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CANTON, S. D.
FARMERS' PUBLISHING CO.. Pususbebb
IT IS estimated that Indian wars have
cost the Government $700,000,030. At
this rate dead Indians must cost ns
about $1,000,000 apiece.
AN educational authority says the
annual cost of teaching this country's
school children is $122,455,252. As a
rule it is money well expended.
A LATE novelty is an invalid's chair
propelled by electricity. The battery,
will drive it over an ordinary road for
nine hours at the rate of six. miles an
hour.
THERE is a. great future for the gold
mining industry in America. The citi
zens of the States annually bury with
their dead £100,000 worth of gold teeth
fastenings I
A DISTINGUISHED Bostoman has been
paying an election bet by playing a cor
net on the Back Bay streets and col
lecting what pennies he could for the
performance.
IT has been suggested that the phono
graph shall be used as a cash register.
Every sum the cashier receives might
be called into the phonograph and there
recorded, as a check on the accounts.
THE favorite food of the.Sandwich
Islanders is the flesh of the Mexican
hairless dog. It is said to taste like
spring chicken and is considered a great
dainty. These dogs are raised in large
numbers and are fattened for the mar
ket.
WHILE we propose to treat every
body fairly and with due consideration,
still, people who have business with the
'chiropodist themselves will do well to
avoid stepping on our feet. We pare our
own corns with a razor, and it, might
•be dangerous.
THE meteorological observatory at
the Massachusetts Agricultural College
has received a delicate and expensive
apparatus for the measurement of the
electric potentiality of the atmosphere.
This instrument is the only one of its
kind in the United States and one of
the few in the world.
THE tapering-off school of New York
philosophers will find comfort in the
fact that a Chicagoan whose married
life had been one endless quarrel killed
himself the day after his wife left him.
The-shock of sudden change and the
dull. monotony of one piping day of
peace was too much to be endured.
THE chief religions of the world may
be classified as follows: Christianity,
450,000,000 Confucianism, 390,000,000
Hindooism, 190,000,000 Mohammedan
ism 18,000,000 Fetichism, 150,000,000
Buddhism, 100,000,000 Spirit Wor
ship, 50,000,000 Shintoi?m, 22,000,000
Jews, 8,000,000 Parsees, 1,000,000
total, 1,449,000,000.
RAILEOAD statistics sbow that no
one car on a train is safer than anoth
er. Sometimes the last car is the only
one to drop through a bridge, and again
the first coach climbs ou top of the
baggage-car. Pay your fare, have
faith, and take your chances. Of the
forty-two men hung last year none were
ever hurt in a railroad accident.
THE attempt to resurrect a Charlie
Boss sensation was short-lived. His al
leged discovery in Boston under the
guise of a burglar proved as baseless as
the thousand and one others that his
abduction has given rise to. In all hu
man probability the boy is dead long
since, and has not been brought up to
a life of crime. It is at least to be
hoped so.
ONE of the results of the develop
ment of Afiica will be an ..increase in
the supply of ivory. The annual
slaughter of the elephant on the conti
nent at present reaches 65,000. The
ivory product is worth $850,000. With
the influx of European capital and
enterprise, it is to be supposed that
the elephant will be exterminated, as
has been oar American buffalo here.
IN Paris the thousands of sardine
and other tin boxes that are thrown
away every month form the basis of an
industry which has reached large pro
portions. These refuse cans are stamp
ed by machinery into tin soldiers, and
sold so cheaply that the poorest chil
dren can possess them yet the manu
facturer makes a fair profit, which he
could not do if he used new material.
THE two sides of the human face
are not exactly alike, and a German
biologist asserts that the lack of sym
metry, as arule, is confined to the upper
part of the face in two cases out of
five the eyes are out of line, and seven
persons out of every ten have 'Stronger
sight in one eye than in the other an
other singular fact is that the right
car is almost invariably higher than the
left.
PROBABLY the smallest and most un
ique postoffice in the world is a barrel
which swing-s from the outermost rock of
the mountains overhanging the Straits
of Magellan, opposite Terra del Fuego.
Every passing ship opens it to place
letters iu it or take letters out. EVery
ship undertakes to forward all letters in
it that it is pos -ible for it to transmit.
The barrel hangs by its iron chain,
beaten and battered by the winds and
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storms, but no looked orbanedoHiceon
land is more secure.
DURING the last nine months 20,400
Italians (chiefly of the less desirable
class), 11,000 Poles, and 17,700 Hun
garians have been admitted into this
country. It is safe to say that not one
in ten of these 49,100 immigrants will
act the part of honest, industrious and
desirable citizens and still we go on
receiving sUch people, careless of the
grave danger that such a course in
volves.
THEBE were in the United Kingdom,
at the end of June last, according to a
recent return, 10,034 engines, or 96 per
cent., and 51 793 passenger vehicles, or
96 per cent, of the total, fitted with
continuous brakes, which comply, or
partly comply, with the Board of Trade
requirements. As compared with the
returns of June, 1889, there is an in
crease of one the percentage of en
gines, and of four in that of the car
riages thus fitted.
GEN. NELSON A. MILES, in his annu
al report, favors legislation that would
piovide some system of more reason
able professional advancement. The
artillery branch should be increased by
at least two regiments, and the same
organization be given the infantry that
exists in the best armies of the world
—namely, three-battalion organization.
When officers have served without
promotion fifteen yean they, should be
advanced one grade, as is done in cer
tain of the lower staff grades.
THE two worst despotisms in the
Europe of to-day are those of Russia
and nihilism. Russia refuses to recog
nize the rights of men, as individu
als, and nihilism ignores the rights of
men as organized in communities. The
people of the United States are justly
horrified at the atrocities of Siberia,
but they have as much rea=on'to bo
horrified at the false and fatal doctrines
of the extremists who. deny that there
is any right higher than that of the
individual to please himself. Absolut
ism would be better than this.
AN Egyptian ^scythe, recently un
earthed, is exhibited among the antiq
uities in the private museum of Flin
ders Petrie, in London. The shaft of
the instrument is wood, supporting a
row of flint saws, which are* securely
cemented into it. This discovery will
set at rest the speculations which have
been made as to how the crops of the
land were gathered in the flint and
early copper age. It has long been sus
pected that such an instrument as Mr.
Petrie has brought to light was used,
but there was no direct evidence. X?
EVERT established local newspaper
receives subscriptions from large cities
which puzzle the publisher, but which
the New .York Times explains as fol
lows "A wholesale merchant in the
city who became rich in the business
says his rule is that whenever he' sells
a bill of gopds on credit, he immedi
ately subscribes for the local news
paper of his debtor. So long as he ad
vertised vigorously, he rested, but as
soon as he began to contract MB adver
tising space he took the fact as evi
dence that there was trouble ahead and
he invariably went for the debtor. He
said the man who is too poor to make
his business known is too poor to do
business. The withdrawal of an 'ad' is
evidence of weakness which wholesale
men are not slow to act upon."
THOSE who have given close study to
the requirements of the human system
in the matter of food say that a healthy
man requires 300 grains of nitrogen
and 4,600 grains of carbon daily to re
pair the waste that goes on during the
twenty-four hours. As meat contains
103 grains of carbon and 300 of nitro
gen in every 1,000 grains, it would be
necessary to eat six and one half
pounds of meat to supply the amount
of carbon the system requires, which
would entail the consumption of a great
deal more nitrogen than the system
needs. On the other hand, bread con
tains 300 grains of carbon and ten of
nitrogen in every 1,000 grains, so that
to obtain the amount of nitrog3n re
quired it is necessary to consume twice
as much bread as will supply the req
uisite of carbon. These caculatbns
indicate the value of a mixed diet.
REFUSAL to marry has of late be
come, rather too frequently, an excuse
for deliberate murder. It i3 generally
the man who does'the killing, and the
woman who doe3 the refusing. Great
day! The time may not be far aistp nt,
if tiiis thing is allowed to continue,
when even the city thug will be afraid
to "pop the question," unless he has
his "pop" ready drawn, and no young
lady will feel safe in refusing an. offer,
unless her "pop" or big brother may
be concealed nearby, armed and equip
ped and ready to defend her from the
lover who wants her for a wife. Pray
tell us who will provide for the old
bachelors and elderly maidens left
wandering over the face of the earth
unmated, unmatched?. The prospect
is perfectly unhinging to the nerve of
the ordinary journalist. It must be
changed. TTiis wiping out of young
girls because ihey will not unite their
fortunes with those of every hoodlum
that asks them to share his name and
fortune and become his social slave,
must be stopped. It has gone on long
enough. Too many good wives-that
might-have-been have already been
slaughtered. A law will have to be
passed by Congress absolutely pro
hibiting "pops" of either sort—vocal or
metallic—otherwise consequences can
only be conjectured—but they are aw
ful to contemplate.
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DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
HOUSEHOLD AND AGRICUL
TURAL TOPICS DISCUSSED.
A Budget or Useful Information Rolatini
to the Farm, Orchard, Stable, Parlor and
Kitchen.
THE liOUSUIlOLD.
CUBBY or MUTTON—Chop one pint of
cold cooked mutton. Put one tablesoon
ful of butter iu a frying-pan when
melted, add a tablcspoonful of flour and
stir until smooth add a half-pint of boil
ing water, stir until it boils add the
meat, a teaspoonful of 'curryi-powder,
and a half-teaspoonful of salt stir until
thoroughly heated. Then heap it in the
center of a meat dish, and put around it
a border of nicely boiled rice.
This recipe is one of Mrs. Rorer's, as is
also that for cooking the riee so that the
grains are separate, after the fash{gn of
Chinese cooking.
RICE—Wash QUO cupful of good rice,
and sprinkle it carefully into a kettle
fall of boiling water cover and boil
rapidly, without stirring, for twenty
minutes. Drain and throw into a bowl
of cold water to blanch for ten minutes.
Drain again, and stand in the colander
over boiling water to steam, or stand it
in the oven, leaving the door open.
Sprinkle witn salt, and serve.
But even this did not dispose of all the
mutton, and again it formed the piece
de resistance at breakfast, this time mo
troposed into minced mutton or toast.
For' this dish, chop the meat fine, being
careful to remove all "bits of gristle or
bone, moisten it with a little butter, sea
son with salt, and when hot spread upon
hot toast, the crusts of which have been
slightly motstened with hot water. To
some tastes a little Worcestershire
sauce, added with the salt, is an improve
ment.
When the housewife opened the re
frigerator doors after breakfast in th'
Course of her morning round, she sigbed
as her eyes fell upon two small portions,
one of curried, the other of minced mut
ton. Must those bo eaten? Tho spirit
of economy faintly whispered, "Yes, per
haps," but the thought of the masculine
scorn of scraps brought with it an em
phatic'"No." The same thought, how
ever, or its successor, recalled the mas
culine fondness for salids, more espec
ially upon so hot a day as this prom
ised to be. Inspiration followed as a
hard-boiled egg came into view, and im
agination pictured a combination dish,
which proved, in reality, to be a "very
deserving" salid, as the small boy said oi
his pudding as he disposed in short order
of his third plateful. And this is how it
was compounded:
First tho minced and curried mutton,
rice and all, were thorougnly mixed, so
subduing the curry flavor that its origin
was barely traceable the result was
mounded in the center of a nearly flat,
square-cornered dish, and set iu the re
frigerator to become thoroughly chillcd.
An ordinary salid-bowl is too deep for
this, and the dainty white of china is a
pleasant contrast with the salid. The
Mil id-dressing was next, to be concocted,
and the first step in this was to carefully
slice into rings a hard-boiled egg, the
yolk gathered in a sauccr_ forming tht
foundation. Mashed line and mixed into
h. paste with one tablespoonful of salid
oil, it was seasoned to taste with salt and
pepper, and then three more scant table
spoonfuls of oil were addud boating in a
tablespoonful of vinegar completed this
operation, and the lettuce was next, pre
pared. The, central leaves of delicate
sreen and yellow, were carefully washed
and tucked in around the mound of mut
ton, each larger green leaf containing a
smaller yellow heart-leaf. The rings ot
white of egg decorated the surface of the
mound in fanciful design, and just be
fore serving each one was filled with
.salad dressing, the remainder being sent
to the table in a separate dish, to be
added as desired.—L\ilty Drucc, in Good
HumiUcciiing.
THIS FAK2X.
otes by tlie Way.
How often I see a fringe of weeds,
brambles, and briars a rod wide along
the sides of cultivated fields. Is it for
use or ornament that the owner allows it
there? Seems to mo that such a fringe
not only looks badly, but is a hurt to any
farm, for the yile seeds produced there
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Transformations or a Lou of Mntton.
N a family of four* a
five or six-pound leg
of mutton possesses
strikingly "the gift
of continuance." For
the beuefit of some
puzzled housewife, to
whom its economical
yet appetising s
position is a subject
of anxious thought,
we may narrate the
successive reappear
ances of such a piece of meat upon a cer
tain table. Its debut was in the usual
form of boiled mutton, of which the pro
per accompaniment is caper sauce the
rccipes for this aro various, but the fol
lowing may be found useful:
CAFTEB SAUCE—Into one tablcspoonful
of flour rub the same quantity of butter,
and add gradually one-half pint of boil
ing water, stirring well. Mix iu one
teaspoonful of vinegar and add the ca
pers, either ono or two tablespoonfuls, as
suits the taste.
The water in which the meat had been
boiled was set away in the soup-kettlo.
The next day, when It was quite cold,
the fat was carefully removed and pearl
barley was added, in the proportion of
four level tablespoonfuls to a quart of
soup. Seasoned with salt and pepper
just before serving, this made a very
good soup.
The mutton next appeared upon the
breakfast table one warm mbrning, when
to eatseemed an unnecessary, or at least
an undesirable, effort cut in the thinnest
possible slices, arranged neatly upon a
dainty platter, and garnished with deli
cate sprajrp of parsely, it could hardly
fail to tempt the most languid appetite.
Next came tho curry episode, aud here
let ns digress to speak a good word for
this too-little-known seasoning. Many
who dislike it when used in quantity will
find that a small amount gives a delicious
flavor, obtainable by the use of no other
condiment. It is especially ple&sant in
hot Weather and in warm countries, a
fact suggested by-its origin In India, and
has been considered to "give tone to the
digestive oigans," containing as it does
black* pepper, coriander seed, ginger,
mustard, turmeric, aud spices with other
ingredients, according to the formula
used in its preparation. It is inexpen
sive, too—another item in its favor. And
so the mutton, when next the faithful
leg, or what remained of it, appeared,
was in the tempting form of
take root in the adjoining plowed lan&
and make more work, and sap fertility
from tho soil that should grow something
more profitable than weeds. The fringe
also makes a harbor for vermin of one
sort or another. All such fringes should
bo burned before snow flies this fall.
I have noticed that some are in t!
habit of leaving tho .tripod, with which
the hay has been stacked, astride the
stack ltoften happens that the stack is
built so close to the feet of the tripod
that the water runsdow'u there and wets
the stack. Why not take the tripod down
when the stack is finished?. Better for
the stack aud the tripod.
Once in a while I see a girl helping
the boys husk the corn. That's right,
especially if the boy cannot go to school
beforo the corn is out. Often tho best
boy of the family is the girl, and„after
the mother has had her help in the homo
till the morning work is done up it will
not do her any harm, will give her
health and strength to get tho fresh air
and try her hand- at: getting out tho
golden corn. On the same principle, if
'the"girl8 are all boys" it is right that
the boy or boys help the mother about
the house. There's nothing like lending
a helping hand to make things move.
To-day, in going through the country,
I noticed one field in which one set of
hands and a team were getting .in the
fodder and auother team and set of
hands were husking out the corn, so the
work was kept right up, when tho last
shock at ntght was husked out it wa#
thrown upon the wagon and the stack
clo.scd in. No re-handling of fodder in
that field, no shocks blown down and
buried in the snow.
I have often wondered why those who
have great boulders in their ipeadows or
plowed fields, allow weeds and other foul
trash to grow around, go to seed, and
make winter homes for mice and other
vermin. Now is the best time of the
year to clean up such places—purge
them with fire. Nothing short will do
the job effectually.
Sometimes I hear of cows and other
stock being sick after turning into the
stalk field. Often this is laid to the
"smut." Let the stock have free access
to salt and all the fresh water they will
drink, and there will be less complaint
ou this score.
Do some farmers think hay tools
standing upon the meadow lend a pic
turesque view to the winter scene? If
not, why are so many mowing machines
and hay rakes lefu out? It does them
no good.
How many farmers ever think the
windmill tower needs looking after? The
probability is there will be some high
winds this winter. I think it would bo
a good plan for all who have windmills
to look over the towers and see if there
is not a belt or nail needed, or a brace
or npw piece where a sappy stick was
used. Tower builders mean to put in
none but good lumber, but mistakes will
happen strengthen the tower jf needed.
The thought came to mc to-day that
some farmers go along just as though
they expected to have no winter this
season. No preparation whatever made
for the shelter of stock or convenience
in caring for them. Book out for suf
fering and loss on such farms.—Cor.
Farm, Field and Stockman.
TI1J5 DAWS,:
Importance of Testing Milk IntheCrcam
tirta*.
Through the Bureau\of Dairy Informa
tion, Mr. C. P. Goodrich relates an in
stance to illustrate the importance of
testing milk to determine tho amount of
butter fat it contains, and paying for it
accordingly:
I have a friend who has been for many
years a private dairyman. He has gradu
ally, by an intelligent breeding and
feeding, and with an eye solely to butter
production, built up a splendid herd of
butter cows. He has made money
enough in dairying to enable him to buy
a much larger farm than he .before
owned, and located near a creamery,
which he commenced to patronize a few
months ago.
Not long since he told me he was not
satisfied at all with tho returns he got
trom the creamery. "Why," said he,
"during the months of June and July I
got 45 cents a 100 for my milk. About
four pounds to the 100, average of about
15 cents a pound, and 4 cents out for
making docs it you see. Now, the milk
of my cows will make sijc pounds to the
100—I know it because it has done that
for some years, and, besides, I kept it at
homo one week in June and it did it
then. I know they say the separator
can get more out of milk than I can, but
I can get that. As to price, I have al
ways got as much as, aud usually more
than, the best creamery. But at 15
cents six pounds is 90 cents, just double
what I got. Now, I can't stand that. To
keep the cows—feed, care for, and milk
them, and carry the milk to' the factory,
and then give half to have the butter
made is too much for me.
I don't know what to do. I have no
conveniences for making butter on this
farm, and I don't want to be at the ex
pense of $300 or $300 for fitting them up.
Besides, my wife has always made the
butter, and I want she should have a lit
tle rest, and I don't suppose we could
hire anybody to makelt. as good as she
can.
I have got to do something different,
and I ha^ve about made up my mind that
I must let my splendid butter cows go—
1 hate to terribly—it has taken me years
to get them—and get some others that
will give more milk, no matter whether
(.here is much butter in it or not. Maybe
I'll (ret 'Holsteins.'"
Thon turning to me he said, "What
shall I do?" My reply was, I will give
you advice only on ono point that is
"stick to your butter cows, for by the
time you get fairly changed around you
will want them back again, because the
creamery men will soon be compelled to
test the milk and give credit for the but
ter fat it contakis or quit the business."
TUii l'O LJLTlt X- lAlta
Raising White Plymouth Rocks.
Our small flock of fowls having become
a mixture of different varieties, we de
termined last spring before selling off
the old stock to raise the required num
ber of pure-blood chickens. As the
White Plymouth Rocks seemed to com
bine all the requisite qualities desirable
in fowls, in May we obtained lour set
tings of eggs from which were hatched
thirty-five fine healthy chickens. We
found them to be hardy, vigorous and
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very tenacious of Ine several timesdur
ing the summer tho pelting rams flooded
their coops and.thoroughly wet them,
which would have been death to common
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It pays to shell the corn ono is obliged
to soli, before delivering it to buyer, for
it not only saves hauling so much bulk,
but tho fuel the cobs make is a saving on
the coal bill, both in money and hauling.
But after the corn is shelled, how often
I see tho cobs in great piles, exposed to
the weather. I never saw any that
burned bettor for being so exposed
you? If not, I think they had
housed. Mine are when I have al
chickens but after they wero pickcd up
and dried by tho kitchen lire they weie
as lively as ever. They are white, with
out any markings of color, except that
when lirst hatched some of them showed
a blending of grey about the head, but
this In a short time entirely disappeared.
They have very large frames, and are
somewhat slow in reaching maturity,
but when one takes into consideration
I the size and weight they attain at lull
wowth, there is nothing remarkable
jt. They are said to be good
9 and nearly non-sitters. They are
Va desirable fowl' for table use, as
Jeir flesh is white, tender, and line
flavored. At this date our flock of
chickens aro nearly six months old, and
while they have attained a two-thirds
growth, it is difficult to ascertain their
sex with any degreo of accuracy the
males ,to all appeafance lareely predomi
nate, and wo are holding tho entire flock
for future development
In connection with the White Ply
mouth Rocks we raised a brood or two
of chickens from our old stock of fowls.
While tho males have been slaughtered
for table use, tho pullets have been lay
ing since the first of the month, which,
with our mixed breed of fowls, is an un
common occurrence. We have just one
Brown.Leghorn hen whose record we
wish to give, and if "A Farmer's Daugh
ter" or any other poultry-raisers can
show a better record from this variety
or any other, will they please to make it
known? In September of last year a
neighbor had a brood of Brown Leghorn
chickens come off, and as cold weather
came on they all died but ono. Through
some unaccountable freak this one
orphan chicken took up its quarters in
one of bur barns and persisted in .remain
ing there. John was indignant and said
he wou'd not have one of his fowls mixed
up with such au insignificant breed, and
if the neighbor did not keep it at home
he would wring its neck. After one or
two unsuccessful attempts to keep the
chick at home the neighbor gave it up,
and the chicken picked up its living
wherever it could, and became a perma
nent boarder through the entire winter.
But judge of our astonishment when this
half-grown chicken began to lay in April.
At first its eggs resembled a dove's egg
in size. Prom April to the present time
there have not been many days at a time
but that this fowl has produced an ogg.
John says if ho had a dozen such hens
he could glut the market with eggs.—
Cor. Country Gentleman.
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.
Horticultural Notes.
Tne currant worm does not trouble
the black currant.
IT is as important to the fruit grower
as to tho butter maker that his goods
should bo up to the mark every time.
AFTER planting, the great secret of
success in tree growing is good cultiva
tion. Never let tho weeds grow. Keep
the soil loose.
THEBE are 110 different varieties of
strawberries growing in the experimental
gardens at tho Kansas State Agricul
tural College.
THE American Cultivator says the en
tire peach crop shipped over the Dela
ware Railroad in 1890 consisted of two
baskets and one crate of very indifferent
fruit.
GBOWING trees of any kind is growing
a crop. Now, if we will use the trees as
we use other crops, giving them good,
rich soil and decent care, we shall act
wisely, and likely successfully grow one
crop of trees.
IN planting wind-breaks, put the mul
berry and box elder four feet apart. In
planting ..groves never use a single
variety, but a judicious mixture. For
the North plant the first row to box
elder, the second to ash, and so on.
HENBY SPAUUDING, of Aurclius, Mich.,
bought an eighty, adte farm last spring,
giving his note for $1,200 in payment.
The crop of apples on the land last fall
nearly released tho obligation. The
"short crop" was a good thing for one
man.
THE rose bug is an enemy that does
not confine itself to the rose. Itde
stroyes fruits and flowers. Large shrubs
are quickly destroyed by the bugs. To
attempt to make a wholesale warfare on
them is quite a task, but they can bo
driven off or destroyed by Persian insect
powder.
DELAWARE raised an enormous
quantity of tomatoes last year, the num
ber of cans prepared for market exceed
ing 5,000,000. A ton of tomatoes as they
come from the field, will fill from 400 to
450 cans. Calling it 425, a product of
5,000,000 cani means that 11,700 tons of
tomatoes were purchased by the canners
in that State this year.—Farm, Field and
Stockman.
THE Farmers' Review makes the fol
lowing estimate of tho potato crop for
1890:
1 JS
Average in Total
bushels. yield.
Illinois 21 9,745,000
Indiana.... 27 1,718,000
Ohio 49 7,082,000
Kentucky. 33 1,429,000
Missouri. 20 1,942,000
Iowa.. 48 6,921,000
Kansas 21 2,461,000
Nebraska.. 27 .- 1,796,000
Michigan 81 9,544,030
Wisconsin 56 6,853,000
Minnesota. 77 4,955.000
Dakota 43 2,658,000
Total 4254 48,381,000
The crop in the other States and Ter
ritories will not propably exceed 73,796,
000, making a grand total for 1890 of
233,701,000, and for 186S of 216,646,000.
KiTUHKN.
Oyster Fritters.
Make a batter of one cup of flour,half
teaspoonful baking powder, pinch salt,
two eggs, one cup milk dip each oyster
in this batter and fry in hot lard, as for
doughnuts.
Drawn Batter.
Half teacup of butter two tablespoon
fuls of flour rub all together and pour
into a pint of boiling water add salt.
Serve with boiled meats.
Glager Cookies.
One enp of molasses, one cup of sugar,
ono cup of butter, one teaspoonful salt,
two dessert-spoonfuls ginger, one tea
spoonful soda, one-half cup warm water
poured on soda, then put in molasses ttnd
stir, well before putting in the other in
gredients.
Buttermilk Manias.
Beat hard two eggs into a quart of
buttermilk, stir in flour to make a thick
batter, about a quart, and lastly a tea
spoonful of salt and the same of soda.
Bake in a hot oven in well greased tins.
Muffins of all kinds should only be cut
just round the edge, then pulled open
with the fingers.
-V
THE LAW SUS
SOUTH DAKOTA OF1I
PACKAGE DECISION
Failure to Establish Numerous Froposl
tions Makes the SelVr Amenable to the
State taw—Heavy Verdict Against the
Dakota Insurance Company.
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PIEUBE, S. D., Dec. 20.—In tho cele
brated original package case of tho state
of South Dakota vs. Geo. H. Chapman
and William Noller on a writ of error,
the supremo court has rendered a de
cision adverse to tho defendants. This
was au action wherein the dcfeii^Qts
wore informed against in the county
court of Lincoln county for keeping a
common nuisance by selling intoxicating
liquors as a beverage, and willful]^ and
unlawfully permitting persons t^
to rooms and buildings where
uors wero sold. Before the
The fact of the sale of intoxicating liquors
by tho defendant was clearly established by
evidence, but the effect of our state consti
tution and the laws regulating the sale of
intoxicating liquors was alleged by the de
fendant to have no effect on them because
they were selling in original packages.
After a review of all the evidence in
the case the court, in a well considered
and elaborate opinion, holds that for the
defendants to receive immunity under
the decision of the supreme court of the
United States in tho case of Lusyvs.
Hardin, commonly known as the original
package case, they must show at first
that they are foreign Importers or agents
of a foreign importer of beer or liquors.
Second, that as such agents they re-^
ceived an importation of beer or liqufir
from another state or foreign co
Third, that they aro as such im'B^Hcr
or agents selling this importatioilJS'y
the original unbroken package in whici
was imported. Fourth, that they are not
making their house of business a tippling
concern or rendezvous of persons, bring
ing it within the police power of the
state to declare it a nuisance. All these
facts must be fully established by the
defendants in order to make the trans
action legitimate under the decision.
The failure to establish any of these
propositions make a seller of intoxicat
ing liquor amenable to the state law.
The court further holds that when bot
tles of whisky or beer, each sealed up in
paper wrapper and closely packed to
gether in uncovered wooden boxes fur
nished by tho Importer, and these
wooden boxes marked to the address of
the agent.and shipped from one state to
another, the wooden boxes and not the
bottles constitute the original package
within the meaning of the decision of
tho supreme court of the United States.
The court finds the defendants have
failed to establish such facts as will en
title them to any immunity from the
penalties of tho state law and order that
the judgment of the court be enforced.
VST
0
mentof the trial, defendants
for a change of judges on tht]
that the judges were prejudiced "against
the defendants, and the application
was supported by the affidavits of seven
other citizens of Lincoln county. Tho
court denied the application, stating
that the affidavits set out no facts topon
which to predicate the alleged prejudice,
but were simply expressions of a conclu
sion. A jury was empanelled, a trial
had, a verdict of guilty rendered against
the defendants, and each was sentenced
to pay a fine of 3150 and to be impris
oned for sixty days. During the trial a
great number of objections were inter
posed to the admission and rejection of
evidence, and rulings of the court upon
the law. Upon tho right of tho defend
ants to have a change of judges j|
ground of prejudice, the supreme
says:
"The statute does not allow the
ant to change the judge unless the
satisfied that prejudice and bias is so
that an Impartial trial cannot be had, and
that a change must not be made on more
than one affidavit ot defendant, even though
supported by others. Such facts and cir
cumstances must be proven by affidavit,'or
other Intrinsic testimony, as shdw the exist
ence of a bias and prejudice on the part of
the iudge against the defendant before a
change is required to be made."
S
COATS WINS.
Ho Gets a Verdict of 915,935 from
President of the Dakota Insurance
pany.
Sioux FALLS, S.D., Dec. 20.—A verdict
in the case of C. G. Coats against H. L.
Hollister has been rendered for $15,935,
in the circut court. The case has ex
cited great attention throughout tho
state, because of its having grown ou,t of
the Dakota Insurance company, which
died here without the odor of sanctity,
several years ago. Hollister was presi
dent ot the company and Coats bought
its stock under misrepresentation as to
the financial condition of tho con'cern,
trading a farm therefor. The subject
of Judge Aiken's charge was that if
the jury found that Coats was acting
as the authorized agent for Hollister
when ho made tho purchase of the stock,
the jury must find for the plaintiff.
If, however, in tho judgmontof the jury,
Coats bought for himself as an invest
ment, no matter whether ho was induced
to do so by the false representation or
or tricks of Hollister or not the verdict
must bo for the defense. If Hollister
had, in fact, induced Coats by fraud to
buy stocks, Coats had his remedy, but
not in a suit of this kind.
"Although you may believe that Hol
lister has duped Coats and Coats has lost
his farm through Hollister's misrepre
sentations, you may not find for the
PiaintiS unless you are satisfied that
Coats purchased the stock on the ap
pointment and as an agent of. and tidh
Hollister."
The jury found as above. It is prob
able other suits will follow.
Christian Science and Scarlet FITW.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Dec. 19.—A case
of scarlet fever will probably cause some
Jct"
*ew days ago Mrs. D.
W. Culp died of scarlet fever at the resi
dence of a man named Wilson. Health
Officer Brown later' learned incidentally
that another case had been developed in
the family. He quarantined the family.
He has just found that the case has been
in the hands of Christian scientists, who
ignored the official's notice and sent
other children of the family to school,
and an effort will be made to find out If
Christian scientists are not amenable to'
th«j law.
Another Artesian Well.
CASTALIA, Dec. 18.—Water was found
Jn tho artesian well at K. O. Hammer's
yesterday at a depth of 878 feet. The
flow is small at present, bnt it is expected*
it will become stronger with but little
more work. This well is Just west at
town, and is the first artesian well in
Charles Mix county. Others will be put
down this winter for irrigation pnrpoaw.