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killed. Among small fruits there ia ale.
considerable injury, and the wintoS
plum is considered a poor investment
Cherries and blackberries and granes
are below the average. OF grapes tbs
Concord is the leading variety. Soma
time was spent in discussing the nro-
pTiety of mulching trees to retard tbei,
early poisoning. It was
generally pronounced unsnc.
cesslul,% especially in Central Iowa. Mr.
Raymond of Council Bluffs had tried
mulching and found that heavy mulch
ing gives protection from freezing at tina
surface and they thaw underneath be-
sides bringing out the flowers when the
ground is still frozen and the roots ar
not. The opinion of the late j. N. Dix.
on was stated as favoring mulchinp
Prof. II. Osborn of Ames read an inter.
esting paper treating mainly upon mites
and rust upon leaves. Other papers
were read on Roses and Shrubs, Josepb
Bancroft. Cedar Fall; Planting of Lawns,
DR.. William o. Kulp, Davenport; House
Plants, r S. Blair, Des Moines; Bed.
ding Plants, Mrs. James Davidson.
Monticello. Discussions were INDUCED
in On Propagation of Stocks, Vines and
Forest Trees by w. G. Havil, Fort
Dodge; Silas Wilson, Atlantic; H,
Strohm. Iowa City. Handling and
Keeping of Fruits, George w. Bacon,
Des Moines; John N. Dixon, Oskaloosa,
and Vegetable Gardening, +. X. Skunk
land, Dubuque; l.. G.. Chute, Manches-
ter; {. w. Dorr, Des Moines.
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Hawkeye HOrticuIturalists .

Des Moines, Special Telegram.-Re-
ports from different districts in Iowa
n ade to the state Horticultural society,
show the orchards of the state to have
been badly injured by the hard winter
oflSS3. Al. Haviland of Fort Dodge,
reported the fruit crop in his district
light, 80 per cent. of ali the orchard trees
fifteen years old having been killed last
winter. The Oldenburg, Telopsky and
Wealthy stood the winter best. s. w
Ferris Of Butler county reported that
the Ben Davis and Rowles, which were
so profitable two years ago, are mostly
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Clearing Up Our Timber hands.

In view of the urgent need OF extend
ed Timber planting in the prairie states,
for climatic effect and economic uses
the doubtful policy of clearing up and
%cultivating our natural timber belts
should haue the careful consideration
of our psople.
A bit Of actual experience may prove
more convincing than whole pages of
argument. About ten years ago | Sc
cured forty acres of denuded timber
land in Benton county for the small
sum of i've dollars per acre. AS portions
of the surface showed sprouts of oak,
ash, elm and other valuable species of
timber springiHg up | determined to
hold the plat for a few years and let ma
ture take her own course in Tetimber-
ing it..
To-day it is worth a journey OF q num-
Der Of miles to note the s re and the
height of the timber covering the whole
lot. Thousands of the oak saplings are
from eight to ten inches II diameter
and from thirty-tive to. forty feet in
height. The timber on the land to-day
will sell for at least SIS per rcre, leaving
the surface as it was ten years ago.
while worth far more than this sum
to. the owner, who can utilize the thin
nings for practical farm uses, permitting
the timber in the near future to attain
saw log size. its present selling value
makes fair income (Sl 90 per acre each
year, for this class Of lands have little
value for cultivation.
Thousands of settlers have had expe-
rience of this kind, yet the practice of
the majority of the owners of the timber
lands has been to u off the timber and
sell the land at a low price to those who
are not able to purchase the higher
priced prairie land.
We should have a law exempting from
taxation denHded timber lands permit
ted to grow up again. If thus exempted
for say ten years the attention of our
people would be called to this Impor-
ant subject-Des Moines Register.
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Brandy and soda. tArter swrnDurne

10 BE READ II DAY AFTER NEW YEAR 3.
Mine ewes to mine eyelids cling thickll
nv tongue feels n mouthful and NOR
NV senses are sluggish and sicklyi
To live and to breathe is a bore.
NV head weighs a ton and a quarter,
BY pains and by par g ever split,
Which a,an fold washings with water
Relieve not a bit.
Nv longings of thirst are unlawful,
And vain to console or control.
The aroma of coffee is awful,
Repulsive the sight ofthe roll.
take my matutInal journal.
And strive my dull wits TO engage,
But can not endure the internal
Sharp crack of its psge.
Whet bad luck MY soul had bedev1led
What demon of spleen and OF spite,
That I rasaly went forth. and l reYeled
In rietous living last night2
Had the fumes of the goblet no poor
That we'll might repulss or restrain?
o insidious brandy-and-soda,
Our Lady Of Pam.
Thsu art golden of CLEAN as the summer
That smiled Ger a tropical sod.
o daughter of Bacchus, the hummer,
A foamer, a volatile tool
But thy roth 10 u serpent that hissesb
And thy gold as a bslefre doth shire
And the lovers who rise rom thy kisses
Can't walk a straight line.
/ recall, with q flush and a ~1utter,
That orgie whose end is unknown;
Did they bear me to bed on a shutter,
Or did | rel home oil alo e?
Was 1 fnqlent in screams or il screecheS2
Did / swear with a forced alright
Did / perpetrate numerous speeches?
Did | get in a fghI2
or the secrets | treasure and prize most
Did / empty NV %bacchanel breas ?
Did / button-1ole men | despise most,
And frown upon those | Ike besi?
Did L plsy the low farmer aEd hdnEey
With people / always ignore?
Did 1 c~aIac0le round Ike a monkey
Did | sit on the floor?
o longing no research may satiate--
No aim to exhume what is hid!
For falsehOod we're win to expatlate
On needs more depfaVed than l did;
And though friendly faith / would fout
not
III luA5 ~ HbIc RASH W Aclys
Since the friends who beheld me. l doub
not.
Were drunken than ].
Thou hast lured me to passionate past
time,
Dread goddess. whose smile is a snartl
/ swear thou hast tempted me the
last time
Iswear IL; l mean what / swearl
And thy beaker shall always ,Urbode o
Disgust 'twere not wise to disdaIl,
o luxurious brandy-anG-sodal
Our Lady of Pain.
Hugh Howard.
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A STORY OF THE SEA.


What Owen Basc0m, a New England
Fortune Hunter, Experienced
Alone in the Mid Pacihc-The Dis
dressing Chronicle of a Log Book.
Owen Bascom was born at Waterbury,
Conn, thirty-six years ago. He suddenly
left the city, having conceived a passion
for adventure through constant reading
of Tia lling romances and exciting tales
of the sea. For some time his aged par
ents made earnest efforts to find their
truant son, but although his father spent
a large portion of the hard-earned saw
ings of many years of honest toll as a
carpenter, no trace OF Owen could be
discovered and after many months all
hope was given up, his father and
mother finally concluding that he must
be dead or they would have had some
word from him. Great was their sur
prise and qualification when he turned
up here to celebrate his re-
turn to America and to
crate the anniversary of his birth.
He tells a thri ling tale
OF his experiences since he left home.
He went to New York on leaving Water
bpry and stayed there for some time,
knocking about town and picking up any
odd Jobs here and there, put always
watching for a grand chance for adven-
SFYe with a prospect of riches as a re-
esard. His chance did not come before
a:s funds were exhausted and he was
finally compelled TO ship before the
mast or return home, which latter alter
native was too much for his pride to
permit. He knocked about on board
ship for months, running into nearly all
the principal foreign ports and getting
all the adventure he wanted, but not
with the anticipated alloy of pleasure he
had looked forward to.
One day, when he WAS in Calcutta, he
met with a party of d~venturers. vino,
ike himself, were looking for fortunes,
lie h~obnobbed with them all dav and
got mellow with them at night, listened
to their seductive schemes for acquiring
wealth and finally concluded to join
their expedition. AS their vessel, the
Nellie; was to sail the next morning
Bascom went on board the vessel to
which he belonged, gathered up his few
effects and quietly deserted. The Nellie
cleared for Nicolaevsk early in the fore
noon, intending, after getting a full
store of supplies, to prospect for gold
dlOnB Ju6 COhSt OF Onlua OF SlDeFla.
Nicolaevsk was reached without incident
and four or five days were spent there
in laying in stores for the expedition.
The men comprising the party and crew
when it left N~icolaevsk were: Captain
Thomas Thompson; Captain Philip
brown, Jonson Emery, the mate of the
Nellie and two Cinnamon.
Great Shantar, or Sugar Island, lies off
the coast OF Siberia, in the western part
Of the Okhotsk Sea, in a bay of the same
name. Here indications of gold were
found by the p~rospectors, and they con-
Guided TO make their headquarters at
this point. Accordingly they made a
permanent landing there on September
IL, 1876, and on the Goth began the cree
ton ofa log rancho. This was COM
pleted and moved in to on October 5.
The next day one of the Chinese sailors
was left in charge of the cabin and sup
plies while the remainder of the party
took the Nellie and went OF across the
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FIELD AND FARM.
Household Hints.

For seriously chapped hands try this;
Scrape a cake of brown Windsor SOAP
1ntil it is all fine as powder; mix it with
an n Of cologne water and an ounce
Of lemon juice. Stir this very thoroughly
,ogether, shape IL into cakes, let u hard
81, and then use il when you wash your
hands.
PASTE FOR SCRAP BooKs.-Mix smooth
" flour and water till a smooth batter is
ormed put in a pinch of pulverized
alum, and pour in boiling water till a
;hick paste is formed. lie: it boil a min
lite or two; add a few drops of SarbGlic
acid or oil of cloves. Put in a wide-necked
bottle.
PAINTING on S1LK.-Before painting on
silk COR satin, rub a coat of chalk on the
wrong side of the material, if possible,
and use a blotter to soak up unnecessary
oil, or procure a preparation at an art
ists' furnishing store. In painting with
water colors GA black satin, mix the col
Ors with a weak solutionsQf gum arabic,
Or give it coat Of gum atsbic when fin
ished.
FREcKLEs.-It is said that freckles may
De thus removed: Put a tablespoonful
Of chloride of lime in a pint of hot water
and apply it hot to the face. then rinse
off with diluted lemon juice. This should
be u~ed with & eat care. as the chloride
is a caustic poison. Hot borax water
MADE in the same proportion will some-
times remove freekles, but continuous
bathing for ten minutes at a time, and
oitener is necessary.
SHIRT BosoNs. Make a thin boiled
starch, put in it a bit of white soap and
Of butter, starch the bosoms in it after
they have been rinsed, and dry them. A
few hours before ironing them wring
the bosoms and wristbands from thin
cold starch-starch dissolved in cold
Water-with a pinch of bOrax in it. Roll
Up tightly tall they are ironed. Liner
prepared in thls way Will give no trouble
ironing. After one or two expert
ments the laundress will know just what
PROPORTIONS to use. Polish with a pol
ishing iron, which may be bought tor
70 cents or 81.
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Home HnnestY.

There are many people who are very
honest away from home, Who are very
slippery at home. They make home
promises only TO break them. As hus-
bands they make a thousand good pro-
misses, and raise many pleasant expecta-
tons they never seem to think OF again.
As wives they practice a thousand little
deceits, e~quiyocate and Quibble many
times, when straightfor ward honesty
was just the thing required. AS parents
they conceal, go round the truth. de-
ceive, and often actually falsify to their
ter, always best.
The children see their parents double
dealings, see their want OF integrity, and
learn from them to cheat, deceive and
equivocate. The child is too often a
chip of the old bloek.-Exchange.
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MY boys.

"No, none of my boys are in Chica-
so" said an old farmer from Western
Illinois, just returning from the Union
Stock Yards, where he had cold three
cars of hogs of his own raising. "No,
sir, my boys are ali at home. The three
Oldest are teaching school winters and
Eelping on the farm I've had
all my boys in the city, Though, and
they know what it is. l showed 'em all
around myself. l amt one of these kind
that let's boys go on thinkin' a city is the
incest place in the world, when it is as
easy as nothin' to show 'em different. /
| had my boys in some of the saloons
along on State street, and on the West
Side, to show 'em the poor l~oafers, some
Of them evidently farmers BOYS come
to town to get rich. We all weRt up in
to the Public Library, rs | wanted the
boys to see the poor cusses there find
ing a good warm place to sleep,
until 10 O'Clock, anyhow. We was also
In some Of them dives along the Levee,
and l tell you the boys was
disguised with the dirt and ~valgarity.
My oldest boy went into the wine-room
to see the girls and come out mad, say
inG they was nothing but paint, powder,
and stHffing, and charged him SO for one
little bottle of wine worth about Is cents.
| had the boys look in the morning pa
pers to see how many situations there
were vacant, and how many more there
were wantin' places. When we started
Tor the train next morning early we see
a sign out Clerk wanted and thirty or
forty fellows standin' around waiting for
the doors to pen. Oh, l tell you, the
boys haven't any love for Chicago, and
they are stayin' lone and 'tendin 20
business. James has a small farm of his
own, and I'm going to give him half the
money from them hogs to furnish his
house with, cause he's to marry soon.
Ro"ert, the next one, has the best team
in our county, and Che handsomest gal.
Ny boys have seen Chicago with their
eyes open, and are satisfied to stay at
home, behave themselves, and take the
old iarm whei | get through with it. l
believe this keeping ofboys in ignorance
of what a great city really is is wrong. so
l do ."-Chicago Herald.
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Warren Leland, Sr,, Is said to have
been offered the management OF the
new hotel at Portland, Oregon, built by
Henry Willard.
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Mrs. Caroline C. Moore has given as a
Christmas present to Buffalo charities
ten thousand dollars in money.
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A '~sBreakfast" Cake.

Three cupfuls of flour. one scant table,
spoonful of butter, warmed enough to
soften it, n egg well beaten, one-third
teaspoonful of salt, one and oDe-halt cup
fuls of sweet milk one or two tablespoon
fuls of sugar, as one likes best, and three
te~aspoonfuls of baking powder, which
should be mixed thoroughly with the
-four. Mix the beaten egg, milk, butter
and salt together, and stir the -four IN
rapidly. When the batter is smooth;
pour into a long biscuit tin, well but
tered, and bake in a quick oven about
twenty minutes. When done, mark the
crust with a warmed knife, and break
the axe in pieces. Ii shou d never be
cut, neither should anV warm cake.
Stable Ventilation.
From the Baltimore Sun.
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than not 10 allow fresh air to stock shut
up in a stable. When cold weather
comes on it is customary with some
farmers to barricade their stables as
closely as possible against the outer air
in order to secure warmth, and having
done so they think they have made their
stock safe and comfortable. This is a
serious error. Cattle and horses require
FRESH ar as much as human beings DO,
and If deprived of 1t the same evil re-
suits are as likely to happen as in the
case of men and women shut Up in q
confined atmosphere which has been
breathed over and over again until II
becomes changed into a fetid poison
Under a long confinement to such air
the constitution of the animals becomes
debilitated and tendencies to disease
engendered which might have remained
latent, or, under circumstances, have
been outlived by the animals. Even
strong, healthy cattle lose vi
tality in close, unventilated stables
1t is the part of economy, therefore,
10 provide suitable ventilation for all
stables; and in doing so 1t should be re-
membered that, without it, it is not only
the confined air that the animals are
COuipCiCA W DIColACg Oub bIC hN
tons from the excrements also. Nor
should it be forgotten that, while an
abundance of fresh air is essential t.
health, warmth is equally so. The prob
lem, then, is to secure thorough venti-
lation without unduly lowering the tenn
perature. Especially should draughts
about the feet-as through cracks in
the floor communicating with the outer
air be carefully guarded against. 1t Is
true all this involves some expense, but
it is an expense that is soon amply re-
paid in the greater health, the better
assimilation Of the food, and consequent
ly, the better condition of the animals.
Not only so, but work animals are strong
er and better enabled TO do a days
work On the same expenditure of food,
while The liability to disease is greatly
reduced. The stable is no grand affair,
yet h arrangements tor securing warm
and fresh air should be as complete
as those of a human habitation, at least
a COOL deal more complete han most
people are apt to think necessary.
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Ten months ofoil exports this yea ag-
gregate $50. 1924 32 against S3s, S62, OfO OF
last year.
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How to Disappoint a BaIky HOrs'

How to DisappOinC n BaIky Horse.
A Leominister farmer recently broke
his horse Of a 'balky" freak in a very
qniet and AS he claims, not q cruel man
ner. His horse is in excellent flesh,
and shows no signs of neglect on the
part of his master. He drove him a.
tached to a rack wagon, to the woDd-
lot Tor a small load OF wood. The animal
would not pull a pound. He did not beat
HIN with a club, but tied him to o tree
and ''let him stand" He went to the lot
at So set and ash ed him 10 draw, but he
would not straighten a rug. 81 inside
up my mind" said the farmer, when
that horse went to the barn he would
take that load of wood. The night was
not cold. 1 went to the barn, got blan-
kets and covered the horse warm,
and he stood till morning. Then he re-
fused TO draw. At noon | went down
and he was probably hungry and lone
some. He drew that load of wood the
first time l asked him. l then returned,
and got another load before | fed
him. ! then rewarded him with a good
dinner which he eagerly deVoursd.
/ have drawn several loads since. Once
hesrefused to draw, bnt as 500 as he
saw me start for the house be started
alter me with the load. A horse be-
comes lonesome aud disconnected when
left alone. as much so as a person; and l
claim this method, ii rightly used, is far
less cru-l and is better for beth man
aud horse tina n to beat the animal With
a club."-FFithburg Sentinel.
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A. B. Petre, of the lumber firm Of Petre
Bros Ada, died on the Goth.
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Stable Ventilation.

From the Baltimore Sun.
There is no greater mistake made
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-03-05
First publication January 80.
In the PrObate Court

4A AhO ESbUat6 NUuTb
Of the county of Yankton, Territory of Da.
kota.
Ia the matter of the estate of Herman Ander-
son, deceased.
Notice Of settlement of final account and dis
tribution. .
~ dolph, the administrator Of tho estate Of
Herman Anderson. deceased, has rendered and
presented foI settlement. and filed in said court.
his final settlement and account of his admin
istration of said estate; and showing that said
estate is ready for distribution, and that Sat
urday, the I'D day Of February. A. ID. 1884. be-.
ing day of = term of said court, to.wit: OF
the January term. A. u: 1884, at two O'Clock. p.
M. at the court room of said court, at tho city
of Ysnkton. in said Yankton county, has been
duly appointed by the said court, for the settle
any person intereatcd in said estate may appear
and fle his exceptions in writing to the said
account and contest the same, and to show
cause why an order of distribution should not
be entitled herein. - :
Dated January SOth, A. D. 1884.
lsEALl L. CoNoLEToN. Probate Judge.
GAMBLE BRo's, Attorneys for eetate,
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-03-05
PROPOSALS.

0aice Of Board Of County Commissioners
Olivet, Hutchinson County. OAK, Febrpary
18th, 1se4.-Preposals for county brick build-
ing, 70 be 40xAO and twelve feet high, TO be
county, Dakota. Sealed proposals must be ad-
dressed to the undersigned. and bids will bs
received up TO twelve m. on Monday, tho 7th
panied by good aud sufficient bond Of two
more sureties.
Plans and specifications may be aeon at the
The boad reserves the right TO reject M and
all bids. -s "-~
BY order Of board Of county commissiousrs.
F.J. ElSENMANN. CLERK, Olivet, Dakota.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-03-05
First Publication Feb. 2, 1884,
Probate Notice.

In the Probate Court of the county of Yank.
ton. territory Of Dakota. ~
In the matter of the estate of Christian G
Falk, deceased. 9- II
Notice of settlement of final account and dis
tribution.
NoTICK is hereby given, that Mareareths
~ ~ Falk, the Administrstrix Of the estate oi
Christian g. Falk. deceased, has rendered and
presented for settlement. and filed in said court
her final settlement and account Of her admin.
lstrati?n OF e. said estate; and showing that said
Day. the twenty fifth day Of February, 4. b
hSsJs Janasr term aseln o. ssd Te
p. m, at the court room Of said court at the
CITY CITY Of "a M9snkton: in said Yankton, county. ha,
.ettlement Of said acccunt, at which time and
appear and file bis exceptions in writine to ths
said account and contest the same, and to show
cause why declee of distribution should moi
be entered herein.
r Dated January 2lst. 1884.
lsealt L. CONGLETON,
GAMBLE BRos.. Attorneys for Eatate. Nss
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-03-05
NORTHERN DAKOTA.

Ice in the Missouri at Mandan is OF
unusual thickness.
The rain fall in Ransom county since
1878 has averaged eighteen and one.half
inches per annun.
Dickey county can furnish homes for
100 families within from fifteen to thirty
miles of Ellendale. on government land.
The great number of sociale and pleas.
ont little private parties this winter at
jamestown. gives the people of that
town front rank for sociability.
The Bismarck Leader has been reduced
to one-half of it's former size, sowing to
the fact that the advertising patronage
of the city will not warrant the publics-
tion Of larger sheet"
The Devils Lake Pioneer Press says:
Newspapers are suspending publication
oil through the eastern states. This is
duo to the fact that almost everyone 10
making preparation to come to Dakota
and grow up with the country.
The county commissioners Of Cass
county have called convention to meet
in Fargo in May with view Of recon.
mending certain measures Of legislation
which they claim experience has shown,
are badly needed. All members Of
boards Of commissions throughout the
territory are invited.
Fargo sends us another addition to it's
list of excellent daily newspapers in the
Democratic Broadaxe with ringing
motto. It proposes to "hew to the line
let the chips fall where they will"
"Chips" has peculiar Significance in
the Fargo vocabulary, and we can give
the Democrat no better wish than that
its chip stacks may grow more
numerous a. a reward for
its tolls. Capt. George Egbert is the
muscle aud sinew ii the institution in
business point Of view. while F. AFFORD,
formerly Of the Sunday Call. Of Min.
neapolis, is editor. and young Holmes,
late Of the Republican, is city editor.