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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-02-06

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else IN this world. An OF either sex, succeed
from first hour. me broad road to fortune
opens before the workers, absolutely gure- At
once address. TEUE 4 Co. Augusta. Maine
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-02-06
Comanche Pool
6 r A M DIS

Comanchs Pool range In Comanche county
and Indian Territory. Headquarters camp AZ
Evansville, on tho Salt Fork. Business head
charters, Medicine Lodge Directors: A q.
BvASs, r. W. PHILLIPS, r. kirk.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-10-07
Smaller Farms Better Titled.

Mr.. George Kerr, in a recent letter to
the Toronto Globe about cultural and
commercial aspects Of farming, makes
asuggestive point favorable to smaller
surfaces better fertilized and titled:
"The8 farm connected with the
House of Industry, at south Boston
contains only thirty acres, but it is so
thoroughly cultivated that it has
yielded an annual product Of $176 per
acre. Why should one acre yield SIG
OF value when another, equally fertile
by nature, will yield only $40. Why
is garden richer than field? Vienna
nure our gardens we'll and our fields
lightly; wedig our gardens twenty inch
es deep, plough our fields five inches;
we cultivate a small patch thoroughly
and scratch over a small space super
fcially.''
Further misunderstanding better hus-
bandry instead of"poverty in land" is
afforded In the next excerpt:
II read of an old man mot longa go)
who had q large farm and two daugh-
ters. When the one got married he
gave her obs g. dowry one-third of his
farm, yet he discovered that the re-
naming two-thirds netted him as
much as the whole; when the other
married he gave her a third andfound
his profits i'll thesucceeding year larger
than they had ever BEEN A practical
farmer says, ann confident that fifty
acres, If cultivated in the very best
style OF modern improvement, will
yield more profit than many of your
100 acre farms now yield"
The philosophy of the matter-11'the
Gus upon a little reflection, is illustrat-
ed by the caseof the corncrop: "There
are many farmers whose yearly pro-
duct per acre does not exceed anaver-
age OF twenty-five bushels. There are
herfarmers who obtain generally not
less than sixty bushels per acre, and
often eighty to ninety-fve-some $50
bushels. Now,observe the differencein
the profits of.each-the first $50 bush
els OFF ten acres. In doing this he had
to plough, harrow, mark out, find seed,
plant, cultivate, hoe, and cut up. ten
acres. besides paying interest on ten
acres, worth from $500 to 81, 500.
The othertarmer gets25Ob ushels from
four acres at the furthest; and he only
ploughs, plants, cultivates and hoes,
to obtain the same amount, four acres,
which, from their fine filth, and free
dom from grass and weeds, is much
easier, done, eMenforanequal surface
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-10-07

four to six weeks half-milk and half.
water; at three months, three parts
milk, two parts water; after four
months, three parts milk and one part
water. This scale Of dilution does not
give as large proportion Of water as
is recommended by some authorities
In infant dietetics, but it is sanctioned
by the above bselvations.
The quantity of milk, prepared as di-
rected above, which infants require at
different ages may be formulated, as
follows from the statistics which we
have given. Under the age Of three
weeks one to one-and -a-half ounces,
with the water added after it is meas
ured, should be given at each of the
twelve daily feelings The quantity
should be gradually increased as the
infant grows older until the age of
three months, when. three ounces
should be given at each of the eight
feelings. Some infants do not seem
to require an increase of this amount,
but others who are hearty need more.
Thus one infant aged four months
took, in the average, four ounces of
breastmilk at each of the nine musings
in twenty four hours. The baby after
the age of six months should be fed
every three hours, and four ounces OF
milk may begiven a teach feeding, in or
der to assure a sufficient quantity.
Some require less than this, and &C.
casionally one needs a little more, say
four-and-a-half ounces.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-10-07
Massachusetts, Republicans.

The Massachusetts, Republican Convex
ton at Springfield nominated the following
State ticket: Governor, George d. Robin-
son; Lieutenant governor, I Oliver Ames: Sec
rotary Of state, Henry B. Pierce; State treas
urer and reeel Yer general, "A. w. Beard; Audi
tor Charles r. Ialdd; Attorney general,
EdgarL- Sherman. Hon G. r. Hoar Was
elected permanent president, and made a
lengthy address, in Milich he welcomed back
those who had wandared from the party
in the past; rid6euled those who charged
the Republican panty with waving
the bloody shint" and especially
defended John Shersaan from such
a charge. He reviewed the policies Of
the two parties during the past twenty five
years and stated It, the only piece Of lesisla-
ton which the Democratic party had
originated and carried Through VAS the
Bland silver bill. He commended some 81
the acts of President Cleveland and many
OF his words in regard to civil service re-
form, but said an administration must be
Judged by it, acts and not by its words.
The atform is Of the same tenor.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-10-07
THE FARM AND FIRESIDE
Household Notes.

= Z 4 q i II s
Milk, in hot weather, should be boil
ed before it is put away. A good
pinch of salt and a bit of cooking
soda, about the size of a pea, will not
only prevent it from curdling while
boiling, but will give considerable
3'lfe' to it.
Salt is one Of the remedies most fre-
quently employed for keeping weeds
out Of garden walks, and the following
is said to be the best way of applying
it: Boil the salt in water, one pound
to the gallon, and pour the mixture
boiling hot out Of a watering-potwith
spreading rose. This will keep weeds
and worms away for two or three
years.
DR.. Alice B. Stockton, in the Peoples
Health Journal, says that unless a
woman has tried loose clothing she
cannot conceive how much she gains
for health and strength by dress that
gives perfect freed to breathe. .Six-
teen thicknesses of CLOTH" she says,
lis no unusual number to be found
tightly fastened about a lady's waist
Concerning this matter she once heard
a Chinese woman exclaim: christian
woman squeeze Gods life."
The etiquette misunderstanding is sim
pie. No man should assume to take
a lady'g hand until it is offered. A
lady extends her hand and allows the
gentleman to takeit. introduction
IN room a married lady generally
shakes hands: young ladies not often.
In the ballroom, where the introduce
ton is for dancing, not for friendship,
never shake hands. The more public
the place ofintroduction the less hand
shaking takes place.
In the North Carolina Medical Jour-
nal, DR.. J. R. Irwin says that one OF
the best and most pleasant things
that can be used to relieve the painful
state of the dental nerves is chewing
cinnamon-bark. It destroys the SEN
sibility of the nerves, and suspendsth
pain Immediately, If the bark is of
good quality. After repeated trials,
and in different cases, he is convinced
that it is generally as eAicacious as
any OF the other remedies suggestedfor
odontalgia, and not attended withthe
unpleasant consequences Of creosote,
carbolic acid, etc., which relieve the
pain, but leave the mouth as sore and
painful as the tooth was previously;
though these results are usually due
to carelessness in using.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-10-07
Putting up Cucumbers in Pickles.

Pack the cucumPers in a jar or tub,
then pour weak brine upon them,
and let fireman three days. Pour off
the brine, and pour on enough hot
boiling vinegar to cover the pickles,
and let them stand "a hours. Reboil
the vinegar, and pour on as before.
Do this three times, letting the pickles
stand "a hours each time. Then throw
the pickle away, and add enough fresh
vinegar to cover the cucumbers. Add
lump of alum the size OF a marble to
a gallon of pickle; half pound Of sugar
and spices to taste. Bring to boil,
skim, and then turn upon the pickles
while hot. Let them stand we'll COW
cred for ten days, and they are ready
foruse. This is onek kind ofmarketable
pickles. Another kind, and one that is
largely used, is: Soak the cucum-
bers in a.. barrel or tub, in salt.
When needed take the cucumbers
out and throw boiling water on
them: When sufficiently freshened
(Which you will know by the water be-
coming fresh) put the cucumbers in a
porcelain kettle, and cover with cold
vinegar. Put in q little pod or part
OF a red pepper to each gallon of
pickles; also a piece OF alum about the
size ola pea to each gallon. Then let
them come to a scald-not boil. When
scalding hot take them out and put in
veEel to be used, pouring the same
vinegar over them. Ii to be kept fora
long time the vinegar will need chang
ing. This gives pickles anatural color,
which are now most generally in USE
TO those who prefer green pickles the
following gives the desired color: Dis
solve fivegrains ofsafron in one-fourth
ounce OF distilled water, and in anoth-
er vessel dissolve four grains of indigo
carmine in half an ounce of distilled
water. Shake up and allow to stand
"a hours. Then mix the two and a
fine solution, notpoisonous, is formed.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-10-07
The associated press was formed !,

The associated press was formed in
1855 by the daily papers of New York,
III order to distribute the Geographic
news most expeditiously. Itgradually
extended. to other cities, until now it
embraces every city OF Importance.
The association has agents and re-
porters whose business it is to gather
the news and transmit it by telegraph
to allits members. In this way all
members Of the ASSOCIATE receivethe
same news about the same time. Ii
costs q great deal of money to keep up
the organization, and each paper be-
longing to it must pay it's share or for
felt the franchise.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-10-07

Weed Out the Diaries.

When we say weed out the diaries
we mean to say that in nearly every
dairy there are some cows that are
Improbable, that do not give enough
milk, or make enough butter or cheese
(whatever the object of the dairy to.
pay cost of keeping and care, or, if
they barely pay cost, they displace
Others that would pay a good profit.
A grain grow wing farmer who should see
50 many thin or barren spots in his
fields of grain as to reduce the average
yield below cost OF production would
not be satisfied, even though some of
the acres yielded large enough to pay
a good profit. He would try, by heavy
manuring, more thorough tillage, or by
draining, to bring up the yield Of the
poorer spots to a proftablestandard.
A dalryman may easily sink the
profits of his herd by keeping a few
poor COWS. Part of the herd may give
enough milk, or make enough butter
or cheese to afford a fair profit over
cost,-feed, care, interest and wear,
and yet the business be q losing one,
because the other portion OF the herd
do not pay, their way. Dairymen
should not be content with q knowl-
edge OF what the herd is doing, even
though it may be returning profit,
but should know just what every COW
is doing. Every cows milk should be
set and tested separately at least
twice in the season, when in full milk
and when she has been in milk six or
eight months. If are and found
doing less than the average, they
should be prepared for the sham
bles, ana the feed, labor and
care bestowed upon themgiven to those
that would yield above the average
BY such means the average would be
continually increasing.
Some dairymen have named 200 lbs.
q year as the minimum yield OF butter
that should be tolerated in dairy
COW, but that is pretty low, and no
dairymen can afford to retain a COW
making SO small a quantity, if reason
able effort will create q herd. every
one of which shall do considerably
better. 1t is because so many farmers
are satisfied with doing only tolerably
well, do not determine to do the best
possible, that SO much complaint is
made OF the unprofitableness of farm
iny.-American Rural Home.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-10-07
DEVILS LAKE TRAGEDY.

Important Decision on the Claim OF Fred
Ward, Who Was Killed at Devs1's Lake
The Claim Given to Wards naucllter.
Assistant Secretary jerks, Of tzleinterior
department., has decided that edna Rose
Ward, the little daughter OF Fred Ward.
who was killed 10y {. mob at Devils Lake.
April.22, 1888, is entitled to the quarter
section Of land for which her father lost his
lie. The decision vindicates the Ward
brothers in their right to this claim, and. lis
important As a precedent in similar
land cases. BY the decision it is estab-
lished that an alien who has not declared
his intention OF becoming a citizen ac- &C.
9uires no right by settling on pub
nc lands. The wrongful removal OF a set
tiers house by an adverse claimant does
not affect his rights, and the guardian Of a
MIN or heir OF q deceased pre- emptor can
Tile declaratory statement and complete
the claim, twill be remembered that ohm
Bell, who was not citizen OF the United
States, settled on the claim in question.
TOWNSHIP p !plat was filed Sept. 20, 1882.
bell mes .on the claim the day OF the
alleged settlement, July 1, 1889. E. p
Ward, the guardian OF Fred Wards child,
hlcd a presumption declaratory statement
Dec. Fl, alleging the settlement Feb.
~, lSSs, nearly eight m ontEs later than
Bells The testimony showed that Bell
was onefhe land in June, 1882, and built a
sod house. In FEBRUARY 1883, he built a
frame house He had broken five acres of
land at this time. Fred Ward put a shan
ty on the claim Feb. 81, and in two hours
mob OF twenty men removed it. On
Aplll Bell filed q declaration OF his in
tentlon to become a citizen On April 2s
Ward put another house in place. That
night he and his brother were shot and
killed The decision Of the department x.
While Bell was still an alien. Ward
placed his house on the land His action
was nota Observation-Disclosures upon the land
Bead Rt:That time was disqualified from ;lc-
qu1rlng hand. Ward initiated a valid set
Element. The removal Of the house could
not destroy his claim. The land was un-
surveyed and unenclosed. The law was
ample to protect Bells rights, and there
seems to HE 10 excusefor the violence which
caused the death of the Ward brothers.
A cacefiE examination of the testimony
fails ito show that Ward did not
make his settlement in good faith
and the ipeculiar circumstances attend
ing the removal OF his first saaanty
taken il connection with the facts sur
rounaingta1is death, would seem to furnish
sufficient ,excuse for his absence from the
land inytIle interim
The afsnH is now OF considerable value.
and WILL prove a fortune for the little child
whose rishtsAaave now been established be.
yond appeal. 1t was understood at the
time that Bell was acting for a syndicate
OF spectators.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-10-07
Grants Missouri Homes.

st. Louis Republican.-The history
OF the different houses connected with
Grants stay in St. Louis is soon told.
Some twelve miles south of the city is
the old Dent farm, on which White
haven and Hardscrabble stand.
Whitehaven is the old family home OF
the Dents. The house is over a half
century old, and it is yet, despite it's
age, a handsome structure. 1t is here
that Brevet Second Lieutenant Grant
came counting Miss Julia Dent, the
sister OF his old classmate, riding over
from the barracks, only four miles
away. 1t was in Whitehaven that
most of Grants children were born,
and the tenderest associations of his
life are associated with it.
Hardscrabble got it's peculiar name
from Grant himself He christened it
after he had builtit. Notmany of our
cities can show in their envirous log
house built by the president of the
United States. Old Mr.. Dent, after
Grant had left the army, presented his
son-ln-law with sixty acres ofland, and
the future General at once went to
work to build a home upon it for his
family. He was very poor-so poor
that Fred Dent had to lend him the
money to buy the flooring, window
sash and doorways of his house. Ac-
cording to the good old custom, when
the logs were shaped and ready, the
neighbours gathered in to help 'sraise"
the house It is local tradition that
General Grant, with his own hands did
all the work upon the southeast cor
ner Of the house, the one to the left as
one looks at the picture. Judge John
T.. Long also carried up one of the cor
ners. The house is comfortable one
well built and commodious. It has
old-fashioned freplaces where many a
giant log has burned to ashes in the
good old times before the war. 1t is a
two-story house, and the arrange
ment of the rooms testifies to the fact
that Grant was a good architect as
well as a good soldier.
The house on Fifth and Core street.
on the southeast corner, was in its
time a fine residence. It still bears
u sSeoo W VIC SGyle anu IaSnlOn OF Its
occupants, but it has fallen from it's
high estate, and it is now boarding
house which adyertises the day board
to be found within.
The house on Seventh and Barton
streets was for q time Grants prop
erty. When he moved into st. Louis
to 60 into the real estate business, he
traded Hardscrabble for the Barton
street property. There was a flaw in
the title, however, and the property
was taken away from him. It was
not till after the war that he recovered
possession of Hardscrabble. The house
is Q frame, full Of surprising doorways
and unexpected stairs. It is q little
bit Of q cottage, and in it Grant prob
ably passed the most unhappy years
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-10-07
witnesses for the Wilson.

-5as 4
Mr. ~. A. Brown writes to the Fruit
Growers Journal that of the over T.
600 acres Of Strawberries In Berrien
county, Mich, "nearF allare Wilson, =
which. has been thefaxorite for twenty
five years:
Gould you visit so.ne Of or best
iaelds .at this time you might look in
vain for ssgn of deterioration in this
grand old variety. Many growers in
the gulf states send here for plants,
and they always order Wilson's. Why
the Wilson fails at Golden Southern
Illinois is a mystery to northern and
southern growers. Perhaps pure Will
sons planted on isolated new lands in
your vjcinity would agaiagiye old time
results. 81 81.
) Mr.. =. Z. HOLSTER in a letter to the
same paper about the culture Of this
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-10-07
Watch the Barayard.

During q recent excursion through q
rural district which we refrain from To-
eating, except to say it was not in the
far-famed Genesee Valley, or any 9th
er part of Western New York, we saw
some surprising evidences Of neglect
about cleaning out barnyaIds and
utilizing the elements of fertility they
contained. In one instance the ma
-nure pile was so large that itreminded
us Of the old story anent the farmer
who was obliged to move his barn be-
cause access to it was SO blockaded by
rich fertilizing materials! And we
thought 1t might not be amiss
to ask tSae readers of The Rural
Home 4or at least such OF them
as borrow the paper!) if they had any
trouble with like membranes in their
barry ards-such valuable material as
ought to have been long ago spread in
field, asrchard and garden, instead of
being allowed to run to waste by evapo-
ration or otherwise, thus pulluting the
air with disagreeable .odors and per
haps tengendering disease. If any have
Inadvertently overlooked a matter so
important, or from any cause being
presented from doing their duty in the
prealises, we would suggest that it may
not he too late yet, as some crops
world be decidedly benefited by an ap-
plleation OF barnyard or other fer
tilizers.
But the tbarryard should be looked
tDsnt this season, even fit was cleaned
soutin the spring or none of it's con-
teTsbs are needed afeld. An excerpt
lnaDur scrapbook truly AYERS that the
bannyard should be watched at this
time OF the year to see that the Juices
do not run to waste If the flow can
be turned into field to soak away
over it's surface, themanure contained
in lit will settle into the ground and
be saved. SON the land where this
deposit is made no other manure will
be necessary, as the best materials.
ttae chemicalssalts, are washed out and
flow away with the water. Where
there is a considerable distance for the
stneam to run these will be deposited
unless the.fow is too rapid. Where
the Juice cannot be made to flow over
"a beld it should be damned up in a
'balin- yard, and the coarse manure
Thrown into the pool This is presup-
posing that no arrangements were
made the year before to manage it to
'better advantage. To utilize this val
ua@le material there should be hauled
into the barnyard in the autumn a
lot oil muck or earth which should be
so placed that 1T may be able to alb
sorSt5he juice. Where-there is a. base
n,entIit Gamble placed therein, and
wheeled out any time when it is re-
quspad. Without such convenience it
may th1e piled up across the natural
outlet from the barnyard, and so as
sWer Jhe purpose Of a dam and alb
sorben Rural Home.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-10-07
Infants Food.


In an Important article on "The
Quantity OF Food Required in Infancy, y
In Bsbyhood Tor July, Prof J Lewis
SMITH writes: The Importance of
these tests and observations is appar-
ent, anasmuch they enable as to de-
ter1nine appro xima tely how much food
should be given at each feeding to in
fants that are unfortunately deprived
of the breast-mIlk. The food then
used should, of course, bear the clos
est possible resemblance to human
milk I'D conslstea0e and nutritave prop
critics. Although MANY substitutes
for hunsan milk have been prepared,
and sold IN the shops with extravar
CANT reeomm atlons, It is the opin-
ion Of the most intelligent and ex.
perlenced physicians that animal milk,
and for convenience that of the COW.
should be made the basis of the prep
aration employed. In my opinion The.
following is very nearly theproper scale
for the dilution of cows milk, which
should, OF course, always be as fresl,
aspossible and of good quality. Under
the age OF two weeks, one part milk.
two parts water; at three weeks, two.
parts milk and three parts water; at
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-10-31
RAILWAY MOVEMENTS.

Mr.. jay Gould is extending his Mis-.
souri, Pacific system into central and
southern Kansas regardless of all al
legged agreements not to do so, and il
is coming to be tolerably well under.
stood that the Chicago railway system
will persue the same policy.
The Missouri Pacific is ST Loui:
road, commanding vast territory in
the southwest.
The Chicago and ST. Louis lines are
all pooled at Missouri river points
For some years we have maintain d
that il was only question of time
when some of the Chicago lines
would cross the Missouri river
and become competitor of the Santafe
Fe and Kansas Pacific lines for Kansas
business. II looks now as though the
Milwaukee q 81. Paul rad, which Ia;
no Missouri river line, would build via
ST. Joseph and Atchison to the inter
ior of our state next year.
If this should be done the Burling-
ton Il Quincy, Rock Island, Alton, and
other roads would either lease or
build new lines through Kansas which!
would in turn compel the Santa Fe TO
lease or build to Chicago. This OF
course viii not only change the rail
way map Of this entire region but
would give many Kansas towns the
same railway advantages now enjoyed
BY Kansas City, Atchison and other
Missouri river points, and would pre-
clude the possibility of building up a
large commercial center on our east
ern border.-El Dorado Republican.