Dakota farmers' leader., November 28, 1890, Image 2

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A COMPANY has been organized with
a capital of $4,000,000 to lay a new
cable under tlie Atlantic.
CHINESE pheasants were introduced
into the vast forests of Oregon ten years
ago, and now it is estimated that there
are 1,000,000 of them in the country.
THE "oldest Mason" is dead again,
this time in Canada. Like the "oldest
inhabitant," he is a multitudinous citi
zen, or vampire-like, comes to life as
often as he dies.
NOTWITHSTANDING the well-recog
nized fact that paper money is a v6ry
prolific agent for the spread of contagi
ous diseases, people still persist in thus
exposing themselves.
NEW YORK is about to indulge in her
favorite recreation of starting a fund
for a monument to Columbus. Monu
ment funds are easily started in New
York, but very hard to complete.
A MEDICAL journal has discovered
that there are from 100,000 to 200,000
hairs on a woman's head. The numer of
hairs on a man's head depends consider
ably on the time he has been married.
A FRENCHWOMAN has become the
mother of five children at a birth. Had
this interesting occurrence taken place
in one of the mushroom towns out West
what a howl for a recount would have
followed.
SCIENTISTS may argue and doctrin
aires may prattle against the inter
marying of deaf mutes, but there is
still a good deal of sentimental philos
ophy on the plea that deaf mute couples
are congenial. Congeniality is a good
thing to have in the family.
A GRATEFUL testifier to a 'patent
medicine's virtues writes to say that
before using, his appetite was bad,and,
he "fell away to nothing." A medicine
that can raise a man from a condition
of hopelessness to become a fine, ro
bust, healthy liar like that deserves its
success.
BOULANGER is accused by his former
chief lieutenant, M. Nuquet, with di
verting 2,700,000 francs from the elec
toral fund to his own use. With that
snutr little income the man who used to
look so well on a blaok charger should
be able to keep the wolf from the
door. No wonder he is cheerful and
happy, despite all the exposures.
THE "best dressed" men in Europe
are having their trousers made two
inches longer than the leg and then
turning them up at the bottom. The
rural lad who succeeds to his father's
unmentionables and feels sensitive in
regard to the woful misfit can now con
sole himself with the gratifying
thought that he is a leader of fashion.
THE rise and fall of Leadville is
tersely told in the census. In the four
years preceding 1880 the famous car
bonate camp grew from a wilderness of
mountain and gulch to a city of 11,000
inhabitants. Like all communities de
pendent solely upon mineral resources,
the town is declining with the output,
the decrease in ten years amounting to
3,600 people.
THE Whitney family, a tent show
touring Michigan, gave the La
peer, spectators a treat the other day.
Bight in the middle of the show an
Episcopal minister appeared in the
ring and the two acrobats marched out,
leading two blushing young ladies.
The marriage ceremony was read and
then the newly made Benedicts went
on with the show.
A^RISONER in the Webster County
(Iowa) Jail, a few days ago, received a
copy of "The Kreutzer Sonata." The
sheriff felt obliged to read the book
through in order to judge of the pro
priety of leaving it with the prisoner.
The official was rewarded for his watch
fulness by discovering two sharp steel
saws secreted between leaves which
had been pasted together.
A MAN who stops another on the
street and robs him of his watch and
purse is sent to the penitentiary, if
captured. A man who sits at a table
and fleeces another of his money, with
the aid of tricks and cards, is arrested
and—and—fined $5 or $10, without
even being compelled to appear in
court to answer the charge against
him. There are many kinds of justice
in this world.
Now THAT great immense hats are ly
ing on the counters and marked "the
latest importations" and the theater
season just opened, the men of the
country have set up a loud howl. A
pretty young lady bought the largest
she could find the other day, and in
tends to sit in front of a rude man who,
she says, last season "broke her fan,
mashed her corn, tore her dress, mussed
her hat. breathed perfumes of beer and
cloves in her face, and numerous other
little things in his mad rush to get out
between the acts."
GEN. HOOD, of the Confederate army,
and his wife died in New Orleans in
1879 within three days of each other.
They left a family of eleven children.
There were two pairs of twius and one
set of triplets. The friends of General
Hood were in dismay at what to do for
such a family. The old Confederates
were mostly poor men, and they could
not see their way dear to provide for
such a brood, when. John A. Morris,
principal proprietor of the Louisiana
lottery, stepped in and assumed the en
tire responsibility of their education,
maintenance and provi :ion for life.
DR. SOHULTZE, a German scientist,
says that beer is materially affected
both in taste and odor by standing even
for a few minutes in a glass. This is
due to the fact that the beer disolves a
minute quantity of the lead oxide con
tained in the glass. Lead oxide is a
poison, and a person that drinks a large
amount of beer may get enough lead
into his system to affect his health—if
he lets the beer stay in the glass long
enough. Dr. Schultze says that gold
lined silver mugs are the best vessels
from which to drink beer. But if you
can't get a gold-lined silver mug take a
salt-glazed stone mug.
THE cost of French revolutions to the
French Government of to-day is record
ed in this little list of pensioned per
sons and families: Senators of the em
pire, 48,000 francs in consequence of
the Vienna peace, 434,211 men of the
times of Louis XVIII. and Charle3 X.,
15,000 families of Louis Philippe's
time, 41,225 wounded in June, 1848,
136,975 persons of the second empire,
132,000, wounded in February, 1848,
198,000 victims of Dec. 2, 6,553,266.
Each government ha3 respected the
pension obligation of its predecessor as
to this growing list, and has paid every
item with scrupulous regularity.
THE principal business of Strobeck,
a little German village in the Hartz
Mountains, is playing chess. Chess is
the only game known to its simple
people, and it is pursued assiduously by
every one. It is taught to the children
almost in their infancy. Every house
and all the inns are supplied with
chess-boards, and the
stranger is struck
with the curious spectacle of a popu
lation—men and woman, old and young
—immersed in the royal game and ob
livious to other mundane affairs. Chess,
while possible to such a singular ex
tent among the grave and solemn Ger
mans of Strobeck, is too slow a game
for Americans. Even Philadelphia and
St. Louis have never been given to
chess.
THE Count of Paris has had the usual
fanny experience of titled foreigners in
this country. At the great reception
in Philadelphia he was addressed as
"Mr. Orleans," "Kiug" and "High
ness." That there may be no mistake
hereafter, the Press prints the follow
ing form to be used in addressing him
"Monseigneur, j'ai J/honneur de vous
souhaiter le bon soil-." This is de
clared to be all sufficient, and will cer
tainly save the time that would be
taken up in hunting over Ollendorf. It
would be awkward to ask the Count
"if the good grocer has the sand of the
husbandman," and have him reply,
"No but he has the stamps of the in
telligent postmaster, and the -wooden
shoe of the little sister of the aunt of
the apothecary."
A NATIONAL census will be taken in
Austria this winter. On Dec. 29 every
house-owner will receive a census
blank, which, under penalty of the law,
he must fill in for every inmate of his
house, and deliver to an official on Jan. 3.
The questions to be answered are nei
ther numerous nor minutely inquisitive.
Only in matters pertaining to nation
ality and language will the census be
especially detailed. This exception to
the otherwise prevailing generality of
the information requested is the result
of the horrible mish-mash of speech,
blood, and history that go to make up
the Austro-Hungarian state, as well as
of the present strenuous efforts of the
government to find some data for the
basis of a policy that may harmonize
the warring elements. The census offi
cials will be the local county and com
munal office holders. As the Austrian
government has appropriated only
about $15,000 to the undertaking, not
very great things are expected from it,
The Vienna press complain loudly that
hardly any data will be collected that
will be of value in devjping means
for relieving the crying distress of
the Austrian working people, espe
cially of the idle and starving thous
ands in the vicinity of the capital.
A Voyage iu a Small Craft.
A good deal of excitement was ex
hibited along the Thames by the arri
val at Millwall of Cai)t. Sundsvall, a
Norwegian sailor, who had succeeded
in crossing the North Sea in a small
boat. The little craft, which is called
the Vigten, is only fifteen feet from
stem to stern, with four feet breadth
of beam. It is covered in with a kind
of decking to prevent swamping by
heavy seas, and it carries but one small
sail.
Capt. Sundsvall commenced his ad
venturous voyage nearly three weeks
before, starting from Christiana with
the intention of proceeding to Edin
burgh. All went well for a time, but
being driven somewhat out of his course
by contrary winds, he decided to at
tempt the journey to London, although
such a voyage in so small a craft was
attended by considerable danger, par
ticularly as the Captain had no one to
assist him in the management of the
boat. He made fair progress, however,
until he was for some days again dis
turbed by unfavorable weather, and
was driven very much out of his course.
Capt. Sundsvall also began to run
short of provisions, and began to suffer
from fatigue, having to keep a sharp
lookout at night, and getting only oc
casional snatches of sleep during the
day. He fell in with the steamship
Assen, bound for Rotterdam, the crew I
of which endeavored to dissuade him
from his hazardous enterprise, and in-1
vited him to come on board. The ad
venturous seaman, however, expressed
his intention to continue the journey,
and having obtained a supply of pro
visions, proceeded to London, safely
reaching the Thames.
RURAL TOPICS.
INFORMATION FOR THE HUS
BANDMAN AND HOUSEWIFE.
Some Practical Suggestions for the Farmer,
Slock-Ureeder, Poulterer, Nnrseryraun,
•ud Housekeepers.
THE FAUM.
Fences.
The mak'ng and keeping up of the
fences on tho average farm is a very con
siderable item of expense. On many
farms much more so than is really ne
cessary or economical. But tlio item of
keeping up the fences is not all the ex
pense. They occupy more or less ground,
depending on the character of the fence.
Generally this strip is allowed to grow
up in weeds, sprouts or briars this adds
more or less to the work witt the crops,
but in addition affords a good harboring
place for vermin. With a little plan
ning, a considerable part of the fencing
can readily be dispensed with, and to a
good advantage. Where there is no
stock law, and where soiling is not fol
lowed, outside fencing along the roads
and lines between farms must bo kept
up, with sufficient inside fences, to pro
vide good pasturage. Outside of this,
all the rest of the fencing should be dis
pensed with, as it adds to tho expense of
the farm with no corresponding benefit.
With a good system of rotation planned
and carried out, there is but little benefit
to be derived in pasturing the cultivated
fields. Taking the benefit of plowing
under tho green growth, and the ex
pense of making and keeping up the
fences, the better plan will be, in a ma
jority of cases, to keep the stock oil the
cultivated land.
My plan is to take considerable pains
to have good pastures. I prefer two, as
more stock can bo kept in proportion to
the acrage, with better results, than is
possible with only one pasture. Have it
seeded with a good variety of grasses,
and keep down the weeds and sprouts.
Have the balance of the farm into just as
few fields as the condition iu which the
farm lies will permit. It can be divided
into plots or fields for cultivation, num
bering each one so as to be able to plan
better, both in keeping up the system of
rotation and of manuring. Much of the
inside fencing can be readily dispensed
with by this plan, and the farm work be
carried on to better advantage. A sup
ply of rails or panels of plank fence can
be kept for making temporary fences
when needed, as it will sometimes hap
pen that it will bo advisable to pasture
the cultivated land a short time. As
with a field of oats, that have fallen
down so bad as to be difficult to harvest
or wheat and rye can often have sheep
or calves, even the hogs, pastured on
them during the fall, and occasionally
during the winter. Have enough of the
necessary fencing, of posts, plank and
wire, so as to take up as little land as
possible, lessening tho cost in the waste
land and also in the work of keeping
clean. By taking pains to do thorough
work and by using good material,a fence
.can be made that will cost but little to
keep in repair each year. And at the
same time prove fully more effective than
any other.—N. J. Shepherd, in Practical
Farmer.
THE DAIRli
Dairy Notes.
IP
one wishes to please his cows and
earn their gratitude and increase the
yield of butter let him give the cows a
peck of ripe apples sliced and mixed
with two quarts of fine corn meal every
day at noon.
WHATEVER may be the low condition
of the general market the best quality of
butter is always in demand. Market
prices in their variations never affect the
highest quality. It is only the sccoiid
rate kinds that arc drawn down by the
always excessive supply of the poorest
qualities.
WE have got to reach the keeping of
one cow to every acre of cultivated land
before we reach the greatest possible,
profit. Tho sooner we reach this the
better it will be, and then we may try to
do better if we can. And with this econ
omy of feeding we must be ever striving
for increased yield by the improvement
of the dairy stock.
MUCH feed can be saved through the
winter by a liberal use of it now. Al
though the fine weather has kept up the
pasture, it is not nearly so nutritious as
in the summer, so that some extra food
should bo given now. A bit of hay at
milking time with a quart or two of
meal will keep up the How of milk."
DEHORNING cattle is not supposed to
wholly change the nature of the animals.
There are vicious beasts which still re
tain their natural vices, which however
are rendered less dangerous when the
horns are removed. That one bull out
of many thousands may kill its owner
oven after its boms are removed is no
argument against a practice which
renders ninty out of 100 practically
harmless.
DON'T put any faith in methods of im
proving bad butter or cheese after it is
made. The right way is not to make a
bad quality of either. It is better to
keep out 'he imperfections than to take
them out, even if it were possible. But
it is not. The badness is in grain. It
may be covered up for a short time, by
various arts, but like the rottenness at
the core of a fair-looking fruit, it will
very soon become apparent, and worse
than at the beginning.
MUCH harm is done by the prevailing
unwise excitement in regard to diseased
milk. One of the Ohio inspectors, and a
doctor goes so far as to say that the
Jersey milk is made unfit for use, by the
pampering—as ho calls it—of the cows
the carding and brushing and the blank
eting of them, which he says makes them
subject to disease. This is strange talk
for a physician who would, or should at
least, encourage the most perfect cleanli
ness and protection against cold and
chills, which really are the most frequent
causes of diseases in cows.
Tllii POlitTKl'-l'AKD.
Artificial Hatching.
When once the farmer fully compre
hends the value of an incubator for rais
ing chickens for tho market, few will be
without them. Properly handled, broiler
raising is very profitable, requiring a
moderate amount of space within a
brooding-house and a few modest runs to
successfully bring them up to that asje
when you can ship to market. Success
depends upon the care bestowed every
time—neslect is certain of failure mark
this, and don't be foolish and think aU
will be sunshine, for it won't. A wise
head, methodical and economical, should
mean abundant success, and it will come
if you only say that it must. Determina
tion is a wonderful hoisting-jack in up­
holding this busy world of ours, and its
meaning must be well understood by
even the farmer among his flock of fowls.
Those who raise broilers must keep away
stray cats, rats and wandering dogs
they all do sad work at times among
your chicks. Plenty of wire fencing will
bo needed and all avenues of ingress
from marauders closcd up securely.
Those who do not wish to raise broilers
can keep a flock or hens for eggs profita
bly in a house 10x12 feet, and with good
handling find both profit and pleasure
the result of his labor, with but little
expense. If you do either, be in earnest,
waste no time, but do everything up
well, and you can't say poultry-keeping
is a failure, for it's false and can be
proven a success in a multitude of cases
everywhere.—Correspondence Farm, Field
and Stockman.
Poultry Motes.
SAWDUST is an excellent litter for duck
coops.
OVERCROWDING is a fertile cause of the
breeder's worst enemy—roup.
CHOOSE, if possible, for a poultry
ranch a slope to the south or southeast.
THE daily consumption of eggs in the
United States is estimated at 45,000,000.
Coor,, sweet water is one of the most
important factors in the health of the
flock.
THERE is nothing better for your tur
keys than curds squeezed dry and
crumbled.
A small lump of pine tar in the drink
ing water supplied to the fowls will be
found beneficial.
BETTER throw the grain feed among
straw or leaves and make the fowls
scratch for a living.
IT is a bad plan to clean out the poul
try houses and throw the refuse just out
side the door. Barrel at once and put
under cover.
EGGS are the most marketable pro
duct that the farm yields. They .are
ready for the market the minuto they
are laid, and the sooner_they are gotten
to market the better.
COMMENCING to breed high class fowls,
solely with the object of making money
from them, is the rock on which many an
enthusiastic beginner has split. Profit
must always be a secondary considera
tion at the outset. It means hard work
and plenty of it for a year or more the
profit comes later if you only stick.
SMALI, potatoes make excellent chicken
feed if properly fed. Boil, and while hot,
mash with cornmeal and bran and feed
warm. Give only what they will eat up
clean and not oftencr than every other
day. The trouble which follows from
feeding potatoes is due to over feeding
when the birds are hungry and without
mixing the potatoes with meal and bran.
You cannot keep the chicken coops
too clean, and even after they leave the
hens and cluster nightly by themselves
sec that their shelter is dry and clean
and avoid crowding. Divide the flock
in lots of a dozen, they will be healthier
and grow faster for this attention. Every
day clean up the droppings and scatter
sand about the floor, consequently tho
air is pure at night.
THE STOCK.
KANCU.
When to Breed Fillies.
There is quite a difference in opinion
among breeders as to the proper time to
commence breeding fillies. We have had
considerable experience during the past
'fifteen years in breeding mares, having
bred large numbers during that time,
both for ourselves and those who patron
ized the stallions we kept for public
service.
Wo have always advocated breeding
the fillies at two years, if it is the inten
tion to breed at all, as in our opinion
they will foal their first colt when three
years old with less danger to themselves
than when four or five years old, for the
following reasons: tho mare not having
so fully matured as at four or five years
old her bones and muscles are not so
firmly knit, hence will give more readily,
also the foal of the 3-year-old mare will
generally be smaller at birth, thereby
lessening the danger of tho mare having
trouble.
We have never known a 3-year-old
mare to have trouble in foaling, although
we have known quite a number of fine
mares being lost by not being able to
foal their first colt when five to seven
years old.
Two-year-old fillies should not be bred
too early in the season it would be bet
ter to have them foal in July than before
tho grass comes in the spring, as they
will do far better if they can#have a run
on grass a monfli before foaling.
We believe that marcs that have their
first colts at three years make better and
more regular breeders, and in our opinion
the breeder who allows a Rood 2-year-old
to run over without being stinted to a
well bred, matured stallion is losing
valuable time.
We say breed the fillies to matured
stallions, for in breeding horses, as with
all other kinds of stock, if young, im
mature females the stock will rapidly
degenerate into mere scrubs.—National
Hoisc Breeder.
Live Stock Motes.
IF you have not feed sufficient to keep
the pigs growing, some of them should
be sold.
Do YOU believe the health of a horse
largely depends upon the cleanliness of
his skin?
IN purchasing a horse, always reject
one that is not a good walker. It is an
important quality.
THE failure to make sheep pay can, to
a considerable extent, bo traccd to fail
ure to give proper care.
IN many cases it will pay to purchase
and feed bran, shipstuff and oil meal to
the growing pigs. It will be better and
cheaper than corn.
BLEMISHES, as well as diseases, are
often transmitted to offspring, and for
this reason it is very important to have
the sire, at least, as perfect as possible.
RAISING plug horses for market rarely
pays. They cost as much to raise as tho
better class and sell for much less. Re
member this this fall when engaging a
horse for service.
IT is when prices are low and the mar
gin of profit is small, that it is important
to keep a close account with each class
of stock in order to determine which is
the most profitable.
TBE HOUSEHOLD.
Pretty Tilings for tlie House.
I have a table which I would not part
with fcr any mahogany cabinet table
in tho land, and you will wonder why
when I tell you it did not cost me as
much as my kitchen table. I obtained
from one of our dealers three slender
canes, for which I paid 10 cents each. I
crossed them in the middle and on top
placed a piece of pine wood twenty-two
inches square and one inch thick, nail­
ing it securely to each cane. I purchased
a pint can of inside white paint
for 15 cents, at the hardware store, and
treated the canes to three coats
thereof. I then obtained some white
French enamel at 25 cents a pint., and
gave it three coats of that, allowing
plenty of time for drying. I placed on
the wood a layer of cotton batting, over
which I tacked apiece of coarse muslin.
It was then ready for the plush. I pur
chased five-eights of a yard of white
plush, which I tacked tightly over the
muslin. Then around the tablo I sus
pended twenty-four plush ornaments,
three white and three yellow, and on
each of the four sides, placing them al
ternately, After that I nailed some
brass-headed nails straight around tho
table, and after tying a yellow ribbon
bow where the canes cross, my table was
completed, and a daintier one it would
bo hard to find.
A portiere is a great furnisher, and
may be obtained now at reasonable
prices. Still cheaper is a very pretty
portiere that can be made of common
blue jean, which is used for overalls. As
you all know, it is very IQW in price,
and is of a color which now-a-days is
often sought for. Make the curtain of
the depth of your door, and finish with a
deep hem. Then across the bottom,
about four inches from the lower edge
of the hem, place a band of plush, either
dark mahogany or cinnamon brown in
color, and about ten or twelve inches
deep. If the poles are too costly, a very
odd and pretty pole may bo made of a
branch of a tree, cut even on each end,
and the branch itself being left rough.
Give it a coat of mahogany stain, and
fasten up at each end by means of smali
pieces of leather tacked under and over
the pole. Sew tho curtains on small
brass screw eyes, which should be rivite(J
In the pole. If attempted, I can assure
you it will bo a gratifying success.—
American Agriculturist,
Hints to Housekeepers*
To CLEAN knives, cut a small potatoe,
dip it in brickdust. and rub them.
GBEASE may be removed from silk by
applying magnesia to the wrong side.
KEEP the back, especially between the
shoulder blades, well covered also the
chest well protected. In sleeping in a
cold room, establish the habit of breath
ing through tho nose, and never with the
mouth open.
LAMP BURNERS that have become dim
and sticky can be renovated by boiling
them in strong soda water, using a tin
tomatoe can for this purpose then scour
the burners with sapolio and they will
be as good as new.
KEEP your combs and brushes sweet
and clean. Wash them in tepid water
containing a few drops of ammonia. Tho
grease and soil will disappear as if by
magic. Place the brushes bristles down
to dry, and delicate celluloid handles will
not bo injured.
FOB washing lace curtains and fine
laces, allow the articles to lie in borax
water for twenty-four hours, then
squeeze out, not rub, through several
clear waters. Black cashmere, washed
i:i hot suds, with a little borax added,
rinsed in very blue water, and ironed
while wet on the wrong side, look "as
good as now."
THIS: KITCHEN.
Apple aud Sago Pudding.
Pare and core six large, tart apples
fill the holes in these cored apples with
sugar and a little cinnamon, and stick
two cloves in each apple, placing them
in a large pudding dish. Take six large
spoonfuls of sago pour over it two cups
of boiling water, stirring until it begins
to thicken then cover it up and let it
stand about two hours pour this into
the dish containing the apples, and bake
in a moderate oven for two hours. Eat
hot with sugar and cream, or a plain
butter and sugar sauce.
Apple Omelet.
Pare, core aud stew six large, tart ap
ples as for sauce beat them very smooth
while hot, adding one tablespoon of but
ter, six tablespoons of white sugar, nut
meg to the taste, and one teaspoon of
roscwater when quite cold, add three
eggs, beaten separately very light, put
ting in the whites last pour into a deep
pudding dish, previously warmed and
well buttered. Bake in a moderate oven
until it is delicately browned. Eat warm,
not hot.
Ribbon Cake.
One cup butter, two and one-half cups
sugar, four eggs, one cup sweet milk,
three cups of flour, two heaping tea
spoons baking-powder. Divide into three
parts. To one part add one cup raisins
and one cup currants, spico to taste.
Bake the three parts in three separate
tins. Put the part with the fruit between
the other two, spreading a thin layer of
frosting between, and cover the top with
frosting.
Jumbles*
One and a quarter pounds of flour, one
pound of sugar,three-quarters of a pound
of butter, five eggs, a gill of milk, a tea
spoonful of baking powder bake one
half of this in small tins in a quick oven
in the remainder put a quarter of a pound
of currants, and bake the same. Frost
or not at pleasure by leaving out the
whites of one or two eggs.
Dried JPeas.
Let them stand over night in water
the next day boil until tender drain off
the water, and for every quart add two
tablespoonfuls of butter, half a table
spoonful of flour rubbed into the butter,
half a teaspoonful of sugar and one of
salt. Mix thoroughly, simmer a few
minutes, add a cup of cream or rich milk
to each quart, heat and serve.
Cottage Pudding.
One egg, one tablespoonful of melted
butter, one-half cup of milk,-one-half
cup of sugar, one-half of a teaspoonful
of soda, one teaspoonful of cream of
tartar, flour enough to make a cake bat-'
ter.
Piercing Ears No Longer Fashionable.
To pierce a child's ears is now re
garded as execrably bad form, Of old
no sooner was the little one christened
and vaccinated than straightway the
careful mother whisked her daughter
off to be punctured at the jeweler's.
Fashion has completely reversed these
ideas, and to-day eveu the Bchool girl,
whose pretty pink lobes have been
preserved intact looks with commisera
tion upon the mutiiated ears of her less
fortunate companion. Pins and ear
riDgs are now rarely sold in sets for
young people, and it begins to look as
though ono relic of barbarism had been
definitely laid aside.—Exchange.
"THAT armless girl in the museum
will be safe from marriage proposals."
"Why, so?" "Because nobody will ask
for her hand."
FROM THE DAKOTj
HURON WILL CONTEST T&i§s
CAPITAL ELECTION.
That City Claims to Havel Evidence on
Hand Showing Gigantic Frauds-Douglas
County Election Be tarns—News Notes
from Pierre.
It has been years since Huron citizens
have evidenced such enthusiasm and
earnestness as characterized a public
meeting held there on the night of the
19th inst. The crowd was greater thai^
the hall could accommodate, and many
were unable to gain admittance.
Speeches were made by Mayor R'ce W
A. Lynch, L. H. Hole, .T. W. Shann
Rev. E. B. Cummings, Dr. Brocltway,
B. Kelly, Representative Harrison,
C. Cooper and others. Every speech
effective and had the true ring of earn
determination. There will bo no fait
ing or giving up, but the contest will be
carried to the bitter end, as the follow
ing resolution, adopted unanimously, in
dicates:
Resolved, That It is the sense
of this meet
ing that the capital contest should be con
tinued vigorously to tho point of thoroughly
Investigating and contesting the election if
necessary, and that all details he committed
to the present capital committee with power
to name such attorneys aud agents as they
may deem proper.
The committee is in possession of 303 affi
davits from twenty-eight counties, and each
affidavit shows that from fifteen to sixty
seven illegal votes were cast at the places
named. The evidence at band shows gigan
tic frauds and indicates that Pierre receive
nearly 12,000 fraudulent votes for the capl
tal. The committee daily receives addi
tional affidavits and letters from differen
points in the state.
Douglas CoUiitv Election Return*
The official count of the election re
turns made on the 18tli, made develo
mcnts which were both surprising and
gratifying to the republicans of the
county. It^ad been conceded that the
democrats W1 elected the treasurer and
superintendent of schools, but the offi
cial count, made by the board on the 18th
at its regular meeting, showed that the
republican nominee was elected by a
majority of three. The candidate for
superintendent of schools on the repub
lican ticket entered protest to the count
ing of votes for superintendent from the
precincts affected by the independent
school districts. After hearing the
state's attorney on the subject the board
decided to throw out the votes from such
precinct. This will change tho result of
the election on this office and the certifi
cate on this office and the certificate of
election will be issued to the republican
candidate. This gives tho entire county
ticket to tho republicans, except state's
attorney and county judge, and they put
up no candidate for the latter. Tho re
publicans are feeling jubilant, though
they regret greatly the loss of state sen
ator and ono representative.
Big Irrigation Scheme.
The New York Land and Irrigation
company, of New York, has been or
ganized. The capital is $1,000,000 with
$200,000 paid in. Thomas, tho million
aire manufacturer, is president and the
other officers and stockholders are men
of ample means. Tho organization was
formed principally for the purpose of
buying lands in the James river valley
and sinking artesian wells for the pur
pose of irrigation. Tho land with the
water supply will be sold in tracts as the
opportunity is offered to farmers and
whoever may wish to buy. The vice
president of the company, C. W. Bar
ringer, has been through Brown county,
also Beadle and Spink, pricing lands and
making a thorough examination of the
soil and all conditions. He is well
pleased and says his company will in
vest large sums in the three counties.
News Motes From Pierre*
Pierre bankers and capitalists have
organized a stock company, with a capi
tal of 850,000, for the purpose of buying
and selling sheep—more particularly to
place flocks of sheep with responsible
farmers on shares. While the section
of country near Pierre has attained a
reputation as a stock country so far as
horses and cattle arc concerned, yet lit
tle has been heard of sheep but those
farmers who have kept small flocks state
that sheep raising is particularly well
adapted to this section of the state,
which leads to this venture on tho part
of these capitalists. In connection with
their business the company intend to
operate a big sheep ranch near Pierre.
Indian Commissioner Laird has bound
James Hall over to the United States
court next May in $250 bonds for selling
liquor to Indians in Nowlin county. It
seems the Indians have been getting
whisky freely somewere iu that county
lately, causing them to carouse around
and intimidate settlers by riding their
ponies into stores and houses. The gov
ernment now proposes to sit down on
this selling whisky to Indians.
The city council has decided to remit
all city taxes for a term of years on any
manufacturing enterprise that may lo
cate here.
Dec. 9 is the date set for the meeting,
at Bismarck, of the South and North
Dakota adjustment committee to make
a iinal settlement of affairs between the
two states.
Another Cement Plant tor Yankton.
Articles of incorcorationof the Yank
ton Portland Cement company have beeu
filed with the secretary of state. The
company owns 1,169 acres of choice land
with a clay deposit fifty feet in depth
and equal to the best cement land in the
world. The capital stock of the com
pany is $500,000 and is owned principally
hy St. Paul, Chicago and Philadelphia
capitalists. The officers named in the
articles of incorporation are: S. W.
Swift, president J. T. M. Pierce, vice
president W. A. Edmunds, treasurer E.
A. Bruce, secretary W. P. Dewey, jr.,
solicitor. The company will erect mills
to the value of $200,000 at once.
Items Told In Few Lines.
PIERRE vocalists are talking of pro
ducing the cantata of Queen Esther.
IT is reported that Judge Edgerton has
tendered his resignation to Gov. Mellette
as a member of the state board of
regents.
THE Great Northern railway bridge
over tho Marais between Mallory and
Fisher was recently destroyed by fire,
impeding travel for a short time.
Ax old soldier was retired at Fort
Sully tho other day, and with some $500
came to Pierre. The first night ho was
in town he dropped §150 of it in a Mis
souri avenue house.
HANSOX county has over thirty arte
sian wells, ranging in depth from 100 to
300 feet. Some flow but a few barrels,
others thousands of gallons per day.
None have tapped the main artesian
basin, consequently there is no great
pressure in any.