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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-01
! Of wheat out of their control It win also

of wheat out OF their cohtroL Az
puta stop to ,,,v,r
socond-If every Dakota farmer had hls
s,ronaTv he could clean his wheat, 1nas ss ~
5no, the dockaee and the needless cnai ge IA "a
.-ssnsnortatfon of the same; his wheat Wot l'9
~ ~ hstter condition for the marKeV, am an.
he eouid employ the time during 1he eu ~
fan months occupied IN geS1'Hfg or next sea-
markets in preparing the sou LOT neA. 49,
snn,s erop. While cash wheat for NoVei i. :.
In Duluth and Chicago has been quotev, ~
IN and 10 cents the same grade OF mIteap -
May delivery has sold for SO to 81 cents per
husheL The farmers may urge thao s.n,,,
obligations with high rate OF ihte Ies. -,
neI Them to rush the bulk OF their wnSoS "
ipnarEet within sixty or ninety days aleeL
harvest, but such action places .hen
80 the mercy of the Wheao
dealer who can buy the sai 70
GRADE of wheat in glutted markce ~, - ~
ar < cents per bushel less than ne cotliu siN
Months hence Which is the greater sacri,
sH. 10 Ier cent per annum ON borrowed
Initial or 80 and 40 per cent that ne r1ses
on the nrice of his wheat in an oyerstocke Gu
1900 Tbe commission does not WISH 70
ha understood as advising the farmer or any
other person to take chances on tn9 luz ~
price OF wheat; but it does desire Unss tue
a-ary cent for their wheat 10 which tney are
instIy entitled. general system OF pfly,ate
y,r,nar ies would enable the farmer 70 piaCs
bis wheat on the market so gradually tia sI
wheat dealers would have purchasers al his
doors. instead of his being obilgeu 70 peg
elevator men and railroads 10 TAKE ms g ioti,
Wheat raising would then be on psonIaoio
h,sis The commission believes that IL TINS
course should be adopted 10 WouIa a qsaLiso
Inc ,rice of every bushel of wheat in Dako6a
~ ieast 10 cents per bushel-a saving or
millions of dollars to the farming CLASS
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-01
A Democratic Congressional Com
nittee.

A caucus OF the Democratic members oil
the house was held in Washington to select
representatives on the Democratic con.
grcssional committee. 1t resulted in the
choice OF the following persons:
Alabama, James t. Jones; Arkansas,
Thomas C. McRae; California, T. L,
Thompson; Connecticut, RI. Vance, Della.
ware. J. Is. Pennington; Florida, X. ii. NJ.
Davidson; Georgia, It. w. Grimes; Illinois,
Z. w. Townshend; Indiana, benjamin +.
Shively; Iowa, w. |. Hayes; Kentucky, W.P.
Taulbe; Louisiana, NJ. ID. Lagan; Maryland.
Barnes Compton; Michigan, S. o. Fisher;
Mississippi. ]. NJ. Allen; Minnesota, j. l..
Macdonald; Missouri. James n. Burns;
Nebraska, j. A. Mcshane; New Hampshire,
i. L. mckinney; New rsey, william Nc.
Adoo; New York, l.. s. Bryce; North Car
DINA, f. NJ. simmons; Ohio. Beriah vii.
kins; South Carolina. Samuel Dibble; Ten.
nessee, Benton McMilin; Texas, w. II.
Martin; Virginia. c. ID. Wise: West Virginia,
C. +. Hoeg Wisconsin, Thomas r. Hudd:
Arizona. NJ. A. Smith; Montana, j. X.
Toole; New Mexico, A. Joseph; Utah, J. T.
Caine; Washington Territory, C. s. voor
bees.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-01
Record of Casualties.

Three men were instantly killed by a
dynamite explosion in No. 2 packing house
OF the Hancock Chemical company's dSna-
mite works at Woodside, Mich, where the
great explosion occurred late last fall.
fire recently at Deerfield, tobacco
town on the Northwestern road fifteen
miles east OF Madison, Wis, destroyed the
best part OF the town. The loss and in
suraDce are as follows: Andrus & Page,
loss, $4,000; insurance $500. b. L.
Whaling, general store, loss 81, 500 insur.
ance $500; Anderson's flour and feed store,
loss SO, 600, insurance $1,000; Alexander
Larson, building, $4,000.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-01
Color Blindness Among Rail-
road Men.
Philadelphia Record.


The Philadelphia and Reading Rail-
road Company has resumed the color
test examination of it's train EMPLOY.
ees. This test was instituted about
seven months ago, and was the cause
OF considerable hostility bet ween the
company and the men, which was
only settled after the most ANNOYING
controversies. The examinations ar
Richmond Junction recently were
made by w. w. Salmon, who is carry.
ing out the idea OF Professor Thomn-
son. OF the University OF PennsvIya.
ma. Inc Investigations consisted of
tests Tor color sense, accuracy of
sight, range of vision and ability TO
read train dispatches at different loci
About seventy-fve engineers, firemen
and conductors underwent the ordeal
4 per cent. OF whom were perfectly
color blind, and 10 per cent. add
tlonallydeficient in one or more OF the
tests.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-01
Female beauty appears to be scs

reiHHIo UtduVy appears % DC sCdrCt
IN Mexico. A newspaper correspond
emit writes: whoever comes to Mex
leo in search OF female beauty is liable
to meet with disappointment, for.
though the dreamy. dark eyes and raw
en- hair of the Observation-Disclosures type
isvery attractive, the truth is one sees
more handsome women on the streets
of any Northern city in half an hour
than he can fnd for year at the Az
tee capital"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-01
SOME COM N ENTS.
Comments of the New York Press
Upon Mr.. B,aine's Withdrawal
fromthe Field OF Presidential Can.
didates,

didates.
New York, Special Telegram, Feb. IA
Commenting on Mr.. Blaine's letter, the
Tribune says.
A letter from Mr.. Blaine published this
morning withdraws his name ESQ far as 1t
is in his power to do SOY, from the consd.
GRAFTON OF the Republicans for the nomina.
ton in their approaching national conven.
ton. This letter is no surprise to those
friends OF his who have known how
reluctant he has been from the
outset to give the sanction even OF
silence to such consideration. 1t has long
been evident that nothing but his own
positive action could prevent nomina-
tion this year, and SO he has finally felt
forced to say to the public what he has
been saying in private. We regret the de-
cision profoundly, since we have believed
that ne would command more votes in the
doubtful states than any other Republi-
can yet proposed. But various candi-
dates, all excellent men and deserving
well OF the Republican party are actively
in the field. and the next lew weeks may
be expected to present some unusually
lively politics. Let the best man win.
New York World: This letter has the
air OF sincerity, and it may lie said that it
increases the presidential chances of John
Sherman something Ike % PER cent.
New York Times: MIR. Blaine's Florence
letter will be variously interpreted. Those
who know him well and greatly al nire him,
together with those who know him and
greatly distrust him, will be 10th TO accept
it as an absolute and final putting aside OF
the presidential nomination which it is
conceded he might have.
New York Herald: We accept the action
of Mr.. Blaine as conclusive, and, looked at
from Republican point OF view. it must
be regarded as wise, and we might even
say magnanimous. His nomination then
lin 1854 wa a mistake, and such a mis-
take as he should never have made.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-01
AlrsadY fresh VEGETABLES are makinc

Aiready fresh vegetables are making
tier appearance in the larger cities
at the North. They are coming from
Florida. Bermuda, New Orleans,
Southern Illinois, Baltimore and the
lighthouses of neighbo-ing gardens.
Among the articles are cucumbers,
cauli.iower, spinach, cabbage. lettuce,
carrots, beets, turnips, onions,radish-
es, tomatoes, etc. The prices at first
ware rather high, but are rapidly com
ing down.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-01

The great progress made by the
Russian Military Railroad in Asia
may he estimated when it is stated
that the FIRST train passed over the
great bridge which has been built
across the oxus on January Is. The
bridge is 1915 feet long. Gen. Aune-
kof and the Bey OF the district were
passengers in the train. The Russians
are getting very near the gates OF
India.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-01

The interest-bearing debt of the Unit
ed States, not counting the guaran-
teed Pacific Railroad bonds. for which
the roads are security. is now only
S977. 100000 in round figures. At
the present rate OF excess of govern
ment receipts over expenditures the
whole debt would be wiped out in not
much over six years, while the last
$3.50, 100000 or so OF bonds out
standing do not mature for twenty
years. This simple statement shows
the size of the surplus problem pretty
clearly.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-01

The sugar Trust is big thing.
Since its organization eight weeks ago
it has advanced the price about 2
cents per pound. The World, New
York, figures on an average ANNUAL
consumption of52 pounds per capita,
that this adds to the profits of the
sugar pool SAC. So0,ooo. Further. 1t
says, at is extremely probable that
the advance en- sugar will be 3 or 4
cents per pound. Moreover, the
Sugar Trust magnates are schemine
to secure control of the raw sugar
crop OF the world.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-01

Prof. George B. r. Cockburn. for
twenty years principal Of Upper Cana
aaeollege, and a leading educator OF
that country, mas forsaken the school
room and has been elected to the
dominion parliament.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-01
DAKOTA NEWS ITEMS.
THE sioux BILL


senator Dawes Presents His BIN to Divide
the Great Reservation-A Number Oh I'M
portant Changes
w.s4NoroN, Special Telegram. Feb. D.
Er Dawes reported from the committee on
indian affairs to-day Senate Bill No. pro-
,idinc for the division OF the Sioux Indian
reservation in Dakota The bill is the same
,s that introduced by Mr. Dawes last year,
and reintroduced by him In this congress-
"A reported from the committee, however,
10 makes some rather important changes
section 8, in relation to tribal patents Is en-
srely stricken out, and portions OF sections
10 and IL, referring to tribal patents, are
,nnuIIed In relation to the old Ponca reser-
ration he inserts this amendment:
When the allotment to the Pouca tribe and
mch other Indians as allotments are pro-
ysded for nv this act shall have been made
hat portions of the reservations which are
lescribed in an act approved March %
1852 in reference 10 the northern boundary
If the State of Nebraska, shall be thrown
,pen by the president TO settlement and the
indian title declared extinguished
In section II he inserts after the pro-
visions relating to the release Of all title and
,Iaim ON the part of the Indians to any part
# the reservation described by the treaty
by the act tho folio wing:
The acceptance of the provisions Of the
oil shall be held TO affirm, in the Indians en-
titled to receive rations at each OF said sep
arate reservations respectively TO their sep
arate and exclusive use and benent, all the
title and interest of every name and nature
secured therein to the different bands of the
Sioux nation of the said treaty OF April %,
1868
He provides that the cattle to be purchased
tor the Indians shall not exceed in cost SIS
Der head, and renders the securing of an
agreement with the Indians much easier by
inserting in section IS a provision allowing
reasonable cash payment per capita TO the
Indians out of the moneys secured for the
sale of lands Section 81 provides thar
soldiers taking up lands upon the
opeued reservations by soldiers declar-
atory statements shall be required
70 pay the usual 80 cents per
acre for the lands so secured A provision in
section "a relative to the appointment Of
special agents to ascertain and secure list
Of persons who took up lands on the Grow
and Winnebago reservation is entirely
stricken out, as separate bill is TO provide
for them. Aspecial section is inserted pro-
yiding that sections IL and 36 OF each town.
| ship of the lands opened for settlement un-
| der the provisions of the act are reserved
| to the use of the schools of Dakota, and pro-
vision is also made that the United States
shall pay to the Indians 80 cents per acre
| for all lands reserved for such purposes The
| amount to be expended by the secretary Of
the interior for gaining the assent of the
Sioux Indians is increased from $4,000 to
Els, 600 The house committee on Indian
| affairs is ready 70 report tayorably similar
| bill without the ratification clause
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-01
It is in silver. Il IS said tn,

1t is in silver. 1t is said that foreign
Spectators contemplate the control
CT silver bullion in London-the
money center OF the world. Silver
has be n remarkably low OF late
years, the average quotation last
year for London bars being aid. The
annual production of the world is
valued at sos, 600, 900, and OF this
the United States uses about $780,
100000. This country literally
teens with silver and would view
with great satisfaction a lively de-
mand for it in any form.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-01
Massachusetts, Wholesale Poison
er Found Guilty.

Boston Special: The jury in tho case OF
Mrs. Sarah J. Robinson, the alleged whole.
sale poisoner rendered verdict OF guilty in
the first degree. In this trial she was
charged with the murder of Prince Arthur
Freeman, her brother-in.law. Mrs. ROBIN
son had previously been tried on the charge
oikilling her son and daugh ter. but the jury
disagreed. The incentive to all the crimes
OF which she is charged was alleged to be the
securing of the life insurance oil her victims
Not muscle OF the prisoners face moved
as she heard the words uttered. She stood
staring yacantly at the court for q few
moments and resumed her seat seeming to
be in a state OF utter collapse. The ma
tron OF the Jail tried to comfort her 1t
was then that the prisoner broke down
completely and moaned in a terrible man.
ner. The seven supposed victims OF Mrs.
Robinson's poisoning were Moses. her hus.
band; Lizzie j., her daughter; Willie J her
son; Prince Arthur Freeman, her brother
in-law; Mrs. p. A. Freeman. her sister. and
Oliver Sleeper who boarded in her house
and is supposed to be a distant relative.
Mrs. Robinson got $4,000 on Sleeper's
death; SO. 600 on Moses Robinson; 50, 900
on r. A. Freeman and the insurance on
Lizzie J. Robinson's life is still unpaid.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-01

Three hundred and one miles of road were
graded in the territory and will be ironed
next year. The gross earnings Of all the
roads doing business in Dakota the past year
was $50. 1877 ,4S3. their operating expenses
and taxes, S49. 663 0l9, leaving as their net
earnings, $50, 464, 464 The following table
shows the amount of taxes paid into Da-
kota's treasury by the various roads under
the Sgross earnings tax law" for the year
andinU June 2O 1897.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-01

Prince Albert Victor. Of Wales, now
twenty.four years old, says be does
not want an establishment Of his own
until he gets married.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-01

Postmasters commissioned: Minnesota
Grove Lake, H. Bigelow. Wisconsin,
Elksart. a. @. Goldammer. Fourth-class
postmasters appointed: Iowa-Exeline,
S. Maring. MINI esota-E dgcrton, L. j..
Miller, Townsend. K. N. Vaughn.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-08-09
FARM, GARDEN AND
HOUSEHOLD.
Meadow Hay.

What is known in New England as
meadow hay grows on wet land, along
streams or around ponds and boys, and Is
In many cases coarse and rough, aud has
been classed among the poorest articles
for stock food. But experience mas
taught some farmers that the usual man
ner of handling this grass is largely re-
sponsible for the poor opinion which Is
current regarding meadow hay. Grow
ing on moist soil it does not dry up ana
lose its color so early as other grass, and
for that reason it is allowed to stand TIL
the last All this time 1t is growing hard
and rough, and the peculiar rank taste Is
getting stronger, and even If 1t escapes
rust it is losing in real feeding value last
er than its appearance would indicate
Swales across upland fields are about hall
way between the wet meadows and dry
land in the quality of grass Produced and
IL vas formerly the custom to NOV along
and around these and let the grass In
them remain till all else was secured, but
some of the best farmers of present time
cut these first, having learned that such
grass is as much better when cut early as
any other This plan cannot be extended
to the large meadows, but If the grass on
them was cut much earlier than usual
meadow hay would not bear 50 hard a
reputation.-H Manchester Mirror
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-08-09
Worse than Dynamite.

| Hardly a month passes but we read of terrible
explosions, and loss of life from natural gas.
One writer has raked up Chinese history
wherein it appears, that away back in the time
when the famous Chinese wall was building
before the use of gas wells was discovered, ter
rible explosion took place.
The big wells in some way got the start of the
! little ones, that enormous volumes Of air were
sucked down into those subterannean maya
zines When the air reached certain proper
tons, the whole thing went off like leaky gaso-
line stove. The result was horrible in the de-
struction of lives. The same writer predicts
similar conditions underlying the great natural
gas belt Of this country, from Toledo, through
Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky, whereby that
depth of 1900 feet, leaving a chasm for the
waters of the great lakes 10 pour down into,
blotting out every living human being in this
now densely populated valley from the face of
the earth. That writer might easily have shown
further, that throughout our whole country not
only in densely populated regions and cities, but
in country and village houses as well, natural
gases far more dangerous than are found in the
lake regions, are carrying off not only "pg-tail"
Cinnamon, but our own families and friends,
during the hot waves OF July and August.
Scores ofpeople are dying daily from typhoid
fever, diarrhoea, dysentery, cholera-morbus, and
infant summer complaints; all caused by
poisonous gases and ierments, far worse than
hydrogen gas or dynamite in their explosions.
Fortunately this latter danger can all be averted
BY the uae Of simple old-fashioned remedy,
Johnson's Anodyne Lniment. used internally,
- explained IN pamphlet vent free 70 any one.
BY /. q. Johnsos & Co.. boston, Msss. No
matter nyou have used this rsmsdy before, il
will pay you 70 ees bottle saa read The direc-
tioas, o. ssad II The pamphlet juss 70 lsas1 how
70 uss h seoaemieally.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-08-09
No Monopoly OF Poultry.

The poultry business is the only one
that is entirely safe from monopoly ant
trusts" The monopolies may hold thu
fashionable families of horses and cattle
and place fabulous prices upon sheep and
swine but the hens multiply too rapidly
and as the hen Is within the reach of all
the humLlest individual has an opportu-
nifty of deyoting a portion of his time to
her interests. 1t is the only department
of breeding where knowledge can easily
triumph over wealth. The only monopo-
ly that can be possible in the breeding of
poultry is knowledge, for he who diligent-
ly endeavors to secure profit by breeding
his focks to a high standard will reap an
honest reward through his exertions
more than from any amount of capital he
may have invested
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-08-09
A Word About Pig Pens.

The farmers pig pen should be locate'
at considerable distance from the hous
and in direction from which the pre-
valing winds Will not watt the odor
toward It, Better still, the bad SMELL
should be reduced to a minimum by clean
illness and deodorizing at the pen. Thi'
is easily done and probably, too, by
throwing in few shovelfuls of dry eartl
on that portion where the pigs resort 81
that their manure il mixed up with 1t II
the pen, and still more thoroughly wher
the pen is cleaned out. Every pen SHOULD
be constructed so it can be cleaned Out
from one of the sides without entering II
at all. Enough space should be left be-
tween the floor and the siding for intro
ducing long handled scraper or hoe for
the purpose of cleaning it out. If the
pen has been literally supplied with dry
earth bad odors will be prevented and
the value OF the manure increased.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-08-09
Candidate Putnam and the Mills

Maine farmers will not fail to note
that Candidate Putnam, in his speech at
the Democratic barbecue in this city
while denouncing the protective system
as unconstitutional and applauding the
free wool and free lumber clauses OF
the Mills bill, did not have a word to say
about the high protective tariff left upon
rice and sugar. If. as Mr.. prtuam ar
aued. the Mills bill was an honest effort
to reduce unnecessary taxation how
comes II that all those industries in which
the South is Interested, or those indus
tries in the so-caled doubtful States. like
wood screws in Connecticut, for instance,
remain untouched: The revenue from
wool IS only about 5000 900, while the
revenue from sugar is SIS 600, 900, 1t Is
/ perfectly plain to every ietelligent man
/ which of these items would naturally he
/ selected In an honest attempt to reduce
/ the revenue but sugar is a Southern pro
duct, thesvotes of the Louisiana Repre-
sentative were necessaryito the passage
of the Mills bill and those Representatives
demanded protection for sugar. What
did MIR. Mills do: Did he declare that il
the interest of tax reduction sugar, al
article of common necessity in ever,
household must 20 on lie free list
not a bit of IT, He and IS colleague
shut their eyes to this giaring inconsis
fancy just ss did Candidate Putnam am
and left protective duty of dS per cent
on sugar, while Maine wool and Main'
lumber 90 down on the free list by tn
vote of the same Democratic majority
This Is the dishonest measure indorsed i
the Democratic platform and Endorsed b
the Democratic candidate for Governo
as an attempt to relieve the people of un
necessary taxation. What do the Main
farmers who have wool to sell and suga
to buy think about it? Bangor Wig.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-08-09
Didn't Take Much Stock In 1t.

To our surprise, the other day we found
one of the best butter makers in this
country putting cream just skinned into
the churn. When we asked him If he did
not know that the most of the cream was
wasted in the buttermilk, he replied,
"Yes I've read that was so, but ! have
never taken much stock in it = 1t is said
that it took 250 pounds of lead to kill =
man in the late war. 1t takes about TO-
900 pounds of type to convince some men
that other mems experience is worth any
thing to them. Tails man had never set
his buttermilk away for six hours and
churned it to see how much butter there
was in 1t, If he had he would have seen
where his fresh, unripe creum had gone
to. lIoards Dairyman. -Americdn Farm
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-08-09

An old Kentucky breeder places salt a
first in Importance as preventive OF
cholera among swine. He also claims
that salt, of all substances, is the bes
promoter of digestion as well as an anti
dote against worms. lie has adopted the
plan of sailing all his animals in water
tight troughs keeping a supply of salt
on hand continually. Some charcoal is
fed Nth the salt to swine that are closely
penned and he gives ashes occasionly
under all conditions.