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Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1889-02-09

The Carlisle mine at depth of
800 feet has reserves in sight sufli-
clent to run the mill for three
years to come without sinking or
drifting foot. Recently an ex-
pert from Montana visited the
mine, and 1t has since been deter
mined to sink the main shaft to a
depth OF 1000 feet.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1889-02-09

Since the resumption of smelt-
ing at the Flagler works last Sat
nrday, the daily product of ingot
copper has aggregated four toms
per diem of twenty-four hours.
This copper is regarded in Bait :
more as next to Lake, ana careful
assays shows tineness OF .95 per
cent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-10
CH AIMED LIKE ANIMALS.

The Craft ThatTransports Russian Criminals
The Russian convict transport, Nizhni-
Novgorod, sailed hence recently, with
AGO criminal deportes for the island of
Seghalien. The Nizini-Novgorod is an
iron steamship of about 3 800 tons bur
den, and is especially fitted as convict
transp port. Witk full com plement of
convicts the vessel carries 652. The off
GERS and crew number 80. exclusive OF a
marine convey escort OF 81 men, special
ly chosen for this dutY.
The iron barred compartments, Oh
cages in which the eonvicts are confined
run parallel, fore and aft, on either side
the upper and lower tween decks. The
il on bars, an inch thick, of these cages
and the wood work in which they are set,
are heavily and solidiy constructed. The
cages are of unequal capacity and length,
but have uniform height of seven and a
half feet. The more des perate characters
are manacled and chained to iron sta Piles
in their berths, from which they a-e re-
leased when necessary. The greater mum
Der, although retaining the waist and an
kle shackles, of light construction, have
the freedom of traversiDg the lenght of
the compartment, which may vary from
% to 40 feet. Between the outer bars
and the two plain plank shelves or
hunks running from end 80 end of the
com partments which affords sleep ping
room for the occu pants, there is q
free space of about four and a half or
five feet.
Except during the distribution of ra-
tions no culinary vessels are left with the
convicts. Even the drinking water is OBJ
tanned only through an india rubber
mouth piece fixed in an enclosed tank
and through which the drinker sucks his
draught. Immediately outside the cages
and attached to the under side of tie
deck overhead is a steam-pipe connected
with the ships boilers. Into these pipes
are fitted screw nozzles, at intervals of
twelve feet. The object of the steam
pipe is to suppress any dangerous out
breaks among the inmates of the cage.
b. meaps of a short hose, specially made
to resist the steam heat, quickly attached
to one of the steam noZzies, the turbulent
eonvicts are quickly quieted or parboiled
Strong water jets have been found next
TO useless in alaying these occasional
tumuIts.
After the ship has passed the canal,
but not before, patches of convicts are in
turn taken out and brought
upon the deck for shower bath and
short exercise. A strongly constructed
iron railing, eight feet high, crosses the
vessel amidsh1rs, in order that convict,
! during his bath while unmanacled, can
not by rush evade the guard and reach
the anarter-dee Soma of the more
desperate convicts, who stubbornly re-
siss all disciplinary control: are confined
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-10
Fall Gaze OF Stock.

The rain, the frost, and the want of
sunshine cause the. grass to grow in the
fail so luxuriantly that We often forget
of how little value it Is compared with
that grown In the SUMMER months of
midsummer. Most animals in late pas
ture that have no additional food given
TO them are really losing flesh when they
should be gaining or storing up energy
that they may the better resist the cold
of winter. Nature provides that the
sppetite of animals shall increase with
the falling temperature, while mau pro-
vides q diminished amount of food in
order that he may try to ecopomIze.
II costs far less 10 preserve pound Of
i've weight than it does to produce one.
Now is the time above all others when
animals, especially the dairy COWS, should
receive a liberal allowance of food at the
barn in order that the washy, Innutritious
grasses may be supplemented. Then,
too, the animals, should be Kept In the
barn or stables during the cold, rainy
nights. When the owner of cattle Is IN
comfortable without his overcoat, while
out of doors, let him RENE mber that cat
tie lying on the damp grass are unneces-
sarily using up food or fat. Will we
never learn that the loss of every pound
of live weight means that We have lost
thirty pounds of hay, or its equivalent
How shall these losses be avoidedS The
answer seems plainly feeding literally
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-10

to- the cages during the entire voyage.
Both the upper and lower tween decks
are open and airy, the system of ventila-
ton being excellent and the cages them
selves are kept scrupn.ously clean. The
csges are reprinted every voyage.
Every convict in addition to having his
hair cropped close, has the left half of
his head shaved from front 20 back
smoothly.
Among the convicts carried by tue
Nazhnl-Novgor about 100 are murder
ers. Que of these Is relative OF the sha
of Persis-Prince Khanalam Mira, son OF
Primes Betman Mira, twenty five years
of age, and sentenced TO twenty years
hard labor for the murder of his brother
in Russia. Upon the greater number of
these murderers, in addition TO their vari-
quarries, will be inflicted on their ar
rival given number of blows from the
knout, varying from so TO 125, according
to their crimes.
The scene on board these departing
convict ships is altogether saddening and
depressing, perhaps the more so that one
does not hear marmur or lament from
the stolid-looking and br0ken-s pirited
wretches crowded behind the bars of
these cages, which remind the spectator
only too forcibily of the wild beass dens
We are accustomed TO see IN a travelling
manae erie. Female convicts of this
class are transported in a seperate YES
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-10
Hglnlan nature.

4 gentleman who travelled to Chicago
rec emily in company with Senator Pal
u er relates incidents of the trip as fol-
lows: VIM. Livingstone, Jr., was Senator
Paimer's companion, and while on the
journey engaged the porter of the car to
buy cigars. Chicago was reached in tae
evening and Livingstone 60 reimberse the
porter for the Cigar and his other civil
titles, gave him a silver dcAar. The
senator caaght sight of the coin and
cbided Livingston for his extravaganza
The porter, pleased With the size of his
fee. gladly carried the extensive luggage
of both gentlemen to the omnibus. On
the way out a poert country woman, load
ed down 9Th bundles, asked of Senator
Palmer he@ she NIGH reach the St. Paul
road. He said TO her: 'sF CHOW na.
will show you the omnibus that transfers
passengers to tibet road. Let me take
that heavy valise," and saiSing the
action te the word he relieved the old
lady of one of her parcels. The exam pie
was not lost on Aivings zone, who took
another package. The procession march
ed through the station in this order. The
colored porter with Senator Planners
baggage; Senator Palmer with the coun-
try WON ans enormous black oilcioth
valise; the country woman with her par
GELS trustiagly following him; Living
stone, with the woman's roll of blankets,
thinking OF the ohid&ng he had received
citizen wondering what the woman
would say if she knew who was taking so
much pains to serve her and the usual
iostling crowd that hurries throught the
station when the train comes in.
The next scene opeNs at the Sherman
House. Senator Palmer sees abe waiter,
whose resemblance 60 the late Gen.
Sheridan is SO much remarked. He calls
the waiter to him: General how are
you? Y0u loeh very much like General
Sheridan" $50 DIVE been towid, Sir"
sit is true, about the same size and
weight-much the same Guild-your head
and features greatly like his. Sheridan
was good friend of mine. Where do
you come 'FRONT.' "From Oirland, sir;
forty years ago od KEN to Chicago, and
took work in this hotel, and olive been
waiter here ever since"
'Forsy years waiter! And in this
hotel. To a friend at the table: THINK
OF THAr!] How'5 your health?" "Party
good, sir, but OF do be getting little
stiff in the knees" mo wonder, anyone
would, forty years besring dishes over
slippery marble floor. Can you get Us
maple syrup for these cakes?" %Ot can,
SIR" and he did, nothing more being
said.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-10
What Time Brought to Light.

Janet Russell was the belle of the
village, Canadian village on the St.
Lawrence, and was admired by all the
SWANS who dealt in those parts, but her
''steady company" was handsome young
fellow-Johp Miller, son of the village
postmaster, who also kept a general store
John and Janet went together to rustic
frolic one night, and on the road John
asked the old question, which ques ion
was answered In the affirmative. This
went on nicely but at last, Jauet dancing
twice in succession with young fellow
whom he had looked upon as d rival,
John felt bad and on the way home words
passed between them. The girl told him
she wished IL had been Charley Hall (the
rival who had asked her the question be-
fore mentioned, whereat John said he
would give her day to take that back,
and If not-why, all was over between
them. Janet relented when she had time
to think about it, and the next morning
wrote a note to JOAN and dropped 1t into
the letter-box at old Mr.. Miller's store.
Time passed on. year o. so after that,
Charley Hall and Janet Russell were
married, and John Miller was welded to
another girl. Some five years passed and
old Mr.. Miller died, leaving his property
and his store to his son, who at once set
about making Improvements. And it so
happened that the day the old letter box
was broken up. Mrs. Hall accompanied
by her eldest daughter, years old, was in
the store. A letter dropped to the floor;
a workman picked it up and with the re-
mark, Here's and old letter addressed to
you, Mr. Miller" passed it to John. At
the moment he was talking to his old
sweetheart.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-10

enough to prevent them. But while do
ing so we may feed in such a manner as
not to accom- plish our object with the
least expenditure; so we need to study
the economic side of this question.
First, animal on frost-bItten grass
should have their supplementary food
given to them dry. Animals on dry food
should have supplementary food that is
succulent; such as mengels, ensllage,
apples, potatoes, and green corn fodder.
In both cases the fall feed should have a
wider nutritive ratIo-that is, should be
richer in carbohy dretes-than when the
animals are kept in VAIN stables the en-
tire twenty-fouc hours, or when il sum
mer pasture. 1t Is surprising to see how
our dairy COWS for the last two rainy
weeks enjoy dried corn fodder and hay.
We DO not forget also TO feed twice daily
two quarts of mixture of equal pats
of bran and cotton-seed n cal, although
the pastures are fairly good; the
result is that we get more and
richer Iniik than we did In July and
August when We depend more exclusively
on the pasture. AS the by-produots
II entioned or the manure resulting from
feeding them, is really worth three
fourths as much as they cost, 1T would
SEEM that we should learn TO purchase
literally these valuable products instead
OF commercial fertilizers to exclusively
enrich our soil.
Now it will do no good, or but little, il
We throw the manure made by our ami
mails out in the open yard and under the
caves and let it lie there until next sum
mer and then draw it out and pillow il
under. So the first thug to be done this
fall, before the winter frosts set in, is to
make some receptacle where al! of the
refuse OF he stable, not otherwise pro-
vided for, may be stored without loss IN
til 1t Is wanted. What is really done is
TO draw out most of 1t during the winter
months, bat there is spring and summer
and fall and Sundays and days when the
ground is too wet to go upon, or when it
Is too stormy, when the manure is neg
lected and Is not drawn out; for all such
times the covered receptacle will pro
vide. The idea that we should try to at
tain to, is to have all the animals we own
made as comfortable as the owner; to
have 20 hay, straw or corn stalks cut in
the storms of winter; to nave no aRimsls
that are not sheltered; aud to have ali
manure cared for SO fully that the loss
will be no greater than is that of our
wheat or corn.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-10
Warming Soils in Spain.

The British vice consul at Gambia in
Spain in b recent report on the agrIcul-
ture of Valencia, says that tho English
farmer would smle to see the Valencian
husbaDdmap ride out to his field mounted
on 9 mule, which also carries on it's back
his double shafted pillow. These light
plows, which are a legacy IRON the Moors,
do nos penetrate over six inches, but are
quite sufficient for the warm soil, which
only requires TO be ''tickled to laugh With
harvest" The spade is duite unknown.
After the land Is superEeisliy scratched 1t
is narrowed by the simple eEpedieut of
passing over a wooden board, about four
feet in length, tied at each end by a rope
from the mules collar. On this the
driver stands, his weight being sufficient
to level the soil for sowing. The old
fashioned soiL much more the steam
threshing machine, are too modern for
the NalencIans. Taey do things In q
more classical style. The corn is trodden
out by mules or horses muzzled in an an
ti-seriptural way. This is a very hard
work for the animals, as they are kept at
. continual trot in q small circle under
the fierce midsummer sun, while their
eyes have TO be covered in order TO pre-
vent giddiness. This treading out Of the
corn also breaks up the straw for fod
der and so combines the effects of the
threshing machine and the chef cutter.
The small birds have been shot by the
Valenoisns, who are fond of shooting
and have 70 legitimate game, and the
conseq uepces have been disastrous TO the
farmer. The iUseotivorous birds being
all gone the insects flourish and destroy
the farmers trees unchecked. Thus the
apple trees have by degrees been almost
destroyed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-10
DEGRADING The GOVERNMENT.
D6saovery.of d Novel SwindliRg Scheme Of
Dishonest Cattle Owners.

Lone ISLAND CITY, n. 1.-THE in
spectOrs of the bureau of animal in
aussry OF the United STATES have uneerth-
ed a novel swindiing scheme. It has been
the custom since the buteau extended its
operations to Queens coanty, for all cat
tie killed, because of being infected with
pleuro-pneuInonia, to he appraised and
paid for cut of the United States treas
ury. The appraised value has averaged
SS5. The swindle just discovered ena-
bles the per petratoFs TO pocket $40 to $I5
each for d large number of cattle con-
demned and slaughtered. The swindlers
would procure small far1s in the town of
Newton or Jamaica and send from New
York or ether places droves of cattle pur-
chased at %Ss25 head. The csrcass of some
cew which had died of p}eGro pneumonia
w"uld then be obtained and ,ex posed near
the cattle a sufficient lengta of time to
insure their .inoculation with the disease,
The inspectors visiting the farm would
fnS the herd infected and appraisement
and slaughter would follow. Although
the inspectors have no doGst whateve
that the owners of the cattle have
perpetrat6d deliberate swindie
they have been unable TO obtain conclus-
i've cyl genoe TO warrant arrests. In or
der, however, 30 prevent any more s1cs
swindling, the chief inspector has decideh
TO pay for no more infected cattle. 1t di
believed that the treasury has been de-
frauded of between $4,000 and $4,000
by dishonest cattle dealers during the
past year. One man alone had thre
herds condemned
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-10
MYSTERIOUS VISITORS.

Prominent Haytians an Unknown Errand
TO This Country and France.
New YoER, DEC. 29-Among the pas
sengers OF the Prins Maurity, which ar
rived from Port-au-Prince today, we're
Compte De Loa, Lieutenant liz the
Haytian army; Prof. M. Brougier, M
Swognal aud Madame j. De ConJreras
wife of the Haytian general of that
name. The .hree gentlemen are con
nected with the Haytian depart
ment of the north, and at once
took passage on the French steamer
La Champagne, which sailed from
here for Havre this afternoon. 1t was
the belief that these officers were going
to France TO make strenuous efforts to
interest the French government in the
Haytian difficulties, and if possible 10
get that foreign power to furnish a man
OF war for the use of the army Of the
north. Madame de Contreras bas also
evidently come here on mysterious mis-
sion. She kept her own counsel on the
voyege up and positively refuses to talk
about the purpose of her journey.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-10
SHEEP AND WOLVES.
A Good Way to Keep Wolves cut of LAMBS
NeckWear

A Good Way to Keep Wolves cut of Lambs
NeckWear
Hon. l.. b. Coffin, Fort Dodge, Iowa
contributes the folio wing valuable bit OF
experience to the O. j. Farmer: Strange
as it may seem, we are troubled more to-
day with wolves than 80 years ago when
there were few settlers here. For Il years
prior to 1870, I made a specially of wool
growing from 300 to 200 sheep
and during ell that time 1 am not aware
of losing a single sheep or lamb by wolves.
The dogs killed SO for me one night, and
at another time 80. For the last 6 years
/ have kept small flock say about 1OG
of mutton sheep, and the wolves have
been very destructive Last year out of
80 lambs the wolves took DO. They got in
their work day times in the sheep pas
lures. Thus far, we have bsec unable to
either shoot, poison, or trap them. The
work is done, it is thought, by particular
VOLTA large grey fellow-and he is often
seen. This spring he began again on
my lambs. He seldom does more than
just cut their throat, always biting them
in the throat. Failing to get a-shot at him
or trap h;m, 1 took another pl&n.
bought as many
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-10
SMALL sEEEP BBUDs

as | had lambs, and got the harness max
er to make some cheap straps. After
putting the bell on the strap clear up to
the bucklesnd then drove long carpet
tacks through the rap III such, a manner
so they would all point outward when the
strap was buckled on the lambs neck.
have not lost lamb since-my neigh.
bors have seen the wolf drive the sheep
up in a corner of the fence and hold
them there for hours, but he does not
fancy cutting the jugu!ar of lamb when
it has to be done by biting on sharp
taeks. 0ne or two yearlings which had
no oeIls on have been Bitten. The bell
and strap together, cost about III zen IA.
They will last for Years. The bells are
also pref y sure guard against gepaine
sheep killing dog. The noise, he seems
to think, will betray him-lf other sheep
raisers are troubled as have been, per
haps my experience may be of help.
IL. s. COFFIN.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-10
Remains of a Scythian kim.

In the same building whers tho relics
of Peter the Great are preserved, can be
found the sarcophagus of monarch in
tered more than 1000 years previously.
Among all the treasures of the Hermitage
there is none more valuable than the 60
called Ketch collection. On the shore OF
the Back sea, 600 years before Christ, the
Greeks founded colonies, which, uaitiUg
with the native Scythians, were usually
under Scythian rulers. Without the
gates of the modern iowa OF KeTtch, long
rows of tombs aud mounds exist, which
of late years have been carefully ex-
amined by the Russian government, aud
the objects found there, remains of the
former Grecian colonies, have been pre-
served In st. Petersburg, forming the
richest collection of the kind In the
world. In 1881 mine was opened called
by the Tartare, THE Hilloca of the
Brave" and in a room of hewn stone the
remains of Scythian king were found,
tog ether with his wife, his war horse and
servant. His golden crown and orna-
ments were there untouched. Even the
sarcophagus of carved Cypress wood in
which his body was laid, remains unde-
cayed; and the carving ard guilt figures
upon it are still sharp and beautiful. It
seems incredible that a substance so frail
should have endured for more than 1900
years uniniured. The gold bars of his
shield, the silver slaves of his heralds,
the collar of twisted gold wire are to be
seen here, beside many other articles
found in his tomb, although a large num-
Der were stolen at the time of the diiscoy-
cry.
But still more beautiful we're the con-
tents of a tomb discovered in 1866 of a
priestess of Ceres, with all her Iich orha
ments, and these were all preserved.
Most exquisite they are; the gold chains,
buttons, bracelets, necklaces, eqnal the
est workmanship of Venice or Florence
# the present day. The golden plates
rom her headdress are of repousse work
of perfect beauty.-St. Petersburg Cor.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-10
GOING TO HAYTI.
Steamer 0ssippee to sail in Few Days.

WASHINGTON. Jan. Sit is expected the
q. s. steamer Ossippee, now at Norfolk,
will sail for Port-Au-Pr in a few
days. This is in accordance with the
orders issued to her comman ding officer
by Rear Admiral Luce, commanding the
North American squadron prior to his
departure for Hayti. In case it is found
there is no necessity for the constant
presence of three war vessels in Haytian
waters, one of the two now there will be
sent back to the Uoited States.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-10

He took the letter and turned it over
end over in his hand. As Janets eyes
fell on it she blushed. John opened the
note and read it, then he handed it to
Janet with bow and the words: THAT
has been in the box ever since the day
after we went to the dance at Turner's.
All, Janey, if I'd only known!' Mrs. Hall
took her child by the hand and vent home
without q word. Janets poor little note
had been caught and concealed for nearly
six years, had changed the current of two
lives, but for better or worse who can tell.