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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-13
Requirements Of Crops.

Every kind of crop requires certain
elements common to all to be in Or ad.
ded to the soil in order to be grown in
perfection. When we supply TO GU,
long cultivated soil potash, phosphoric
acid and nitrogen in sutficiency, we
have, with the addition of what the
lands will supply, the elements esssn-
tial to the successful culture of any and
all farm crops. Stable anure con-
tains these fertilizing elements in the
best known form for application to our
land. Every fertile soil contains enough
of the aforesaid constituents to produce
one or more good crops; but every
crop taken from the land reduces the
supply till at last we come to an ex-
hausted (worn out> soil, similar to what
has occurred to thousands OF acres in
all of our Oldest settled farm sections.
where the land has been cropped in cot
ton, tobacco, corn, etc., without manure
for many years. The progressive
farmer learns that his soil must be fed,
somewhat on the same principle that he
feeds his cows, but less frequently
once a year, in some cases once in sew
eral years, answer all the requirements
in a regular rotation. But the ques-
ton m up: How shall we
feed our land, with stable manure
or with commercial fertilizers? From
my standpoint, l answer with stable
manure, if one can Oh an or make
enough. Leave the commercial fertil-
izers as a last resort or to feed the one
crop. Their proper place is in connec-
ton with stable manure, similar to the
dessert following the principal dishes
of a dinner. Some tell us: ''Each cop
must have its own peculiar food and in
proper proportion" When we hear a
person talking in that way we may con-
clude that he is getting beyond his
depth or his ability TO instruct and ad-
wise farmers profitably, because. as i un-
derstand him, he is coming to the the
DRY that all the farmer has to do in or
der to grow good crops is to call on tho
manufacturer or dealer in fertilizers
and say: "Doctor, | intend to grow q
crop OF sugar beets and l want fertil-
izers for the same SO that I can obtain
a big crop of sugar." and the doctor
prescribes according to his table of an
alysis. This is no newtheory, and isnot
reliable as a rule; it may work in some
cases, but generally it works unsatis-
factorily, because it is impossible for
anybody to know the relative proper
ton o. phosphoric acid, potash and nj
trogen that is in the soil before the fer
tilizer (medicine) is applied. Analysis
fails to give solutions Of such questions
that are rel able, as every field, perhaps
every square yard Of the same field, has
different degrees Of fertility. German
town Telegraph.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-13
HOME AND FARM.

1t will be found impossible to make
hrst-class butter from BOWS that feed in
low and wet pastures. Sour feed will
not make good batter.-Iroy Times.
Cracker Cruel: Six tablespoonfuls
OF cracker-crumbs, n quart of milk,
one-half teaspoonful of salt. Fut the
cracker-crumbs and milk into a double
boiler. Let them come to a boil. Cook
about two minutes longer. Can use
half milk and half watcr.-IHe House.
hold.
President Beeler, of the Indiana
State Wool-Growers' Association, said
i'm his annual address that no sheep
breeder should part with the best of his
flock unless he is going out of the bust.
ness of breeding. To raise grain ex.
%clusively on a farm is both ruinous and
unremunerative.
-Naturalists IT. that bumble-bees'
nests should be carefully preserved, the
insect being the most valuable we have
in the fertilization of fruits and other
crops, their tongues being longer than
tho e of honey-bees, and therefore bet
ter adapted to securing pollen and de-
posting it on other blossoms.
-Guenon, the eminent French au.
thority, says he has noticed that in gen
eral those COWS which have four equal
teats and those which have six Gour
9 iual and two smaller ones, which sure.
ly yield no milky belong especially to
the higher order of their class, and that
those of inferior orders have usually
four teats with one false nipple.
-Beggar Stew: Take all sorts OF
cooked and uncooked scraps of meat,
cut into very small pieces and put them
into a stewpan with the bones chopped;
pepper and salt, a little sliced onion,
doublet the quantity of raw potatoes, and
cold water to cover; simmer quite gently
for three hours and, after removing the
bones, serve very hot when the pota-
toes are reduced to a p~ulp.-1o1edo
Blade.
Dat Meal for Babes: Put four ia
~blespoonsuls OF oat meal in a tin pail
and pour on it three pints of cold water.
Put the pail in a vessel with hot water
in it and boil steadily for two hours.
linen pour it into an strainer-
a common sieve will do-and drain all
the liquid off thoroughly. To one cup
of this add one half cup of cream, ts1o
cups water and sugar enough to make
it palatable. Give through a nursing
bottle. Instead of the cream, if desira-
bic, a half cup of the oatmeal water
may be used. When rolled oats are
used an hours cooking is enough.-M.
7. Tribune.
How we cook hams down South:
Weigh your ham and wipe it with a
damp cloth. Make a stiff paste of cold
water and flour, and with your hand
cover the entire ham with the paste an
eighth of an inch thick. Put the ham
thus covered with paste in q pan on a
spider or two mutiin-rings; pop it in a
hot oven and bake from fifteen to TWEEN
ty minutes for each pound of ham. If
the ham is under nine pounds in
weight fifteen minutes for each pound
is sufficient; if over nine pounds, TWEEN
ty. Being put in a hot oven, the paste
Immediately forms a thick crust round
the ham, retaining all the juice, and
when done the skin comes off with the
crust, leaving your ham lovely to look
at and most delicious to eat.-Cor. N.
Y. Posi-.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-13
.aa speaks of the chaplain who had
b,,s+ The upon the trucklc bed.

Whilst hi, lie upon the truckle bed.
80 "as young master lieth DER his head.
=. IS 1uIther mentioned that ancientlv
q minstrel would often lie on a low haaa
10 amuse his lord while he was aw,Io
OF TO lull him to sleep, and that ner.
sons were sometimes employed to read
1of Cne same purpose.
ne posts, head boards and canopies
oi the Elizabethan bedstead were cnri
ously wrought and carved in oak and
other woods, gilt and painted. Tbau
We're often adorned with mottoes. nns
az Il nunnery in Cumberland had this
lhserlptlon: SHARK the end, and vow
snail V doow amis." The bed
were of the most sumptn-
Gus KIND; bedsteads with their %ittinos
were enumerated specially in beauests.
IN great households the bed making
was an important ceremony. The exact
ulrectlons exist for the "making OF the
hlng's bed" in Henry Wills reion.
yeoman or groom of the wardrobo
was to bring in the '.stuff," i. e.. the
oeddlng; a gentleman usher was tn
hold back the curtains; two souires
were to stand at the beds head. two
yeomen of the Crown at it's foot: wbilo
other officers made the bed. 1t took
seven persons to do it.
The wooden blanket of Bristol. the
fustian Of Naples used for the pillow
cases, and the fine white ..linen Of
Keynes" (Rennes) were all we'll known
in the days Of Elizabeth. And, last of
all, the warming-pan was one OF the or
naments of the Tudor-home: it was
usually OF copper or copper-gilt; Eliza
beth had one o, silver.
The latest bed of that day, one men,
toned by Shakespeare, was undoubted-
~ the far-famed Bedof Ware. Clutter
buck, in his History OF Hertfordshire,'
admits that he could not find n writ
ten document or local tradition which
threw any light on its history. 1t was
long one of the sights at the "~Saracen's
Head" in Ware, and had the date, 146U.'
painted on it, but this was believed to
refer not to its first construction. but to
some period of renovation. TWAS twelve
feet long and twelve feet broad. The
ponderous structure is still in existence.
having been sold to the proprietor of
the Rye House, near Broxbourne, where
it is an object of curiosity to hundreds
o. visitors. -Leisure Hour.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-13
Laws Of War in Ashantee.

The assumption that savage races are
ignorant of all laws of war, or incapa.
BILE of learning them, would seem to be
based rather on our Indifference about
their customs than on the realities of
the case. But whatever value there NAV
be in our w laws of war, as helping
to constitute a real difference between
savage and civilized warfare, the best
way to spread the blessing of a knowl-
edge of them would clearly be for the
more civilized races to adhere to them
strictly in all Waged with their less
advanced ne!ghbors. An English COM
mander, for instance, should no more
set fire to the capital of Ashantee or Zu-
luland for SO paltry a pretext as the dis
play of British power than he would set
fire to Paris or Berlin; he should no
o have villages or granaries burned
in Normandy, and he should no more
keep a Zulu envoy OIL truce-bearer in
chains than he would so deal with the
be bearer ns OF a sn white flag ,f7hd from a Russian
pie, which is yet in vogue, that with
barbarians you must or may be bar
barous, leads to some Illustrations
of civilized warfare when it
comes in conflict with the less
civilized races. In one of the Franco
Italian a of the sixteenth century
more than 1000 women and .childrep
took refuge in large mountain cavern,
and were there sutlocated by a party of
French soldiers, who set fire to a a
tity Of wood, straw and hay, which they
stacked at the mouth of the cave; but
it was considered so shameful an act
that Chevalier Bavard had two of the
ringleeders hanged at the cavern's
mouth. Yet when the French General
Pellissier in this century sutfocated the
unresisting Algerians in their caves, it
was even defended as no worse than the
Smelling of q fortress and there is evil
dence that g%un-cotton was not infre-
quently used to blast the entrance to
caves in Zululand in which men, women
and children had hoped to find shelter
against an army which protested only
to be warning with their king. The
following description of the way in
which, in the Ashantee war;, the En-
glish forces obtained native car
riers for their transport service is
not without its instruction in this
respect: ''We took to kidnapping upon
a grand scale. Raids were made on
all the ASSN villages within reach OF
the line of march, and the men, and
sometimes the women, carried off and
sent up the country under guard, with
cases of provisions. Lleutenant-
rendered immense service in this way.
Having been for some time command
ant of Aaccra, he knew the coast and
many of the chiefs; and having a
man of-war placed at his disposal, he
went up and down the coast. landing
continually, having interviews with
chiefs, and obtaining from them
large numbers of men and women;
or when this failed, landing at night
with a party of soldiers, Surrounding
villages, and sweeping off the adult
population, leaving only a few women
to look after the children. In this
way, in the course of q month, he OBJ
tanned several thousands OF carriers
Gentteman's Margarine.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-13

1t is said that the waste of valuable
timber in Eastern Tennessee is almost
uncomfortable. The finest specimens of
walnut and cherry are used for fence
rails, fire wood and similar purposes.
Since the Government survey there has
been achange in this respect, and the
people arc beginning to appreciate the
value OF the timberresources. Another
result is that the mineral are
becoming known, and investments both
in timber and in mineral property are
now made where but a short time ago
they would have been considered ua"
MISUNDERSTANDING Tribune.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-13
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

/ london has 100000 of working
people ,hs ~ +ho oe;oo,s - .,o
r,rman army wear corsets.
Tho Bank of England has lust
.noned a reading and eating room
for its clerks.
%-1taly's warmest city is Palermo,
: vt Naples, then Genoa, then Rome.
n nsne is much the coolest of the four st
night. ~
ian. saw that people want twenty per
e Ient more bread when the weather is
eoid than when it is mild aud muggy.
The Mayor OF Vienna has received
. donation OF 100000 %tiorins, and a
',aIed letter as to it's ultimate distri-
n1,jon, which is not to be opened till
loyo.
The Chinese Minister'S name is
.Iu." and his little daughters name
+ ..Mi." The Chinese alphabet con-
.ains about 60, 0 letters, but it is evil
dcnt that a good many of them have
very little to do.
"A vessel off Para reports falling In
with a mass Of spiders floating in the
Eeir. The rigging and sails were cov-
tered with the web, the long threads of
which formed the balloon for the tiny
oeronauts. For several miles this
sn;dcr swarm continued, the captain
Estimating that there were millions,
blown from the land.
The Bombay Guardian, a religious
|napcr, referring to the sunset after
Flow, which has recently been again
observed in Bombay, says: eve will
mot venture to predict that this may be
by way of preparation for the final CON
t:acrat:on, but one thing it is safe to say,
namely, that it is we'll for every n to
be ready"
The giant bowls of Orholm, on the
east side OF Christiana Fiord, have been
described by Herr Greelmuyden. These
curious geological formations are the
largest Of their kind in Scandinavia.
In two of these depressions a few pines
and birches grow in a tolerably natural
way until their tops reach the level of
the rocks, above which the branches
are twisted Enthusiastically by the force of
the wind.
1t is related that when Lady DUFF
fcrin first went to St. Petersburg it was
necessary for her to be received in audi
ence by the Empress. At the time ap-
pointed she arrived and was usheredinto
tie room. There she found a lady very
plainly dressed, who approached and
asked her: Ibid you see my daughter
be ore you left Eng'and::"' '.EXcuse
me- said Lady Dufferin, .'but who is
your daughter?" MY daughter is the
duchess Of Edinburg,|" said the plain
lady, who vas none other than the
Empress.
Two Cardinals recently superin-
tended a minute inventory OF the con-
tents of the Vatican, from it's artistic
and literary treasures down to the most
trivial articles. The origin, position,
and value of every object were set
down, and the inventory was signed
with all the legal formalities. A copy
was handed to eachof the Ambassadors
accredited to the Holy See, and even to
the Ambassadors accredited to the King
Il ltal y, including those of powers not
living relations with the Vatican. Such
"a step, 1t is claimed, is indisputable
proof of the Pope having contemplated
the possibility Of quitting Rome.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-13
Old English Beds.

The ''f~our-poster," or great standing
bed, was common in L-ancastrian times,
although often different enough to that
in use to-day. The idea is by some
supposed to have come from Austria,
but its direct importation was probably
from France, where sumptuous carved
oak bedsteads were already we'll known.
These were commonly panelel to the
floor, and contained drawers, chests
and presses, over which the sleeper vir-
tually held guard. Our Richard III.
possessed one of this kind. of which Il
double story is told. On the 21st of
August, 1855, he arrived at Leicester,
some of his retinue having preceded
nm with the running wardrobe, which
included a ponderous four-posted bed
stead with a double bottom of boards,
including a military chest, which was
erected in a chamber of the Boar's Head.
tflchard slept on it that night, his last
on earth. for next day he was de-
1eated and slain on Bosworth Field.
he bed was stripped of its hangings and
E1lnery, but the bedstead was left with
NINE host, and became a kind of show
at the Blue Boar. In the reign of
Elizabeth the house was kept by a man
named Clark, whose wife one day. while
shaking or making the bed, observed a
gold coin roll on the floor; this led to
an Investigation, when it was
found that the double bottom con-
sealed a very large sun Of gold, partly
Frolned by Richard and partly of
Pearller date. 1t was, in fact, Richard's
treasury, and, at the pass to which he
had then come, might be said TO be the
very last of it. The sum is not named,
out according to Tweden "this Clark
ieaped an incredyble mass of wealth
lout had 1t wit enough not to discover
~ same), but became OF a poorer man
Very ritch. was Mayor, and this, in We
(end dying left hys wife vety ritch, who
ss'yll kept on We lime at We blue bore in
leicester, tyll, in the end, some guests
coming to lodge with her. she was by
,aeih robd. who carryed away seven
n'tse Dads of treasure, and yet left
sieaI Store scattered about the howse
~ gold and silver. Mrs. Cleark herself
- eng IN this action made away by q
.'aSo servant. W o stopt her breath by
iDiusllng her finger into her throat, she
S"llg very fat person; for which fact
1Hts. 4 lumber saw her burnt as the seven
n'en We're hanged"
II was long a traditional idea in Eng
kkal'a' and very common in the Eliza
uelhan days, to carve on each o. tn.
POST OF a bedstead a figure of one of
:" eVangelists. Hence TIE rhyme:
Matthew, Mark Luke and John,
III IS me bed lhat / siccp on"
nus we must not forget that there
Tete IVY forms Of bed in use during
tro,e days, the standing bed and
auekAe bed, which latter wa, a
""-lramed bedstead, pla n to the last
ShIslsc, mounted on casters, and capa-
E Ic OF being put under the former; in
aw" lt was not merely often put
WY the"e, but some times occupied
an micro or. My ]ady's maid not I'M
had slept on the moor beside the
0aS cad Of her mistress. An old bal |
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-13
The NARROW ESCAPE

or q Massachusetts Engineer-Tfmely
Warming of Mr.. John Spencer, Baggage
master of b. & A. r.. II.
Sleep after fatigue, and health after disease,
are two of the sweetest experiences known to
man. Fourteen years is q long time in which
70 suffer, yet MIR. Peter Iawler, of Dalton.
Mass, had led a miserable life for that period
tnrough the presence Of stone in the bladder.
Lnat he sought in all directions for a cure is
an almost superluous statement. He did OBJ.
tam temporary relief, but nothing more. Last
January he called on DIR. David Kennedy, Of
hondout N. Y, who said, after examination:
MI. LAWYER, you have stone in the bladder,
we Will first try DIR. DAVID KENNEDY'S
FAFORITE REMEDY before risking an
operation" A few days later the following
letter passed through the Rondout post-ofice;
DALTON, Mass, Feb. 6.
"Deor DR.. Kennedy-The day after 1 came
nome passed two gravel stones, and am do
ang nicely now. PETER LAwLER."
DR.. Kennedy now has the stones at his Of
nee, they are, sufficiently formidable to
Justify the claim that KENNEDY'S FAVOR
iTE REMEDY is the leading specific for stone
IN the bladder. In his letter MI. Lawler mem
ttOns that FAVORITE REMEDY also cured
Mn Of rheumatism. The subjoined certificate
tells its own story:
OLD BERKSHIRE Mills.
DALTON, Mass, April 81, iss2,
Mr.. Peter awle has been q resident of this
Town for the past seventeen years, and in our
employ for fifteen, and in ali these years he
town and community. He has had some
chronic disease to our knowledge for most of
the time, but now claims TO be. and is. in nm.
parent good health. CHAS, o. BROwN. Pres
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-13

IF you are troubled with sores, aches,
pains and general weakness of the various
bodily functions, don't be deceived by the
cines, etc, whose certificates of pretended
cures are often paid for. Put your trust
in that simple remedy called DR.. Guysott's
Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla. It will
cure you by purifying the blood and
strengthening the weak portions of your
body. You will also find it very refresh.
ing to the brain and nervous system. The
proprietors receive hundreds of letters be-
slowing upon it the highest praise.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-13

Mr.. W. R. Robinson. Davisboro, Ca,
writes, under date Jan. 8, 1854: clam get.
ting on finely, the ulcer is gradually heal.
ing. I feel that Switt's Specific will cure
the horrible cancer which has been feeding
on ME for over twenty years."
MIR. 9. G. Barron, of Banning, Ga, writes,
dated March 8, 1884: 1.-THE soreness has ali
gone out of the Cancer, and nv health has
greatly improved. l have taken six bot
ties Of SwlFT's SPECIFIC, for Skin Cancer,
which | have had for years"
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.,
Drawer 3. Atlanta, Ga.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-13
Come, Gentle Spring

and bring malaria, dyspepsia, biliousness,
torpidity of liver and a train of kindred
maladies. Fortunately Kidney-Wort is at
land. 1t may be had of the nearest drug
gist, and will purify the system, correct
the stomach and bowels, stimulate the oliver
and kidneys to healthy action, remove all
poisonous hulnors and make you feel like
a new a AS a spring medicine, tonic
and blood Purifier it has no equal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-13
CURE OF
l6oh SUMMIT AVE, JERSEY CRY, N. j., I

1904 SUMMIT AVE, JERSEY CRY, N. J.,l
February Is, 1884.
This is to certify that 1 have been
troubled with lumbago for a long time,
and AVE tried everything, and could not
get relief until l used ALLcocK's Porous
PLAsrERs.
lhave also used BRANDREra's PILLS in
my family for the last five years for bill
lousness, and would have no other, as
they give me the best satisfaction.
NJ. VREELAND.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-13
CURE OF PAIN IN BACk AND STIFF
NErNrx

lOi ADELPH1 STREET, BROOKLYN, N. vi
February 20, 1884.
i nave had pain in my back for years and
IL troubled me night and day. 1 could get
no relief, not even for an hour. At last,
hearing SO much of ALLcocK's PLAsrERs.
! tried two. In three hours the pain began
TO decrease; in twelve hours l was entirely
relieved. l continued wearing the Plasters
week, and was entirely cured. also
used them for a stiff neck, which ALL
COCKS PLAsTERs cured in four hours.
n. A. MuLLAY. .
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-13

LADIES who intend to visit
Balls and parties most exquisite,
Or, with lovers to elope,
Should not only dress in style,
But should always use a while
Blossoms Alun Sulphur Soap."-25t
druggists.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-13

sEY-Get the Best Dyes. The Diamond
Dyes for family use have no equals. All
popular colors easily dyei fast and beauti-
full. Only 1oc. a package at druggists.
Wells, Richardson & Co., Burlington, VT.
Sample Card, SO %colors, and book of direc-
lions for &c. stamp.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-13
remarks

-Seasonable remarks: Innocent old
party-''tine season, my trend; what
you're planting now will not be long
until it comes up-won't be long in the
ground these times, | tell you."0 Texas
farmer-~Won't, Ell? Well, if any OF
these fence posts that Pm plantin' come
up o Ill lay for you, you miserable
old tcncc-cutter, till you'll wish you'd
never Lcep born."-1sras SittagS.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-13

LYDIA F. P1NKHAM's Vegetable Com
pound is to be had at the nearest drug store
for a dollar. 1t is not elaine that this
remedy will cure every disease under the
sun, but that it does all that it claims to do,
thousands of goodwomen know anddeclare.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-13

"A New York manufacturer tells a
reporter that he makes at least l,5OO
different styles of ~dog-co]lars, ranging
in price from live cents to thirty dol
lars, the latter OF solid silver. Blank
cts cost from fifty cents to twen ty-tive
dollars