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The Red Cloud chief., 1888-02-17
OF FARMS.

A subject Which should he Carefully
Studied by As~r,cuiturist<.
Every farmer should study the ca
pacity of his farm. SD as to be able ~
turn its our to ME best account
Some farms are naturally adapted to-
grass production. and can be male to-
produce heavy crops Of hay yearly for
y long time. Other farms soon run out
when seeded to grass. but are good for
cropping. On such farms Il large area
should be ploughed yearly. cropped
and fertilized. aud seeded down. Fer
u few years good crops Of grass can be
obtained. and then the land needs re-
seeding. The aim on such farms
should be to have from One-third 10
Onc-half Of the tillage under the pillow
all the time. SD that the grass land will
all be newly seeded. and the farmer
will be able to re-plow rs soon u, the
grass begins TO run out.
Then there are farms that are rocky
and rough. The soil is stony and fer
tile. but is not adapted to cultivation.
Apple-trees. perhaps. will thrive with
remarkable viSor on such land. and tine
farmer should accept the Indication.
and plan: it to apple-trees until he has
AZ he car take care of. Aman in East
Winthrop. Me-, had a farm of that
character. Il WAS Of little value for
tiliage. but he found that the Roxbury
russell thrOve remarkably well. and pro-
dnNed excellent fruit. He ''tOok the
hint" and set his farm largely to Rox-
bury russet trees until nearly thirty
acres were covered. Now. in some
years. he sells $4,000 worth of fruit
He has made a rocky and almost WORTH
less farm one Of the most valuable in
town. simply because he used it for the
purpose to which it was best adapted.
That is what the farmer should try to-
do; study the capabilities Of his farm.
and then try so to manage it that he
will draw out of it the best that it is
capable of affording. It will not do o
manage farms all in one way. on ac-
count Of the great diversity in soils and :
physical conditionA-Cor. " i. En-
aDsiney.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-02-17
HOW TO COOK OATMEAL.

How It II Served In This Country and iE
"AuldS cotlsnd."
In making oatmeal pOrridge. tho
meal is stirred into boiling water With
q porridge stick. while the water Is keps
all the time ut q brisk boil. Care
should be taken to prevent the meal
from forming Knots. as it will do if
dropped into the water in too large
quantities. Tie best way is tn take .
handful Of the meal and let it drop into
the receptacle by the rubbing Of the
thumb against the fingers. At first the
water will show ebullitiOn or boilin.
up soon after tine meal begins to go
into it. and this will be KEEP. up until
about the time when enough of the
meal has been added. Fine mea! is
more likely to knot than the coarse
meal. 1t takes experience to tell when
Just the amount ot meal needed has
been used. the thickness If the porriige
being the test. No measurement Of
water and Meal will do. The oatmeal
may be stirred in cold water before
cooking. but this makes more labor and
the cookin. is not 50 well done rs in
the other way. But if the cold water
mixing is resortcd to. the meal should
be ground to the finest flour.
If any other meal is mixed with oat-
meal, rs is sometimes done. rice meal is
regarded rs the best. though barley,
bean. peaa and wheat meals may be used.
Only Il small quantity of the rice meal
should be used. but straight oatmeal
would be preferred by the true lover of
this cereal.
Aciditv is developed when oatmeal is
soaked in waterf for Il few days. and this
meal makes the ''lummery" of the cat-
meal districts of England. Scotland and
Ireland.
Milk is used instead Of water in max
ing milk porridse: less meal is required.
but more water. Ale is also used in
place of water. PorridSe is eaten mixed
with milk. Cane syrup and butter are
also used.
In making 'water brOSe." boiling
water is poured on 4 handful of oatmeal
in 4 bowl. until the mess is of the
thickness of porridge. and then some
new milk is poured in. This is to bs
eaten Immediately. BrOse meal should
be kiln dried and Coarse. The art Of
making :his dish lies in making the
boiling water fully surround each par
ticle of meal ut the first pouring. Milk
brose is made bS using boiling milk;
less meal is used than in water brOse
and about twice as much milk rs water.
In pouring the boiling liquid upon
either water or milk brOse. the meal is
stirred to give it immediate cooking.
When the liquidin which beef or mutton
is boiled is used. beef or mutton brOse is
made. and even turnip and cabbage
wafer is used.
White pudding is made of oatmeal
with which minced suet and onions
have been mixed, salt and pepper be-
ing used to taste. This may be done in
a saucepan. but the mixture is more
commonly stuffed into small intestines.
cut into lengths OF foot or SO. tied at
both ends and boiled in a pot. 1t will
keep for q year. Finally the water in
which it is boiled is used in making
pudding brOse, that nothing may be
lost. These are the ways in which Oat-
mea; is cooked in '.auld Scotland."-
Good Housekeeping.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-02-17
THE o
A Means Of Communication Eesofte0 t.
by Russian Prisoners

A Means Of Communication 1sesofted t.
by Russian Prisoners
The talented Russian novelist ".
who has been twice cxiled 80 Siberia
and half = dozen times imprisoned.
told me last summer that whei he was
arrested for the first time he hal never
even heard Of the "kaock alphabet"
and that when. during the second day
of his Imprisonment, he noticed a faint
tapping on the other siic of the wall.
he regarded it merely As IN Indication
that the adjoining cell was occupied.
and gave it no particular attention.
AS the knocking continued. however.
and as the faint taps seemed To he
definitely segregated into groups by
brief intervals of silence, he became
convinced that his unknown neighbOr
was endeavorinS to communicate with
him. Upon what principal or plan the
knocks were grouped he did moi know.
but he cO~njectured that the number of
taps between two rests might CORES
pond with the serial number Of II letter
in the alpha bet-One knock standing
for "a two for b. three for C. and so
IN up to twcnty-six for ~ Upon put
ting this conjecture to the test he was
delighted to find that the knocks re-
solved themselves into the letters Do
y-o-u-u-n-d-e-r-s-t-a-n-d? He replied
with forty-nine knocks, so grouped and
spaced AS to make Yes; but long be-
fore he had finished this short word he
became mOurnfully conscious that, 1T
the rate of forty-nine knocks for every
respondent would not be able to ex-
change more Than half \ dozen IDEAS Il
week. The invisible prisoner on the
other side of the wall did not SEEM.
however. to be ut all discouraged. and
began ut once another long series If
knocks. which extended to i've hun
dred and ninety-six. and which, when
translated. made the words Teach You
better way-listen!" MI. " then
heard one loud tap near the corner of
the cell. followed by the sound of
scratching. which proceeded from that
point towards the door ut about the
height of 4 mans heat. As if the un-
known were drawing a long horizontal
lire with some hard substance on the
other side of the wall. After Il brief
interval of silence there came two STAG
cato taps and the noise made BY the
scratching Of q: second line parallel with
the first one. but a little lower down.
When seven of these invisible lines had
been drawn under one another about a
foot apart. with Il group of knocks at
the beginning OF each n to denote its
number, the unseen artist went back to
one knock. and proceeded to draw six
perpendicular lines crossing the first
series at right angles. ST as to make a
huge audible checker-bOard. As soon
as Mr.. " heard this invisible dia-
gram. the purpose for which it was in
tended flashed upon his mind. and be-
the unknown instructor had fin
ished knocking out the words, Put
alphabet in squares" the quick-witted
pupil had scratched upon the floor Of
cell a reduced copy of the audible
and WAS numbering its lines
and columns. His diagram when Tin.
ished looked something ike this:
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-02-17
FARM N

Make a little land rich. and there
will be no need to scratch over u large
farm.
The question is not what could be
done if we had certain other things. but
what can we do to make the most OK
what we have.
A sheep well fed anil protected
during the winter vii. yield in the
spring two pounds more Of wool than
one that has been half starved.
When butter is gathered in the
churn in granular form. it Is never
Overchurned. Founding it after it is in
Il lump or large mass is what over
churns it.
Warm water put in the cellar IN
cold nights to prevent freezing. should
he in closed vessels. which warm up
the air, makin.i. dryer without evayor-
attn" moisture into it.
Green Sponge Cake: Two teacups
If sugar. one Of cream. two of flour.
four eggs. One t~easpoonful Of baking
powder and N t~easpoonful extract
lemon; bake quickly.
Never set the lamp upon a req
table-cOver; If You can not hnd time II.
make u green lamp-mat. put Il piece &c
green cardboard under the lamp. ana
YOU will find the reflection upon you-
work much more agreeable to the eyes
than that from the rel cover.
Dreamed Apples:-Pare your fruit
and either scald or bake it until suf-
ficiently soft to pulp il through 4 collar
der; sweeten to taste. fill your glasses
three parts full with it. thea rlen;ifullr
sprinkle in some powdered cinnamon.
put Il good layer of rich whipped cream
Oh the top and sift white sugar over l..
"A little meal stirred into y pail IF
water gives it u relishable flavor. AMI
induces a cow to drink more. besides
aForling some additional nOurishment-
1t the temperature of the water is fist
raised To seventy or eighty degrees. it
is all the better, since the COW will
drink more warm water than she will
cold.
To prepare Zante c%ur:antS for cake.
put them in 4 cOiandcr. set the colanLer-
in Il large pan of water. and unless
there are stones in. the sand AMI stems
will all settle i'm the pan. Ii Won
wash the currants thoroughly in this
way. you will be surprised ut the
results. rs it takes less time AMI water
than in the old way. and it is 81 much
easier t. rub them clean.
The bones of Il we'll bre,l. well-feI
hog are said to present only about one
twentieth part OF his gross weight. An
animal of this nature must necessarily
carry Il treat deal offat. but the ilhpor-
lance of making it well mu>cle,l to
keen it from complete ~degcneracY is
seif-evident to any thoughtful person;
hence. inasmuch - the natural t%enten-
cy Of the hog is to fat. feelcrs should
make it q point to counterfeit the evi,
by using the most nutritious feed to
the exclusion Of fat-formin. fool.
1t would hardly pay the farmer to
engage in the poultry business beyond
the keeping Of two or three dozen fowls
family Use. unless there should BE-
n about the place who would
make it a special business to look after
the poultry and like to dol it. soMSA
times the service of \ good. steady boy.
a natural ~fancier. may be secured
ut a small cost. and ali OF his time may he
proiitably employed in caring for 2~
or 800 hens. OF. if he be experienced.
probably 500 or COZ. In enlbarking in
business it is best not to start cut
Oh too large a scale.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-02-17

More than 100000 eggs arrive
in New York each week. The chief
supply is from Canada and Michigan
A single Canada train bad thirty-ons
ears. with 200. 900 eggs in each.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-02-17

! "A woman recently SEM to her son.
a youthful desperate Of fourteen sum
mers. in~carcersted in the Jail at Santa
Rosa. Cal. a Bible. a bunch Of cigar
cites. - piece Of sausage and Il Police
Gaze:te to relieve the tedium of prison
life.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-02-17

Now Mike r0arcd aloud with laugnter.
..Silence!' shrieked the outraged Judge,
growing redder than a turkey-cOck.
well, come along" went on Aaron;
sthere's Stacks omnibus out Of the door.
and l want the hull posse commona:us 70
come out an dig II up. as l said aforc;
there's spades enough out there"
rye can han'cuf me and Joe, il you
wantcr."
This was a singular and improper pro-
ceeding, and the judge snorted and pulled
a good deal about il; but in Il rustic COM
muni,y the majority is apt to have its way.
and nobody there believed S~ophrouia's
accusation for an instant. Curiosity and
rude justice swept the proprieties and
Judge Stopcock into the corner.
Mike volunteered to SIT between the
prisoners with an arm locked in each Of
theirs on either side, and Fanny Manning,
an orphan niece Of the Millers. whom they
had literally supported and educated for
the last five years, sat next her uucleA.
Sophronia, too, rel along; no prohi-
bition Of law or gospel would have de-
TERED her now; the GH0k OF tais tragic
business WAS at hand.
So judge, aad sheriff, and prisoners. and
witness, and Is many Of the crowd as coG:I
lind room in tho ''omnibus," bowled away
that calm September day TO 4illers' Mills,
the women for once SILENT the men talk
ative, % reversed for tho time were their
normal usage8.
"Mis' Granger to humf' asked the deputy
sheriff.
mo, she ain't,' replied Joseph; 'she's
gone for good n all We hadn't IN idee
what sort Of . piece che was till last week,
though she's lived there nigh about three
year. She done we'll BY u. an KEEP her
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-02-17

to be gone q week, Is No Hcdu1 = 1.-Two
home what animals he bought himself,
rather than send them by boat or railway,
which he considered was too great . RISK.
The day he left a severe northeast storm
,et in, and Hiram set himself to 10 some
work in the further barn, which he had
kept to Go in a ..spell Of weather." so that
Miss SophrOnia had not even the rellet OF
his occasional appearance in Kitchen or
shed to beguile her solitude. her knitting
had stopped for want Of yarn. and she had
..pieccd up the lest hi: Of calico h could
find.
AS she sat in the dull light Of the kitchen
window, listening to the heavy rush OF
rain against the house and h wild moan
of the wind shrieking in the spout, she
heard the telephone ring: it was a joyiu!
sound to her tired and lonely soul; she
hurried to the instrument, o down the
listener, and heard Joseph Mills say:
..Say. Aaron! mas he ben doin' OF 1t
ag'in"
.sYou BET! !" growled Aaron.
"We.l, l sha'n't como out tonight: the
brook'l be up 'crost the road. l presume
likely, and you won't grind none in this
high water"
:.No; the ant no use Of your comin'."
"S9y, mas sac gOues
"Went this Mornin'."
ssGood! you can hx him nowF'
81 guess 80, by JinEsv
Then the co,loQuy ceased.
Sophronia hung up the listeners; . thrill
of horror run down her spine; what Wa
about to happen 1t the Millsi
She had read . great many ''story-pa-
pers,n such - crowd q country post
of1ces and are scattered far and wide In
farms and villages; papers full Of sensa-
ton, Of crime and adventure. Of secret hor-
rors suddenly revealed, Of murders that
twill out" regardless Of the uHit!es 90
dear TO Mr.. Vinosnt Crummles, snd her
wrak brain had been fired with . vague,
delightful, yet dreadful hope Of Z srienc-
ing some such reality. Here wtS her
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-05-26
FOREIGN ITEMS

The relations between the German en-
press and Prince Bismarck have again
been strained. The empress asked that
high honors be conferred on certain court
officials. The cabinet threatened 10 resign
In n body II the request was granted
German governmental organs are renew
ing their attacks on Russia. The North
German Gazette says tho converts at Mount
Athos are made the rendezvous for 10000
Russian soldiers, who are fomenting a reyo-
luton in Macedonia.
The wedding OF Prince Henry and
Princess Irene Is 10 be grand affair AZ the
German court Three hundred and twenty
guests have been invited.
The pope. in an cncyclical 10 the Brazilian
epissopacy. declares that none OF the jubilee
gifts gave him more pleasure than the news
OF the abolition OF slavery In the empire of
Brazil.
Count Leonetto Cipnani, friend OF Gam
baldi, whose first wife was Miss Mary
worthington, the daughter Of a farmer of
Baltimore county, Nd, died Tuesday in
Corsica. Cipriani was made Governor OF
the Romans by GaribaldL
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-05-26

IL IN said that BeIlew, the actor, who was
divorced "Wednesday, Is 70 marry Chicago
woman, whose husband has applied for
divorce on the ground Of having found some
OF Bellows wash bills mixed up with those
Of his wife
At Plattsmouth. Neb., "Wednesday night,
one OF Pinkerton's guards, in the employ Of
the Burlington Company, assisted police
man 70 arrest two men who were fighting.
While going TO the PRISON two strikers, Peter
Rogers and Frank DellS interrupted them
and an alteration followed. IN which the
guard shot Rogers I'm the jaw, infiIcting \
dangerous wound. lie was pursued by a
crowd OF strikers, eager 10 lynch him, but
escaped after woundlng two Of them
Five additional breaks were made In the
sny leyee. Thursday. aud rhe whole Of the
bottoms reaching IRON opposite Louisiana,
Mo-. TO Hannibal, Mo-. Is inundated. The
food covers an area forty miles long and Ave
miles wide. Every effort has been put forth
10 protect the property, but without avail. and
over 100000 acres OF crops will be injured
or destroyed. Live stock has been drowned
IN large numbers, and scores OF families are
without shelter.
The water sweeps through Alexandria,
Mo-. and threatens 20 carry away number
Of houses whose foundations have been
weakened by the prolonged inundatlon.
Many families have abandoned their homes.
At indianapolis Ind. Thursday, the Fed
erai grand jury returned a partial verdict
acquitiing John Councilman, John Reardon,
and DIR. @. N. MetcaIfe, alleged accomplices-
OF Coy and Bernhamer. The latter were
taken 10 the penitentiary Thursday.
The court house at Sidney. Iowa, was set
on FIRE Wednesday night and burned with all
the records The town II Hammond has
been fighting Sidney for the possession OF the
county seat for some time, and IL Is believed
that the act OF incendiarism Is n result OF
that fight.
Lee +. Cole, OF Burlington, Ia. has re-
signed rs chief clerk Of the mail service OF
the Sixth division, and Walter +. Butler, OF
West Union, has been appointed In his
place.
Wednesday last Melville F. Stone and
Victor Y. Lawson dissolved partnership in
the publication Of the Chicago DAILY NelCs,
Mr.. Stone retiring. IL is generally thought
the occasion for this Lay In the fact that
for some time past the Daily Ne,rs has been
steadily losing ground. the immediate cause
Of which was Mr.. Stones yindictiveness anu
concet IL Is supposed that Mr.. Lawson
and Mr. Stone united on the idea Of Mr..
stones retiring from the editorial chair and
taking with HIM the odium and ill-will with
which he had 10 fully permeated the Daily
Nelcs, and thus In measure retrieving some
OF their lost prestige.
AT Janesville, Wis, Tuesday. In the case
Of Hiddlcs VS.. Chicago and Northwestern
Railway Company. the plaintiff, a boy 7
years old. whose legs were cut OF by train
on the defendants road, won verdict OF
$4,000.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-05-26
POLITICAL POINTS


Francis II. Nichols was Monday inaugu-
rated Governor Of Louisiana.
Mr. joseph r. Anderson, who was nomi-
mated for Governor last Wednesday by the
Prohibitionists of Tennessee, died Friday
morning.
At It's convention In Cincinnati Wednes-
day evening the Union Labor party nominal
ed A. J. Sreeter, OF Illinois for President,
aud Samuel Evans, OF Texas, for Vice-Presi-
dent No fusion was effected with the
United Labor party or the Greenbackers.
ana the later decided 10 hold a National
convention at future date.
The PTohibitlonists OF Illinois wednesday
nominated the following ticket; Captain ID.
III. Harris, OF Logan. for Governor; Joseph
l.. Whitlock. OF Cook, for Lieutenant Gov
ernor; J. Ross Hanna, of Warren, for Score.
tary Of State; Uriah Copp, Jr., Of Iroquois'
for Attorney General, and j. w. Hart, OF
Winnebago, for Treasurer.
The National convention OF the Equal
Rights party, in session at Dcs Moines, Iowa,
Tuesday nominated belva A. Lockwood, OF
Washington, for President, and Alfred III.
Low, OF Philadelphia, for Vice President
Alter a hve-days' convention the Demo.
Gratis Of Tennessee nominated Robert L.
Taylor for Governor Tuesday.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-05-26

AdvIess from Baxter County, Arkansas,
say a destructive cyclone passed over that
county. a few days ago. The farms OF Mr..
Hclyy and Mr.. Wells were swept clean, and
almost everything on them destroyed. The
house Of ii. Lane was badly damaged. The
dwelling Of II. II. King was lifted up and
blown away, leaving the family sitting on
the ground floor. Mrs. King was severely
injured. Al Lone Rock a store and black
smiths shop were blown to pieces and the
goods scattered about and l. A. Landruth's
sswmill and two dwellings were destroyed.
The damage 70 farmers Is heavy. but no lives
are reported lost Tho storm crossed White
River at Matleyr's Knob and did great dam
age there.
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cent oond~. payable IN ten years, 20 be issued
for the construction Of is long-distance teIe-
phone system.
Judge shiras, IN United States District
Court at Sioux City, Ia., "Wednesday made
a ruling Remaining cases against two siou X
City brewcries back 20 the State court, de
clinlng 10 take original Jurisdiction on the
ground that by 40 doing the Federal Court
would be obliged 10 enforce the police reg
ulations OF the State, as cases arising under
the prohiDltory. Jaws are quasi-criminal In ma
ure.
Two hundred miles east OF Cape Hatteras
the steamer Gate City. from Boston, was in
collision with an unknown sailing vessel, OF
which nothing was afterward seen. There
was panic among the passengers OF the Gate
City, which arrived at Boston Tuesday after
noon.
The second National Anti-saloon Confer
ence began at New York City "Wednesday,
with delegates from all the States In attend
ance.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-05-26
SEEKING AN OUNCE OF PREvEN-
TON.


Tuesday afternoon, Judge Gcst had talk
with Gen. Benet, OF the War Department
about the Mississippi overflow. Telcgramsre-
ceived by him from Rock Island were urgent
In asking that provisions be made to prevent
future calamities to the dam Gen. Benet
had no news since the last report from Col.
Baker, but he agreed with the Congressman
about the needs of the future. The depart
ment has no money now available for this
work, and must wait action by Congress.
The River and Hafbor bill, which has al
ready passed the House, does not cover work
OF this kind, and the appropriation must be
made in the sundry Civil bill. This bill IL
stlll In the hands Of subcommittee. Judge
Gest will arrange for a hearing before the
subcommittee, and will urge liberal sum
20 guard against future disasters 10 dams.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-05-26
WASHINGTON NOTES.

The wife.of Senator Philetus Sawyer died
at Washington Monday forenoon. The in
terment will take place at Oshkosh, Wis,
next Saturday.
The American Woman's Baptist Home
Mission Society held It's eleventh annual
meeting at Washington Tuesday. About
200 delegates were present The reports OF
the secretary and the treasurer were read,
showing the society 10 be- doing important
work. particularly In the South. SatsTac-
tory progress has been made during the las
year.
Thomas +. Nash, superintendent OF the
Railway mail service atwaashIngton, ID. C.,
has resigned.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-05-26
AN AMERICAN CONSUL KILLED.


The Ne,c Zealand Herald OF April 10.
which arrived on the steamship Alameda,
which arrived Mt San Francisco on the 18th
OF May, contains an account Of the murder
Of the American Consul at New Britain.
Natives OF the island had been lighting. and
they asked the Consul TO arbitrate. He at
tempted 70 do 20, when he was attacked by
one party and had a narrow escape, retreat.
Ing through the bush. The natives kept AZ.
ter HIM and finally killed him. He & said
TO have been new man 10 the place.