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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-05
HOME AND FARM.

Oats and peas sown together mako
a large yield and an excellent sheep
feed.-Prairie Farmer.
If YOU have any cold fish, mold it
into balls with well-beaten egg. roll in
powdered cracker or bread crumbs and
fry in boiling lard.
Vegetables, when fresh, are crisp
Cucumbers must be perfectly firm and
stiff. Celery breaks off clean when
fresh; if it is stringy it has been kept
too long.
-When setting hens do not allow
too many eggs in the nest. Better re-
suits will be obtained from ten eggs, as
a rule, than from thirteen or more
N. q. Farmer.
1T is said that there is no bet
ter index to the health of cattle and
horses than the condition of the hair.
Indigestion and all diseases that farm
stock is heir to-, even in a short time, is
plainly indicated by a very rough,
harsh coat of the animal.-7loy Times.
An excellent and simple disinfect-
ant for sinks and waste-plpes is made
bv mixing one large tablespoonful of
copperas with one quart OF boiling wa
ter. This solution is odorless and de-
odorizes instantly. The copperas may
be bought at any druggists for eight
or ten cents a pound.-I01edo Blade.
Bean Soup: Parbo:l one pint OF
beans; drain off the water; add fresh;
let boil until very tender; season with
pepper and salt, add a small piece OF
butter; when done skim out half of the
beans, leaving the broth with the re-
naming half in the kettle: add a tea
cup of sweet milk, a dozen or more
crackers broken up; let it boil up, and
serve.-INe Household.
Very rich little buildings are made
of two ounces Of fine bread crumbs,
three tablespoonful of any sort of jam,
one ounce of sweet almonds blanched
and beaten smooth in a mortar, and
two we'll beaten eggs. Beat all thor
oughly together, an add one ounce of
butter softened to ne consistency of
cream. Fill buttered cups half full
with the mixture and bake twenty min
utes in a slow oven.-M. Y. Post.
Try this way of cooking veal cut
lets: Cover each cutlej with a stuffing
made of minced meat, bacon, fine
bread crumbs, chopped parsley, salt
and pepper to taste. Mix with it an
egg we'll beaten. Put the outlets in a
buttered pan and bake. When done,
take the outlets out of the pan, pour
over them some strained gravy in
which a little celery has been cooked,
and serve with slices of lemon.-Bos-
ton Globe.
Among prevalent diseases to DO
guarded against is the often fatal one
known as mad itch, from the frenzy
caused by the intolerable itching. It
is simply erysipelas. The parts become
red and filled with small watery blis-
ters. The irritation is unbearable, and
cattle dash themselves about in the
most dangerous manner. A quart OF
linseed oil given once a week, or a few
quarts of boiled linseed, will prevent
it. To smear the parts with linseed oil
and cover it thickly with flour, a hui
man remedy as we'll, will give relief.
Impure water and lndigestible food,
which poison the blood, are the princi-
pal causes. Chicago Tribune.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-05

GERMAN statistics show that there has
been an almost unprecedented increase
of students during the last decade, and
at the present moment Germany, with a
population of As, 250, 900, has $4,000
students attending her universities,
vvklile England, with a population of
10000, 900, has only $500 students at
Oxford and Cambridge. There has also
been q large increase of the teaching
staff during the same period.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-05
STORM PROTECTION.
How q Little Caro- May Subserve the best
Results in Tillage.

How q Little Caro- May Subserve the best
Results In Tillage.
The object of planting trees or
groups of trees is to secure some spe-
cial protection to fields from sweeping
winds to the injury of crops, shelter for
animals against storms, the protection
of homesteads, outbuildings, and farm
yards from gales, and protection Of
railway cuts from drifts of snow. Fail
ure in the accomplishment of the OBJ
jects sought is due not to the relia-
bility of the agent employed, but that
often both the means used and the plan
are deficient. A single illustration will
suffice:
Certain crops in a field are TO be pro-
tected. A single line of e-vcrereens is
planted. AS growth proceeds these
form an impenetrable barrier to the
winds. This will shelter the field only
In proportion to the hight of the bar
rier, and the wind in leaping this OBJ
struction where it again strikes the
ground acts with far More violence
than if there had been no barrier at all.
II the trees had been planted in groups
along the margin of the field to be pro-
tected the velocity would have simply
been checked, its destructive force
broken, and protection from injury
would have extended for a long dis
lance. Marshall truly observed that,
"Ihe operation of screen plantations is
not merely that of giving shelter to the
animals lodging beneath them, but
likewise in breaking the uniform cur
rent of the wind, shattering the cut
ting blasts, and throwing them into
eddics, thus meliorating the air to some
distance from them"
Many years ago Daniel Webster, in
the improvement of his Marshlield
farm, was fully advised on correct prin-
ciples in avoiding the planting OF lines
OF trees impervious to the wind. Nor
need these lines of trees in a prairie
country be without sufficient value to
repay their cost, when the planting
may extend to a width of four rods, cs-
pecially if evergreens and deciduous
trees be mixed as they should be.
While yet young, the trees planted in
rows, six feet between by four feet in
the rows. gives ease in horse cultiva-
ton. The evergreens and deciduous
LICcS uAdy ClU1CI W dlCCIldCCu Ill Inc
rows. breaking direct spaces, however,
or planted in direct lines, each variety
by itself. The trees protect each other
while young, and being gradually
thinned out as they acquire size,
the cuttings r useful for summer
wood, and the poles are valuable for
various uses on the farm. The snow
lodges among them instead of piling in
drifts, and lies evenly beyond instead
of being blown along the field until it
meets some obstruction.
If every prairie farm had an average
of one-tenth of its area SO planted
along it's boundary, the best results in
tillage would be subserved, and the re-
naming nine-tenths would raise more
crops than the whole area without this
protection. A French commission APP
pointed some years ago to investigate
this matter reported that the best re-
suit in tillage was where twenty-five
per cent. of the country was occupied
by timber. CHICAGO Tribune.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-05
READING FOR THE YOUNG.
WHAT WE CALL THE BABY.

Whatd do we call the baby?
Well, sometimes when IN giec
The laughing, boisterous darling
Comes sturdily in to me
With n gust of shouting and kisses
From red lips merry. and arch.
And riotous breezy buster
Why then we call him-March!
But when ii the midst Of a frolic,
At the mood of some passing whim,
The dear mouth trembleS aud quiverS,
The brave brown eyes grow dim,
And sudden rain of passion
Sweeps over the sunny face,
We call the baby-Aprii
For his petulant, witching grace.
Then as he wakes, ard rises
Flushed from his slumber deep,
The swift breath balmy and precious
Witt the sweet crushed rose Of sleep,
When the glow and the bloom of morning
Meet i'll his glance at play
Like the dawn of.an infinite promise, .
We call the baby-May!
But when as the evening closes
He ncstles In warm embrace,
The languor Of rest approaching
On the beautiful drowsy face;
Because he is sweetest and %rarest,
With all exquisite things in tune,
Because he is richest ~ ~fairest,
We call the ~baby-June.
And if you should ask the household
Under what name they sing
The loudest praise of their darling,
Hailing him chief and king,
They'd laugh ut the foolish question,
And answer with tire and flame,
That whatever you called the baby,
They loved him just the Same!
Wide Awake. :
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-05

DURING tie alternate swar'' and
S'peace' e~xcitements of the past few
weeks, the increasing momentum OF
flour exports from this country has
scarcely been checked, while shipments
of Indian corn have gained an average
of nearly 1000, 900 bushels per week as
compared with q like portion of 1884.
Wheat shipments from the Atlantic
ports, on the other hand, fell away as
compared with like weeks in 1854 about
$40, 600 bushels weekly.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-05

SOME idea of what a first-class IRON
clad fleet would cost the United States
ma be obtained from a few French fig
ures. An iron-clad was launched at
L'Orient recently, which has been nine
years building, and has cost 10000, 900
francs, or about 3d. 00, 1000. 1t will
take another year to fit this costly vessel
for action. Two other French iron-clads
now under way will cost about S5,O0O,-
600 apiece.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-05
A GOOD SERMON.
BERTHE Blynn's Way of Preaching from the
Text: al Keep My Body Under."

BERTHE Blynn's Way of Preaching from the
Text: al Keep My Body Under"
Sermons are not very attractive 70
you, and you always "skip'' themin the
Christian Union, eve if very good SER
mons are preached in its columns. This
time you will read q sermon because il
is, even if it was found in a newspaper,
a true story. This must be a sermon,
because it has a text: II keep my body
UNDER"
"Little BERTHE Blynn had just finished
his dinner. He was in the coy library,
keeping still for 4 few minutes after eat
ing, according to his mothers rule. She
got it from the family doctor, and a
good rule it is. BERTHE was sitting in his
own rocking-chair before the pleasant
CRATE fire. He had in his hand two fine
apples-a rich red and a green. His
father sat at a window reading a news
paper. Presently he heard the child
say: Thank you, little MASTER Drop
ping his paper he said: 4 thought We
were alone, BERTHE. Who was here lust
now?' Nobody, papa, only you and
L. :Didn'tyou say just now: ''Thank
you, little master?''' The child did not
answer at first, but laughed a shy
laugh. Soon he said: I'm afraid
you'll laugh at me if 1 tell you, papa,
well, you have just laughed, and why
mayn't I?' But | mean you'll make
fun of me- No, won't make fun OF
you; but perhaps Ill have fun with
you. That will help us digest u roast
beef I'll tell you about it, papa. I
had eaten my red apple and wanted to
eat the green one, too. Just then I
remembered something I learned in
school about eating, and thought one
big apple was enough. My stomach will,
be glad if 1 don't give it the green one
to grind. 1t seemed for a minute Just
as if it said to me: Thank you, little
master;' but l know I said it myself.
BERTHE, what is it Miss McLaren has
been teaching about eating?" She
told us to be careful not to give our
stomachs too much food to grind. II
we do, she says it will make bad blood,
that will run into our brains and make
them dull and stupid, so that we can't
get our lessons well, and perhaps give
us headaches, too. If we give our
stomachs just enough work to do they
will give us pure, lively blood that will
make III feel bright and cheerful in
school. Miss McLaren says that some-
times, when she eats too much of some
thing that she likes very much, it seems
almost as if her stomach moaned and
complained; but when she denies her
self and doesn't eat too much it seems
as if it We're thankful and glad.'
That's as good preaching as the min
%ister's, BERTHE. What more did Miss
McLaren tell you about this matter?'
She taught us a verse one day about
keeping the soul or top. That wasn't
just the words, but it's what it meant
At this papa's paper went suddenly
right up before his face. When, in a
minute, it dropped down, there wasn't
any laugh on his face as he said:'
WEREN'T these the words: 81 keep my
body undcr?"' oh yes! that was it,
but it means just the same. If 1 keep
my body under, of course my soul is on
top, and you'll belong to the grandess
style of mar that walks the earth.'"-
christian Union
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-05
OUR public debt is less than any Other

OUR public debt is less than any other
Sarge nation. The debt ratio to wealth
world, SO far as can be determined from
The latest reports, is as follows: United
States, 2.9 per cent; United Kingdom,
"a; France, 11.9; Germany, so; Russia,
1922; Austria, 1873; Italy, 10 5; Spain,
2o.3; Portugal, 23.5; Holland, 81; Bel
GUM, "a; Denmark, 90; Sweden and
Norway, q; Greece, SIS; Canada, sc;
Australia, 1873; Argentine Republic,
10, Uruguay, 1913.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-05
IN THE RING.
An Elephant Who Handles His Dukes
Like His Namesake.

An Elephant Who Handles His Dukes
Like His Namesake.
During a lull in the shipment of ami.
mails 'Eph," the colored elephant.
trainer, walked into the stable and was
persuaded to give an exhibition with his
new pet, the little trick elephant. Co.
ing to the elephant quarters the trainer
called: Sullivan, come out here!" and!
a later a small elephant, with
a pair of twinkling black eyes, ambled
out.
go in the ring, Sullivan, and wait
for me-"
The elephant walked sedately to the,
entrance OF the practice circus ring, and
sat down On a box to wait for his
trainer.
"Eph' soon came out wearing a box
er's pad about his body and carrying
three b~oxingg-gloves. Sullivan and I
VIII spar tonr rounds for points only"
said "Eph," cautiously. "Mr. Davis, I,
would like you to be referee, and you,
MIR. Warrington, time-keeper."
After the boxing-glove had been
fastened on the end of the elephants
trunk ne stood in the center of the
ring and went through the motion Of
shaking hands. At the word time he
got in a fair first blow on the chest Of
lis trainer, and despite a shower of
blovs from ''Eph" succeeded in
driving him back.
The elephant now spared cautiously,
getting in several Mike Cleary under
cuts, the last of which knocked his
trainer over. just as he was about to
follow up his victory '.Eph" yelled
time, and the intelligent little pachy-
derm ran back to the box in the corner
and sat down.
A boy ran out with a bucket of water
and a big palm-leaf fan, took ''sulli-'
vans glove from his trunk, gave him
arlnk and famed him vigorously. He
fought three more brief rounds with his,
trainer, shook hands with the referee
ma t~lme-keeper at the finish, and
walked back to his stall contentedlT
munching a piece of cake.-PAAadsA
phia Times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-05
The Newfoundland seal tishe,

The Newfoundland seal fishery has
been uncommonly successful this sea-
son, and many steamers have returned
loaded down to the waters edge. The
steamer Ranger, with over two hundred
men on board, returned to st. Johns
with $4,000 prime young harps, the
largest catch for her tonnage ever taken
into any port in the world, every nook
and orner of the ship being jammed
full. She was compelled to steam slow
from the time Of leaving the ice to pre-
vent upsetting, and had to creep home
inch by inch. Fortunately the sea was
calm all the way.-M y Tribune.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-05

The German diplomats at Washing
ton, who are among Europe's best stu
dents of the art of fighting, say they are
not surprised that Russian does not en-
ter into war with England in a contest
that must be mostly on the water. They
say that Great Britain holds first place
with her iron-clad fleet; France, second;
Germany, third; Austria, fourth; Italy,
fifth and Russia sixth place.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-05

If the Asiatic plague should spread
from Spain into France, as now appears
Highly probable, European tourists will
be more numerous in America this sum-
mer than American tourists IN Europe.
Americans with money will profit i'm
mensely by s%ojourn1ng in the cool re-
gions of the North and West, feasting
their eyes on the most beautiful scenery
in the world.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-05

GENERALLY speaking a medium
sized, thin-skinned lemon is the best.
The large, coarse grained variety is the
poorest and the cheapest. The United
States consumes more lemons in a year
than all other countries combined.
Russia comes next. The custom that
the Russians have of drinking their tea
with a slice of lemon in it accounts for
the large consumption there.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-05
Predicts a Plague of Locusts.

WASHINGTON, May 13.-Prof. c. v.
Riley, the Entomologist of the Agricultural
Department. says that the country will soon
be visited by two great broods of ~locusts, of
the seventeen and thirteen-year varieties,
and that this will be the first time in two
hundred and twenty-one years that they
have appeared in conjunction. They will
not prove greatly destructive, and the injury
they will intlict will probably be confined to
fruit trees. The visitation will ba pro
tonged until late iu July.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-05

THE trouble in the Manitoba country
illustrates anew the difficulty which
Canada is always going to have with
thatsection which feels itself much more
closely allied by nature and circum-
stances with the United States than
with Canada, from whose more settled
and prosperous provinces tits separated
by 1,0O0miles of unproductive territory.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-05

HAVING vanquished the English, ri
Aahdi is in a death-struggle with pesti-
fence and famine. 1t is likely that by
the time these forces have spent their
strength Mahdi will himself walk into
the English camp, with his army drag.
ging its weary length behind him.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-05

DOES incubation with microbic germs
prevent the Infection of cholera? That
is a great scientific question of the day.
Reports of the results of experiments
in Spain will awaken a vast interest all
over the world.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-05
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

SINCE 1870 France has had nineteen
different Cabinets, headed by fourteen
different Premiers-that is, as many
Cabinetsi in fifteen years as England has
had since 1927.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-05

THIS is about the time for the seven
t%een-year locusts to make their appear
ance. 1t has been q great many years
since they were sufficiently numerous to
10 much damage, and it is to be hoped
She same will be true of them this
season.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-05

FARMERS and fr~uit-growers in Massa-
shusetts demand the passage of the
Irespass bill, which makes every farmer
and l%andholder his own policeman with
full power to rush out and make
arrestS.s
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-05
no

Al, communications for this paper should be accom-.
panied by the name of the author; not ne ecisS ny f fSs
publication, but as an evidence OF good y da VI sme ~
Pei. Be particularly careful nSfnai m nI gity'n agd nd dissin eno PROPS
sr names are often dificult to dccipher, because Oh Tue
9rclcss manner in whichtlKy are WRITTEN.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-05

RESIDENTS of New York City and
Brooklyn might well sigh for a lodge Il
some vast wilderness. 1t seems to be
tempting death to get inside of q build
ing in either city.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-05-03
M0therH.

If you are failing; broken, worn out
and nervous, use Wells Health Re
newer" 81. Druggists.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-05-03

F. AuERBAcH g. Bros Merchant Tail
oring Department offers Custom made
Pants from 81 upwards and Suits from
$25 upwards. Fit and work guaranteed.
The Portland daily press., 1885-06-04
is selling fairly at low prices,


'f-sroS. June 2The following we're lo-dE7 8
quotations of Butter, Cheese. Eggs, &c:
Pork-Long cuts, 10 751l4 90: short cuts IA 90
TIA 30: backs S14 500I6 90; light backs 10 506
VIA 00; lean ends ID 50@S14 90 prime mess IA 90
as 30; extra prime II O0GII SO; mess, S12 rs
@13 90; pork tongues at IA OO@16 90; Western
prime mes pork $11 5O0l2 90.
Lard at 7150712c " tb for tierces;71a 073z O for
lob pails; ia Csc for BIB pals; 8@814c for
FreshBeef- Fair steers at 1854 cFfb; light steers
at ia 1DSc; choice S14 081ac; choice heavy kinds
lie; good do at l012@11c; light 10@l04ac; good
heavy fores 5s4 @6c;second quality at 5@51ac rat
ties at 41sG4s4 Cribs 7G71ac; rumps at 1901 4c;
rounds at 81s@9c;rump loins at l1Gl Is loins at o
Q15c
oeans-choice large hand picked PISA st l 5o0
90 y bushi choice New York small hand-peked
10 att 6Ol1l 50; fancy -; small hand-picke6 pea.
Vermont. At 65a1 70; common to good at / 40
al 46; ihoce screened do 10; hand-picked med
ium1 60@ al 65, and choice screened dol 301l 40;
common 90 1901 20ichoice improved yelloW-eyes
all 9O01 90; old-fsshioned yellow-eyes at l s5@
l 80 red kidneys 95t02 co.
Apples-We quote Baldwins at 3 O0@3 50 Rus
sets 0O@3 60 EVaporated Apples ct 61Sta71sc
~ fb.
Ray-Choice prime hay quoted S22@z3 ooP lon:
fair to good $209$21 90; choice Eastern ine 10 90
GS20 90; poor do at $-GS16; Eastern awaie "a
Sl2. Bye STRAW, choice, S22 o0@S23 90; oat straw
SLIP ton
auttsr Choice Northern creamery, new 19a zoe;
New York and Vermont new dairy at 160I7c;
fancy higher; extra Western fresh-made creamery
at 9@20c: fancy higher; common to good 1701 Sc;
11c;i imitation creamery, choice, at 12@i 4e. All
old butter at St0lOc. Jobbing prices range higher
than these quotations.
Cheese-Choice Northern new 75sG8 old 9010c;
lower grades according to quality; West &c.
Eggs Eastern lac; New York and Vermont lac;
Western at -Dl3: South at 130l3Lzc.
Potatoes-Northern Rose at 5Ot055c; Eastern do
So &c; Houlton at SOC % bush at the roads Pro-
The Portland daily press., 1885-06-04
Portland and Worcester Line.
PORTLAND g. ROCHESTER, r. r..
Arrangement Of Trains.

AEF&uS6AH0ub VI lEdlASs
On and after Monday, Dec. 9TH
E.sss.ssszzs $50, Passenger Trains Will leave
- Portland at 7.3O N. M, and
'-@-"-----A--I 1895 p. M, arriving at Worcester
at 2.15 p. m. and 73O p. m. Returning leave
Union Depot, Worcester, at .45 a. m. and lilo q.
M, arriving at Portland at Lilo p, m. and b.4O p
For Clinton, Aver junction, Fitchburg,
Nashua, lowell, Windham, and EP-
ping at 7.3O N m. and 13.55 p. ma.
For Manchester, Concord and points NORTH
1885.
For Rochester, SpringvaIe, Alfred, Wat.
erbOrO and SAGE River, 40 a. msS
1855 D. m. and (mixed) at $50 p. m. Re-
turning leave Rochester at (mixed) 6.45 a. M
lilo a. m. and $3.50 p. M; arriving at Portland
(mixed) $40 9. m, l.1b p. m. and b.40 p. m.
For GOrham, snccnrnpPa, Cumberland
Mills, WestbrO0k aud W0OdfOrd's az
7.3O a. M, 1855, Gao and (mixed) $3.50
p. M.
The 1885 p. m. from Portland connects az
Aver Junct. with HOOsnc Tunnel Route for
the West, and at Uni Depot, Worcester, for
New York via Norwich Line and all rail, via
Sprin gfield, also with ". ". a. N. E. Il. r,
cSteamer Maryland RouteO for Philadelphia,
baltimore, Washington. and the south and
with Boston & Albany e. x. for the West. [ ]
Close connections made at WesIbroOk Junci
GiOn with through tram Of Maine Central R. R., and
at Grand TrunF "ransfer, Portland. with through
trains of Grand = ruHk r. r.
Through Tickets to all points West and South
may be had of S. H. HELEN, Ticket Agent, Port
land Rochester Depot at foot of Preble ST., and OF
Rollins & Adams, No. % Exchange st.
*Does not stop at Woodfords.
y26tf j. W. PETERS.