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Helena weekly herald., 1881-12-08
NUMBER l HARD.
How the Famous Red River VALLEY
Wheat is Produced.

First, preparing the soil for seed The
prairie sod is plowed about two inches deep,
with burrows usually sixteen inches wide
This is done in the months of May and June
Then the farmer goes over the land again,
commencing where he begun, and back-sets
the sod, cutting down an inch into the soil.
When this back-setting is finished, the land
is left until the next spring. About May 1st
the field is gauged down to the frozen earth
and where that is found to be from four to
six inches beneath the surface, the seed is
sowed with a broadcast machine and har-
rowed in Then comes the harvest, usually
in August.
The next autumn, OF soon after the har-
vest, the threshed straw is burned, and the
land is plOwed again. This time they cut
down into the undisturbed soil another inch
making the plowing from three to four in
ches in all. Then the land remains until
the succeeding springs, when the guaging
down to the frost is gone through with as
before, and they sow, harrow and harvest as
previously described. At each new plowing
they cut down into the lower soil another
inch.
The farmer does none of his work on foot
He rides in comfortable seat, whether on
his plow, his grain sower, his harrow or his
grain-cutter and binder.
Besides the main crop of wheat, the Red
River farmer grows hay, oats, barley, corn
potatoes and other vegetables for home use.
There are no fences. except around the farm
buildings. AS soon as the crops are gather
ed, the cattle are permitted to run out The
deep frost beneath the sown seed-grain grad
ually thaws, thus giving out moisture, which
promotes the rapid growth of the plant and
etfectually protects it from injury by
droughts. The straw of the wheat-plant
grown in the Red River Valley has tough,
elastic quality, which prevents it from 'lodg
ing" on the occurrence of wind and rain
storms, so common in prairie regions.
Helena weekly herald., 1881-12-08
Wa shingtOn Red Tape.

There sannually issued by the departments
at Washington about 300 miles of red tape
If this were stretched out in straigt line it
would reach from Washington to New Haven,
on the north, or from Washington to Will
mington, n. c., ON the south. Using Wash
ington as a pivotal point, and moving the tape
around, the ends would touch the great lakes
and pass through the States of Connecticut,
New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky,
Tennessee. and North Carolina. Or to make
another illustration, from the interior De-
ment to the Navy Department is about one
half a mile. The tape would 60 around these
departments 300 times, and bind them closer
and more securely than ever Indian and tar
were ever bound before To 90 into details
The Treasury Department alone requires
288,0OO yards of red tape, and is closely fol-
lowed by the interior Department with 1885,
600 yards. Following come the Navy, with
49,5OO yards; the State, with 28,8OO yards;
the War, with 14,40O yards, and last, the
Postoffice with 12,900 yards.
Helena weekly herald., 1881-12-08
SeasOnable.

4, An exchange says that SCOT falling on the
carpet from open chimneys or from careless
ly handling stove pipes, if thickly covered
with salt can be brushed UP without damage
ta- the eaEpetss---ss the seaseA fer putting up
stoves has come, the above may be of profit
to housewives.
Helena weekly herald., 1881-12-08
The Use of Disinfec Giants.

In the use of disinfectant a double object
must be secured. First the remefsel Of OBJ
jectiOnable Odors; second, the chemical
change of the fetid mass from a state of de-
composition and production of n0xiOus gases,
rendering it harmless. Probably the least use
full disinfectants are those which have power
full OdOrs of their own, as carbOlic acid i'll
it's various forms, chloride of lime, camphor
etc. For while these really possess disin-
fecting qualities they are apt to deceive by
covering up what they ought to remove.
Carbolate of lime used upon putrescent
mass will disintect only where it touches,
and unless it is thoroughly mixed with the
whole, it will effect only the surface, while,
by its wholesome odor, it appears to do far
more. Chloride of lime does better, for while
there remains in it any chrorine it will alb
sorb and destroy all foul emanations, but it
is soon delinquent and inert. Earth is the
best disinfectant. When thrown upon a sub
stance to be disinfected, the salts which it
contains slowly percolate through it, and it is
chemically changed and rendered odOrless
and harmless. But the quantt ty required often
makes its use impracticable so various COM
binations of the salts of metals have been
devised to effect the same result, as the cele-
brated recipe purchased by the Austrian
government and the Gironden disinfectant
both of which are composed of salts from
the metal bases. Within the reach of ALL
however, and certainly effective, is common
copperas (sulphate of from. 1t can be pur-
chased of any druggist, at from three to five
censts per pound, in crystal, and when used
it dissolves slowly in the moisture which it
finds, and not only locks in chemical fixed
ness the foul-smelling, sulphated hydrogen
gas, but it stops fermentation, and thus pre-
vents the formation of microscopic insect or
vegetable life, which, taken by the air we
breathe, induces fever, diphtheria and other
diseases.
Helena weekly herald., 1881-12-08
BURIED ALIVE.
A Brave Mans Body Crushed to a
s. -.et Shapeless Mass. r
cleveland Leader.

--t. --t Cleveland Leader.
While Ralph Gore, the contractor, was SUI
perintending the work in the new sewer, and
while he was at the bottom of the excavation
the earth began to give away. He stepped
aside and let all his employees escape ahead of
him. His head could be seen just above the
earth. Il think my legs are broken, gentle
men," he said, "but set to work and dig me
out of my grave" He spoke encouragingly
and made light of the accident. While the
workmen were digging the other bank was
seen to be giving away. 1t was over the spot
where Mr.. Gore stood wedged in as in wise.
Five or six hundred tons of earth and rock
must come down unless a miracle intervened.
The laborers had cleared away the earth as
far as Mr. Cores shoulders, but now they
had to fly for their own lives. Next moment
the man was alone. Above him was the tot
tering avalanche, and on the south bank
stood crowd of people with pallid faces.
The look of despair that he gave when he
took in the situation will never be forgotten.
He made one more desperate struggle to
extricate himself, and then resigned himself
to his fate. His fixed his eyes ON the slowly
moving mass and watched it creep nearer
and nearer, to the point where he knew it
would receive sufficient impetus to be hur-
ried down upon him. God help me" he
exclaimed, and theawe-stricken crowd echoed
the wish Then his lips were seen to move
in prayer, and the landslide moved faster. 1t
received a temporary check, but again glided
Oh toward the brink. The suspense at this
moment was terrible. A large school oppo-
site had just let out, and the teachers and
children had gathered on the brink. Men,
women and children sobbed aloud and some
knelt in prayer.
The avalanche was now within ten feet of
the point where the bank became sleeper.
Slowly it crept; inch by inch the point was
reached; its space quickened, there was a
rush. and the next moment 500 tons of
earth plunged over the bank and fell with
crash on the top of the mans head. Later
in the day the body was recovered, a shape
less mass
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-01
A New Policy for Cuba,

The Madrid correspondent Of the New
York Herald, telegraphed that the mail
steamer now on her way to Havana takes
TO the Governors of Cuba and Porto Rice
letters from the Minister of the Colonies
explaining to the Colonial authorities the
policy which the new Cabinet desires them
to fsllow-naDely, to allow the amplsst
freedom in elections, in municipal and
political life. to the press. and 10 the mat
ser Of public meetings; aud, in short,
every manifestation not violating the law
or meDaciDg public tranquility. The cir
cular assures the Governors that the pres
ent Cabinet means to carry out, with
regard to the West Indies. such political
and economical reforms as will salty
Colonial opinions.
Senior CASTILLO has also mailed decree
this week extending press amnesty to the
colonies. aud ordering press projections TO
be suspended, and all journalists imprison
ed for press offences to be liberated &.
Active steps will also be taken by the
Government to promote public works 10
Cuba, and plans will be forwarded for q
university to be constructed there.
The Cabinet proposes to reinstate the
celebrated professors in the Spanish uni
vsrsities. who were either expelled or
forced to resign after the restoration, when
Canovas allowed clerical uItramoBtane
influence to deprive the university OF their
services. The Madrid Government also
ordered the Cuban authorities to insure
exact fulfilmsnt of all laws enabling negroes
and slaves TO acquire freedom, and. pend
ing the revision Of the regulations land
down by the last Cabinet for the execution
Of the emancipation Ia " of 1880, to give
the most liberal Interpretation possible to
its provisions.
The Government ID disposed to be very
indulgent, and will even extend amnesty
to all creoles who were transported to
Spanish and African forsresses after the
last insurrection-this subject to the ap-
prevail of the Governor General of Cuba.
The Cuban and Porto Rico Deputies and
Senators met yesterday. aud commissioned
a delegation to urge upon the new Cabinet
the necessity of reform in Cuban and
Spanish tariffs on sugar. and to press for
the making of treaty of commerce with
the United States and likewise develop
ment OF the railroad system
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-01
WOMEN

LeueoIShaa. Excessive Flowing, Painful
Monthly Periods, Suppressions when from IN
natural causes, Irregularities. Weak Back, Prolap-
aus or Falling of the Uterus Anterversion ane
Retroyersion, Bearing down Sensations, hlterna
Heat, Nervous Depression Debility, Dee pondeu cy
threatened Miscarriage, Chronic Congestion, Inha
nation and liberation of the Uterus, Impo-
tency, Barrenness, or Sterifty, and Female, Weak
mess.
Added to these are the pangs, the troubles. the
wearing strain Of maternity, aud which often do
more toward breaking her constitution and weak
ening heI for other efforts than all else of her labor
and duties 0sGsSe. 1t is in this direction that
one often discovers that which it most pit1ful in
the life of such woman She labors through
TIE period of CESSATION the last possible moment
often over exertng herself. and often doing her
and her offspring rreparable injury. The result of
all this is that the mother at THAT period of life
when she SD oEid pass lac threshold of vigorous
and cheerful old age Is often broken down and.
after year or two of intolerable suffering is hur-
ried of 10 the nearest churchyard
bottle or two of Shoreys Investigator taken
during the year, will not only make woman'R
life light and happy, but will cure permanently
most OF her complaints. Sold by all druggists a,
one dollar per large package. Sold in Des Moines
wholesale and retail by
C. II. WARD s. co, and by druggists generally
FULLER d FULLER,
Wholesale Agents. Chicago.
Depot, IS Cellar st New York. 6-26nwf&w
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-01

were alleged to be some 10000 ..of these
naturalization papers In existence IN 187S.''
The committee then reviewed at great
length the testimony taken respecting the
administration Of these laws under Cons
missioner Davenport in New York city the
history of which IL characterized az -
chapter OF oppression Of innocsns men: of
intimidation of honest citizens. seeking
10 fgood faith to exercise the
right of suffrage; of arrest without q war
rant of process legally sworn out; of illegal
seizure of private papers and OF willful and
determined resistance in enforcing parti-
san view of the law never before seen in this
country. THE total cost of the admins
tration OF the elective franchise laws, the
committee fad, exceeded $500, 900 for
the two years 1876 and 1873. The re-
port concludes as follows: Your com
mittes are of the opinion that these laws
OF the United States. as they now stand
upon the statue books are useless In pre-
serving the peace and goud order of the
people Of the large cities on election day,
but tend in the other direction; and that
they are and have bsen used by one poll
teal party as a means to its owe success
rather than for the protection and purity
of the ballet, Their absolute repeal. or
such amendments thereto as will make
them absolutely non-partisan, ia recon-
mended.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-01
8. Q. DUNBAR'S
FLUID
NJ 4 GIN T. 81 A.

Superior tc any English or American. d.
PLoMA was awarded to this Magnesia. by the
This very useful and elegant preparation is used
as an aperient ant!c-acid in dyspepsia complaints
attended with accidtty with very great benefit. 1t
has the advantage over common Magnesia. In being
dissolved, and therefore not being liable to accu-
mulate in the bowels. 1t lie decidedly superior to
Carbonate OF Soda or Potash, account of Its APP
orient quality.
This solution of Magnesia Is found particularly
beneficial as pleasing sedative and aperient IN all
cases of rrtstion acidity of the stomach febile
complaints, infantile disorders sea sickness.
An ounce or two of this solution speedily re-
moves heartburn, aCrtd quotations anu sournese,
or irregular digestion.
The solution is of itself an aperient but its laxa
tive properties can be much augmented by taking
with it. or directly after it. little lemon juice
mixed with sugar and water, or even with cream
of tartar, in this manner very agreeable efer-
vescent draugh can be safely taken at any time
during fever or thirst.
The antisceptic qualities Of this solution, owing
to the presence of so much carbonlc acid, have
lotion for the mouth Il sWeeens the
breath, and the Magncsia cleans the teeth from
tartar.
The solution is almost invariably succeeded in
removing fits, spasms and headache TO which deli
ce persons subject from acids and crudiIies of
The attention Of the public particularly direct
ed to the following certificates OF physicians and
other persons who have used 1 the Magnesis; ,oo
so. DUNBAR, Rsq., Dear Sir; Il most eheerfuily
Magnesia." I have never found anything so plea
SAINT and eectual for correcting acidIty OF the sto
mach and curing headache arising therefrom.
1t is resorted to by several members of my family
whenever suffering above, and always with great
satisfaction and instantaneous relief
Your truly. JOHN A. BLAKE.
The subscriber having used the above article in
his family for come years. is happy TO endorse the
estimony OF Mr.. Blake In his favor
Hartford Conn. REV JOHN CIRCUIT.
PROVIDENCE, n ov. q, 1913.
ME- S. o. DUTBAR,-Dear Sir; am happy to
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cine for the bowel arrangement which so often af
hicts young children, and for females of debiita-
ted and sour stomach, particu riy those enciendc
il is iuvalusbie. Being e scientific preparation and
open to the profession, 1t needs only acouaint-
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-01
CLIPPINGS,
From The Carson City Appeal

From Inc carson CITY Appeal.
There is considerable interest now being
manifested in the forthcoming cooking
match between a squad of birds owned by
Sweeny Il Allen and similar batch
belonging to Con Mooney of San Francisco
L. is stipulated that thirteen bouts will be
fought for 800 bout. and $1,000 will DO
laid on the odd bird.
Yesterday an Appeal reporter called at
Mr.. Swesney's house to inspect the fowls.
He found the owner of the bellicsse birds
exercising them by throwing them up in
the air and letting them land Oh cot bed.
He was timing the operation By clock,
and gave each bird fifteen minutes of the
most violent exercise. He had forty in
all, worth from $25 to $50 apiece.
Their gsudy feather distinguished them
from the ordinary bsrnysrd fowl by huss
which would shame o rainbow. They
were Of gold. FURNISHED green, blood red.
pale lilac. earmipe and chrome with scores
of shades caused by crossing the breed.
and some we're more strikiDgy costumed
thDn any woman at the Au Fait party on
Friday night.
From the Spirit of the Times.
lis reported .in this city that MIR
Gretton. the owner of Isonomy. was re-
Gently requested to price him. He dscin
cd 10 do 80, and direct offer of Is 900
guineas (sI25 900 was then made for the
horse. and refused By his owner. This
reminds US that Lord Westminster was
requested to price Touchstone, and repli-
ed; Il will NOS price him, but | will say
that the whole of the United States would
not buy him." Capt Cooper paid for
Blair Athol $62 500. England money.
but the Duke OF Westminster excelled
this by paying $4,000 for DoDcaster
(Couciuded on next page
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-01

Confusion has been CAUSED In the pub
lie mind in regard to the status OF the
funding bill by indsfnate dispatched
from Washington, The bill 10 now on the
speakers desk, having never been re-
ferrsd to any committee. The rate oil
interest. and the fifth section relating to
national banks and other material fes-
lures in the body of the bill are fixtures
having been passed by beth houses. Inc
ways and means committee can recon-
mend amendments to the senate amend
ments only that they propose to do. The
ways and means committee intend to call
the bill from the speakers table. and
recommend that the senate Amendments
fixing July as the date from and after
which the per cent. shall be the only
bonds as security for .the national bank
circulation be changed to extend the time
till the first of next September. The
committee think this will relieve the bill
of the coercive feature complained of by
che banks. and stop the pressure that the
national banks are bringing against it. LII
the house agrees 60 this amendment, as is
very probable, it is believed the senate will
concur and the bill get through without
difficulty. Unless the house concurs On.
tirely in the senate amendments, the bill
will not reach the president before to-
morrow, hence it is thought that friend of
the bill in the house will object to the
Amendments of the ways and means COM
rnitfea
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-01
Tuesday. March ]. 1881.
The elession OF John I. Mitchell as Sen

The elession OF John 1. Mitchell as Sen
stor. ia place Of Wallace. makes Cam
eron's power supreme in Psnnsyivania pol.
tiles. Mitchell was an anti-arant man q.
heart before che Convention laEt year. and
resides In section Of the State that has
always been regarded as one OF Blaine's
strougholds. In the State Convention
last February. a. Harrisburg, the two
delegates from MitchelPs home, Tioga
County, were John Il. Bowen and T.. A.
Wiekham. Both voted against the rssolu
ton instructing for Grant, bat while Mr.
Mitchell was professedly Blaine mana
homs-his voice was not raised in favor o
Blaine. nor was ID heard even in subdust
whispers against Grant.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-01
The Infamous Elecs1on Law g.

Senator Wallace. from the select com
mittee to inquire into frauds 10 the late
elections, submitted. on behalf of the
majority, a report of their Investigations
Toto thu operations OK United States
elective franchise laws in New York city
Philadelphia. and Boston. together with
the testimony taken by the committee
during 1879 and $780, The report says
that ''the same machinery that regulates
the elections of the highest officials of the
State regulates the choice of Presidential
electors and members of Congress. and
the addition thereto Of election officers not
chosen by the people of the locality is
provocative of collision. brings the Federal
Governments into field in which it has no
just power, aud tends to the growth Of
1878 the result was 1.-THE Acknowledgement
of $4,000 to $4,000 legal voters who were
inundated by the threats OF officials or
tho actual arrest Of many who were EMIT
led to vote. The ordinary processes of the
law were not observed in the Wholesale
action OF the Federal officials, but under
the direction Of the Chief Supervisor about
5000 informations were sworn to by q
person named Mosher, connected with the
Caicf Sunervi or's fi;,,.L II did
know, a44 II tno nature OF things, could
not know. the truth of the facts he ewore
to. These informatlons were mainly for
Illegal registration and intent to vote upon
naturalization papers issued in 1868. allof
which Davenport, the Chief Supervisor
'allegsd were illegal and fraudulent. There
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-01
De. sHOREYS
Kidney Investigator.

A SPECIFIC in the CURE OF ALL DISEASES
~ of the Kidnsys, Bladder, PROSTATE Portion
Of the Urinary Organs, Irritation OF the neck Of
the Bladder, Burning Urine, Bright's Disease,
elect, tIonorEhee IN all its stages, Mucous
Kidneys, hrick Dust, Deposit. Diabetes Inaam.
alton OF the Kidneys and Bladder, Dropsy of the
kidneys. Acid Urine, Bloody Urine, Pain In the
Ca1calas: Renal Colic, Retention Of Urine. Fra.
auent Urinston, Gravel in all it's Forms, inability
70 Retain the Water, particularly In persons edvah
ced In life The INVESTIGATOR restores the
Urine TO its natural color, removes the acid and
burning and the effect of the excessive of intox
ieatiDg Drink.
The following are among those diseases in which
the INVEST19AIOR has worked cures in disea-
O
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-01
Skinny Men

and women are not admired Ladies and gents
lacking flesh, vivacity electric power vital brain
nerve force; fuen injured by mental strain, ply
steal excesses abuse. etc aged persons to retain
former vigor; all suffering fro n nervous prostra
ton, should use ''Wells' Health Remover remark
able in preserving youthful condition Greatest
remedy earth for impotence leanness. sexual
debility, premature decline, etc 81 at Druggists
Depot, SO Barclay street, New York, and for Rock
Island at Bengston's.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-01
sBrain & n erve|

Nervous Prostitution, Brain Weakness, Sexual
Debility, Loss of Manhood, Weakness, Discharges,
General of Special Debility resulting from early
youth ful cretions excuses, vices irregular
tiles (often continued to mature yenrs) cured
by s.Wel.s' Health Remover" greatest remedy Cd
sarth for Impotence, Premature Decline, Sperma-
torrhoea and all forms of debility. 81 six bottles
SIS, at Druggists. Advice free Depot, IS Barclay
St, New York, and for Rock Island at Bengston's
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-01

WA SUIE THINGi

It never fails Oure yourself for 81 Prof. Cha
pins Buchu .paiba-a quick, complete cure for 81
Urinary, Kidney, Bladder anG Genital Diseases,
male or female. 81 at Druggists. Advice free
Depot So Barclay ST., New York, and for Rock ISL
and at BenCston's.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-01

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