
" changed to avoid prosecution. In
the same volume of reports there is a
communication from Mr.. Denny, our
consul general at Shanghai, on this
identical subject. He writes: ga re-
cent novelty has been the import of a
drilling from England, packed IN the
same manner as those coming from the
United States, which has met ready
sales at prices nearly equivalent to those
paid for the best American brands" We
suppose there is no way of stopping
this kind of business SO far as either
government is concerned. We have
laws because there are rogues, says the
New York Herald; but in these modern
days the rogues are so ingenious that they
manage to slip through the finest meshes
that have been prepared to catch them.
The best and most effective way to teach
them, perhaps, is to throw the light of
intelligent public opinion on their ne
farious operations.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-12-13
A Christmas Plum PUDDING.

From Food and Health.J
To be wholesome plum pudding must
be well combined, we'll mixed, well
cooked, served up hot, and eaten before
the appetite is Tagging. A good plum
pudding is not indigestible, nourishing,
strengthening, and above all, comfort
ing, it puts people IN a good temper aud
makes them feel happy. Do not make
it too rich, nor too heavy, nor too sweet,
nor too large, but be moderate in every
thing, forgetting nothing, and mixing it
with your own hands. Only that plum
pudding is lucky, that is stirred by each
member of the household. Take /
pound best raisins, well stoned; l pound
currants; pound saltanas; ! pound of
finely chopped candied peel; pound of
best moist sugar; the rlnd of one lemon
grated; mixed spice according to judg
ment; ounce Of powdered sweet al
monds, grated nutmeg and ground Gin
namon; pinch Of salt and pinch of
ground pepper; prepare best white stale
bread crumbs and rub it even, to your
judgment in quantity, then add three
tablespoons of fine sifted -four; chop as
fine as possible of pound Of best beef
suet; add to bread and -four; also two
good pinches of baking powder, mix
well. Pour two tablespoons Of best
golden syrup over this mixture. Beat
up the yolks of six eggs well; the whites
of three with white sugar, mix them with
the pudding materials. Stir for ten
minutes, till all is amalgamated. Add
two glasses of sherry if desired, mix sui
fcient to bring to d good moisture, but
not sloppy. Butter mould well; pour
in pudding and place in steamer or in
saucepan, so that the water reaches halt
the height and by no means immerse it,
cover the pudding with clean paper and
let steam six hours at least. Sauce
Take piece of best butter and melt; mix
with half spoon Of best fine -four, mix
well. Add sugar and vanilla favoring
and as much milk or cream as desired.
Mix well in stirring till it is perfectly
smooth. Add sherry wine or brandy if
wished
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-12-13

Charles L. Lamb, son of highly respected
citizen of Hannibal, Mo-, murdered Mrs Hull
former mistress Of his, at st. Louis, on the
night Of the 9Th inst. Lamb fed and was cap
tured at Chaplin. Ill.
A band of citizens took Thos. Robinson and
VIM. Cephasi from the jail and lynched them.
Francisco NOtan, a drunken guest at we'd
ding at Saballo, n. M, shot and killed two
brothers named ROYAL. and then amused him
self by cutting his Wife's ears off.
Officer Joseph Coke was killed by notorious
character named Billy Patterson. at Cincin-
natl, O., on the It'll inst.
A female nihilist, lately banished to Siberia,
killed the governor Of the territory.
John Trinter, Chicago lawyer, cut his wife
throat at Louisville, KY, on the 9th inst. and
then gashed himself in the same horrible man
ner. Both are dead.
An amateur dramatic club at Makanda,
Illinois. was rehearsing border drama on the
night of the 4th, and John Perl took up rife
to send bullet whizzing past the head of his
brother James. But the excitement of the
play destroyed his nerve, and he placed the
leaden ball in the brain. The cOroners Jury
exonerated the rifieman.
At Starkville, Miss, on the 4th, Col, w II,
Tson, speaker of the house in the last legis-
Iature, was killed by Ed. Saunders.
Richard, John and Nicholas Cook. despera-
does. whose home is at Mount Sterling H..
were captured on the 4th at MoberIy. Mo-,
after an exciting chase. in which many citi-
zens took part. Richard was shot dead. and it
is probable that Nicholas viii not survive his
injuries John is badly wounded, but will re-
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Avoid All This

fFrom the New England Journal of Education.l
In promulgating your esoteric cog1ta-
tons, or articulating your superficial
sentimentalitiesa and amicable, philosoph-
icaI or psychological observations, be-
ware of platitudinous ponderosity. Let
your conversational communications
possess a clarified conciseness, a COM
pacted comprehensibleness, coalescent
consistency, and a concatenated cogency.
Escbew all conglomerations of fatulent
garrulity, ioiune babblement and as
SHINE affections. Let your extempor
aneous decantings and unprecedented
expatiations have inteliigibility and vora-
cious vivacity, without rhodomontade or
thrasonical bombast. Sedulously avoid
all polysyllabic profundity, pompous
prolixity, psittaceous vacuity, Ventril-
oquial verbosity and vaniloquent vapid
ity. Shun double ententes, prurient
jocosity and pestiferous profanity, OBJ
scurant or apparent. In other words,
talk plainly, briefly, naturally, sensibly,
truthfully, purely. Keep from ''slang;;"
don't put on airs; say what you mean;
mean what you say. And don't use big
WOrdsi
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of either source Of public revenue. ssIt is a
much more agreeable duty and mnch more
feasible to reduce taxes from time to time as
the unknown extent Of our revenues shall he
developed than to re-impOse them to n1ges the
imperative obligations of the government
For the reduction which it now appears safe ta
make, we believe it should be effected rather
by the abolition of taxes more closely related
70 the use and convenience Of our peOpIeT
hlessrs. Dunnell and Haskell filed 81 supple
mental and minority report, in which they fa-
Vor the abolition of all internal revenue taxes,
except those on malt and spirituous liquors,
uoDacco snutf and cigars. If it becomes ap-
parent that the government does not require
the entire amount derived from liquors and
TOBACCO a proposition reducing the tax NAV be
favorably considered. They believe. however,
before this tax is abolished there should be as
comprehensive revision of the tariff made as
as the length of the session will permit That
revision should be made entirely independent
of other sources of revenue, and there shouId
be such an adjustment of duties levied as will
fairly protect American industries from ruin
GUS foreign competition. Adjourned
THURSDAY, December THE house went
into committee of the whole Oh the Indian au-
pro priation bill. The total amount of the ap-
preparation provided for in the bill is SIS, 208,-
999, which is 1874, 200 less than the appro-
prlatlon for the current year and 81, SIG, TIC
less than the estimate. On motion of Haskell
(kan.) an amendment was adopted for inser-
ton in the patents authorized to be issued to
certain Individual Indians by the treaty of
1869 with the Sioux Indians, q provision that
lands obtained by treaty shall remain forever
lnalienable and not subject to taxation. After
discussion, the committee arose and reported
the Indian bill to the house. and it was passed
-. Adjourned. l.
FRIDAY, December 8.-Burrows mich. J,
from the committee on appro priations, re-
ported the consular and diplomatic bill. Re-
ferred to the committee of the whole. It ap-
propriates 81, 258, 255, being $40, 900 less than
the appropriation for the current year, and
1892, 500 less than the estimates Bingham
(Pa.) reported bill reducing letter postage to
cents. In committee of the whole on the
private calendar the enacting clause of the bill
for the relief of the officers and crew of the
Monitor who participated in the action with the
Merrjmac on the 9th of March, 1862 was
stricken out Adjourned.
SATURDAY. December page, from the
commerce committee, reported a resolution
calling on the secretary of war for information
as to whether the money appropriated by the
last river and harbOr bill was appropriated for
works or objects not in the interest Of COM
merce and navigation. and if so. requesting
that specifications be furnished. spirited
discussion followed ending in the adoption of
the resolution. The consular and diplomatic
appropriation bill was then passed and the
house adjourned.
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OhifnaFV.

Archibald Graham, Paterson, N. j. brew
er, died on the 10th INST, aged 60.
James H. Barney, president of the Baltimore
Warehouse Company, was found dead III bis
bed on the morning of the 10th inst.
Montreal has suffered an irreparable loss by
the death of Sir Hugh Allan. He came there
from Scotland when ii years of age, and ac-
quired fortune estimated at SIS. 900, 900. He
was president of one of the largest Canadian
banks and of twenty two other corporations,
and gave each hisspersonsl attention. He was
engaged to be married to lady IN Quebec as
his second wife. He leaves eight daughters
and four sons.
w. T. Bakeney, inventor of the turbine wa
terwheel, died at Dayton, Ohio, on the 9th
inst.
Gen. Sidney Burbank U. S. A., retired, died
at his residence III Newport, KY, on the 9Th
inst. Deceased was II years of age
Col. John w. Porter, president of the Iowa
State Agricultural Society, and the Iowa City
board of trade, died at Iowa City on the 7th
after brief illness.
William Hale, the champion clOg-dancer of
the world, died at Kansas City, of consump-
ton.
Cassie Troy, the well-known emotional act
ress, died at the Hotel Dieu, New Orleans, on
the 9th inst, of blood poisoning, caused by
using injurious cosmetics.
Judge L. Worcester, ex-member of congress
from Ohio, and a member of the New Hamp-
shire judiciary, died at Nashua on the 9Th
inst. Deceased was a brother of the lexico-
grapher.
Rear-Admiral Fabius Stanley, retired, died
suddenly of apoplexy at Washington, d. c., on
the 9Th inst.
Anthony Trollnpe. the celebrated English
author, died at London on the 9th inst.
Louis Blanc, the French statesman, is dead.
Nelson II. Van Voorhees,. eX-member of con-
gress, died at Athens. O., on the 4th.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-12-13

Saginaw, Mich, we're swept away by fire on
the 9Th INST. Loss $780, 900.
d. G. Lutt q Co.'S, wholesale grocery and
Rankin d Lawtons bookblndery, at st. Louis.
Mo-, burned ON the 9Th. Loss 800 900.
A five-story building in New York City, oc-
cupied by the Manhattan Suit and Cloak Co..
was damaged to the extent of $40, 00G by fire
on the 9Th.
The Wiley Block, one of the largest business
structures III Columbia, s. c.. was nearly de-
stroyed on the 8th inst. Loss $50, 900.
Fero's vegetable soup works at Lyndonville,
n. Y, burned on the night of the 9Th. Loss
S45, UOO. Water was scarce and recourse was
had to immense cider tanks in neighbor-
ing establishment; over one thousand gallons
OF the apple juice were used in extingushing
the fire.
The Royal Alhambra Theater of London, one
of the principal houses of public amusement in
that city, was entirely DESTROYED by fire on the
7th inst, the fire breaking out shortly after
the audience had retired. Nothing was saved,
and the loss is very heavy, estimated at $780,
600.
The machine shops of the Lackawanna Rail
road, at Kingslind, N. J., were destroyed by
fire on the 7th. Loss $4,000.
Stanford County, in Worcestershire Eng,
the country seat of Sir Francis Wilmington,
has been destroyed by fire, with its plate,
pictures, and manuscripts.
A large granite block on the corner of Third
and Sibley Streets, st. Panl, Mimi, which was
occupied by a wholesale hardware house,
burned on the 9th. Loss 100000.
Shawnee College, near Bedford Ind, con-
tanning a museum of Indian curiosities valued
at $4,000, was consumed by fire on the 9Th
inst.
Lang's furniture factory, New York City,
was damaged by fire to the extent of $4,000
on the 9th inst.
fire at Charlton, Ia, on the 9Th inst,
SWeDt AWAY several b1l0lDpg Loss SD91 600
Nineteen frame buildings in La Cygne, Kan
sas, were destroyed by fire on the 9th inst.
Loss $780, 1000.
One of VIM. Arratt's Irvine mills. Philadel-
phia, burned on the 5th inst. Total loss $780,
600.
destroyed the Batesville hotel and contents and
a storehoqse filled with goods. Loss $50, 900.
Gilmores saw mill at Ocurge, Texas, burned
on the night of the ID inst Lose 81. 600
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-12-13
New YOrk,s SuudavLawS.

The Sabbatarian provisions of the New York
code were enforced on the Sd in the COM
mercial metropolis for the first time. BARRIERS,
ice-cream dealers, expressmen and grocers were
compelled to desiSt from business. The trains
ran as usual, and the Sunday newspapers were
sold by boys on the streets, although the boot
blacks were forbidden to ply their vocation.
The saloons, however, were not interfered with
except in few cases. Numerous arrests were
made, but in nearly all cases the parties were
allowed to go on their own recognizances. By
the provisions of the new penal code sabbath
breaking is made rather comprehensive
crime. Not only is ''all manner of servile
labor, excepting in works of necessity Or
charity" prohibited, but also call shooting,
hunting, fishing playing, horse racing, gaming
or other public sports, exercises or pastmes;
all trades. manufactures and mechanical en-
pigments; all manner of public selling, or Of
fering or exposing for sale publicly of any
commodities except that meats, milk
and fish may be sold at any time
before nine o'clock i'll the morning,
and except that food may be sold to be eaten
upon the premises where sold, and drugs, medi-
cines and surgical appliances may be sold at
any time of the day." The punishment for
Sabbath-breaking is a fiue of SIS or imprison-
ment nor exceeding five days. In addition. all
commodities exposed for sale in violation of
the code shall be forfeited. Tie goods will be
sold on one day notice and the proceeds paid
to the Overseers of the poor Of the town or
city. The disturbing of religious meetings at
any time or upon any day is misdemeanor.
The following acts will constitute such dis
tmbance: UtteIlng profane discourses or
making any disturbing or unnecessary noises
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-12-13
FLAX CULTURE,

The annual report of the Belfast (Ire-
land) Flax Association shows that the
cultivation of fax is in a languishing
condition not IN Ireland alone, but III
other European countries also. In 1881
there was a decrease of 6.64 per cent.
from the area of the previous year, and
this was followed by a decrease of %
per cent. in the fax acreage for the
present year. The area under flax in
1870 was 194, 1903 acres, and 157, 534
acres in 1880. The number of scutch
mills has declined from l, $40 in 1869 to
1,150 in 1882. In England, too, the
acreage in fax last year fell off 27.3 per
cent. as compared with figures in 1880,
the area being 1854 acres. In Austria
the fax acreage last year was 224, 244,
slight increase over 1880, but less than
in any year during the previous decade.
The area in Hungary was %, 0S9 acres,
an increase over the two preceding
years, but considerably less than the
average for 1S7O-72. France had 1863,
430 acres under flax in 1881, an increase
over the two previous years, but a
marked falling off from the area during
the years from 1871 to 1878. In Ger
many, where more fax is grown than in
any other European country except Rus
STA, the area under fax in 1880 was 319,-
1876 acres, a decrease of 1000 acres as
against 1878. Holland had As, 095 acres
in 1880, an increase over the three pre-
ceding years, but decline as compared
with the average from 1870 to 1876.
The latest accessible figures are here
given, but it is thought that there was a
decline in the acreage of fax in all these
countries during the present year. In
Russia the fax area is estimated at
100000 acres, or much more than half
the whole fax area of Europe-amount-
ing to 3,342, 018 acres. The area in fax
in this country in 1879, the latest figures
at hand, was estimated by the depart
ment of agriculture to be not less than
400, 900 acres.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-12-13
hallway Wrecks.

A collision between freight and passenger
trains near Stretcher's Neck Tunnel, % miles
vest of Hinton, W. Va, wrecked two engines,
two passenger coaches, one baggage and five
freight cars. Three persons were instantly
killed and five injured.
A passenger train ran off the track and down
ali embankment at Euffaula. Ga. Almost every
one on the train was injured, Several seri-
ously.
freight train On a siding was run into by
IN express train at Rummertield, Pa. Engi-
leer Foulk and Fireman KIngsland were burned
to death. Two engines we're wrecked and a
baggage, express ana sleeping coach destroyed
by fire. None Of the passengers were injured.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-12-13
A Conflict ct Authority.

A merchant of Troy, New York, where a
police imbrogio has for some time been in
progress. caused the arrest of a swindler by
Captain Cary, of the new force. The warrant
proving defective, another was issued by the
justice to Captain OLaughin, of the old force.
Twenty of the new men aided Captain Cary III
taking the prisoner fOFcibly from the old officer,
but the sheriff declined TO receive the accused
from the new captain. Then commenced a
row which led to the arrest of the contesting
officers on warrants issued to the old force, and
a pitched battle took place, many receiving
hard blows. The county judge liberated the
new policemen on writs of habeas corpus, but
they were again locked up by their rivals.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-12-13
Report of the Tariff Commission,

The tariff commission claims that the
scheme of duties embraced in its report makes
an average reduction of 20 to Is per cent,
which would benefit consumers to the amount
of S100 600. 600. lie recommends the abolition
of all custom-house fees and commissions, the
putting of wood pulp, qunlne, dry extracts,
and crude chemicals on the free list specific
duty of 80 cents ton on iron ore and of So
per thousand on cigars; a reduction of 255
cents per pound on medium wool, of 2 cents
on salt in bulk, and of so per ton on steel
rails. No change is made in lumber or cereals.
If the reduction reaches the amount at which
the commission aimed consumers will be ben
Gifted 500. 600, 900.
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Minor Mishaps.

A thief in theater at Barcelona, Spain,
raised false alarm of fire. One person was
killed and eighteen injured in the panic which
ensued.
An oyster sloop capsized off Fort Meyers,
Fla, on the 9Th inst, drowning three sons of
John Bright, aged from to IL years.
The wife and child Of a Russian Jew named
Gelanger, froze to death near Grand Forks, d.
T.. on the 7th.
Capt. Emmons and three men were drowned
from yacht near Long Branch, recently.
a shanty used as sleeping room by laborers
at Chatham, Ont, burned on the night of the
4th inst, Three inmates persisted.
Two boys, named Arthur Lord and Patrick
Kane were killed at Thompsonville, Connecti-
cut by a special train conveying the Langtry
troupe.
boiler in a paper mill at Middletown, O.,
exploded on the LIST inst, killing Adam For
ester and seriously injuring John Zeller.
BY the premature explosion Of a blast at Val
latama, Mexico, two men were killed and an
other injured.
Two children of Hiram BerkeypiIe persisted
in a burning house at YOUNGSTOWN, Pennsyl-
vania.
A derrick used in constructing a bridge at
Plattsburg, N. Y, fell on the Both, killing VIM.
Heffermann and seriously injuring two other
workmen. James Murray is supposed to have
been knocked into the river and drowned.
The family of laborer named Sullivan were
poisoned at San Francisco on the 28th by eat
ing fish. Two children were dead and third
not expected to live at last accounts.
William Wright and wife, residing near st.
Louis. heard the report of a gun in their house
while they were at work in a field. They soon
discovered that their 6-year old son had play
fully drawn a loaded shotgun upon his younger
sister, actually blowing away her head.
On the evening of the 25th as Rev. T. W.
Terrence with his nephew, aged s, and four
hired men were driving home near Danville,
Pa, one of the horses baked and precipitated
the vehicle down embankment All were
badly injured.
AtSpringfeld, o , on the 26th D. Fl. Roche
and I. c. Case, railway agents went into the
vaults at the general Office of the I. B. & W.
Railroad. Somebody had blown out the gas
and the accumulation Of the combustible ex-
ploded on the appearance of the above named
gentlemen with lamp. Both were dangerous
~ burned.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-12-13
Marine Disasters

The tug Geo. W. Childs and the steam yacht
Idle Hour foundered off Hatteras, N. c.. on
the 22d ult. ALI on board lost.
The German bark Argonaut was wrecked on
captain and ten of the crew were drowned.
The steamer Morning Star exploded. her
boiler near New Orleans on the 9Th Three
persons were killed. eight drowned, and six
badly scalded.
A steam collier foundered off Berwick. Eng.
Ten persons were drowned.
The steamer Enterprise burned off Maud's
Point, n. c., On the 4th inst. Capt. Thomp-
son, W. W. Hancock and colored man named
Reyton were drowned.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-12-13
Suicide.

Bernard Ryan. a well-to-do business man,
residing in Hoboken, became insane recently
and was confined in an asylum. On the 8th
inst, he eluded bis keepers and cut his throat
with a carving knife,
On the 4th inst. Warwick II. Butler. son of
noted divine of Prince George County. Nd,
shot himself at house of ill-fane in Balti-
more. At the same hour John A. Dorsey, son
of Judge Rueben Dorsey, of Howard County,
Md, killed himself at his boarding house. He
had squandered a moderate fortune in grain
speculatlons. The prime cause of the tragedy,
however, was difficulty with his afianced a
Miss TAYLOR.