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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-04-25
WATER FOR cRoPs.

More and more attention is being given
to the need of supplying plenty of water
to growing plants, The Importance OF
water is shown by the fact that plants
contain from sevcnty-eight to eighty-tive,
and In some instances, as high as ninety
five per cent, of water, showing THAI
water is by far the most important con-
stituent Of their growth. The plant dur
ing growth is constantly evaporating
water through its leaves, stems, and at
every pore, and the surface soil is giving
off water in vapor all the time, The
quantity of water required by growing
crop is simply immense, II water fails
to be supplied the growth is checked and
finally comes to standstill, and then the
plants begin to wilt and dry up. 1t has
been calculated that the production of one
pound of wheat requires the evaporation
of seven hundred or eight hundred
pounds OF water during the growth of
the plants, A German scientist found
that the production Of two and fourth
pounds of barley required the evaporation
of one hundred and fifty-fve gallons of
water. Such consumption of water
would require a rainfall of about six
inches. Two tons of hay per acre would
represent a rainfall of eleven inches. If
the rainfall is deficient full crop will
not be obtained unless some means are
provided to artifcially supply water. BY
providing an artificial supply of water to
be used when needed abundant crops
~ yery year. In many in
streams of water might
d conducted along side
supply the farm crops
needed. Or if there be
uld be used for the pur-
.... t a windmill and pump
t" irrigate six or eight
r.. a....-,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-04-25
FEEDING DUCKS.

Where the ducks are confined they are
usually fed too much, and being appar-
emily always hungry the owner is often
tempted to feed them literally. A duck
will easily fatten, and this should be
guarded against when they are laying.
During the day they should have no food
but chopped grass or vegetable tops, but
three times week they should have
meat or animal food of some kind, such
as ground fish or ground meat, which
may be given in their evening meal.
Mashed potatoes and ground oats at
night may be allowed.
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THE FARM AND GARDEN.
GIVE THE CHILDREN 4 GARDEN

Each child ought to have his or her
separate plot of ground, and plenty OF
latitude given the young amateurs in
its management and culture, Nothing
strengthens weak, timid child so much
as placing him in position of response
bility. Let him know and feel that
much, If not all, depends upon himself.
This, ! take it, is lesson which all must
learn, and the sooner the teaching is
begun the better, Besides, children's
garden need not incur much expense
Neao York Herald.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-04-25
DIP FOR SHEEP.

Arsenic is not desirable material for
sheep dip to destroy scab mites or ticks.
1t is dangerous to the sheep and
who dip them. A better dip is
one pound of coarse tobacco or
stepped in boiling water, but no al.
along with four ounces of sui
each gallon of water. When re
100 degrees by slow cooling, be
cred up meanwhile, it is ready
Fifty gallons will be enough b.
sheep if tank no larger than is y
to take in the sheep is used, an, ,e 81
ten gallons is kept hot to replenisA
LIQUID as it is used.
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An orange grove of 10000 trees is to
be planted in Pomona Valley, GAL, b.
syndicate Of Illinois and Iowa capitalists.
It will be the largest in the world.
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20 unueT
An! when told you to take care of your
meant you are to depend upon human resolu-
luton, which may be dissolved in the foam
of the wine cup, or may be blown out with
the first gust of temptation Here Is the
helmet, the sword of Lord God AL
mighty. Clothe yourself in that panoply and
you shall not be put to confusion. Sin pays
we'll neither in this world nor the next but
right thinking and right believing and right
acting will take you in safety through this
life and in TRANSPORT through the next.
never shall forget a prayer 1 heard
young man make some fifteen years ago 1t
was very short prayer, but it was tremend-
GUS prayer: ''Oh Lord help us. We find it
so very easy to do wrong and so hard to do
right. Lord, help u.s." That prayer, warrant
you, reached the ear of God, and reached
His heart And there are in this house a
hundred men who have found out-a thou
sand young men, perhaps, who have found
out that very thing. It is SO very easy to do
wrong, and so hard to do right.
Igot letter, only one paragraph OF which
I shall read: Having moved around some
what / have run across many young men OF
intelligence, ardent strivers after that will-o'-
| the wisp, fortune and of one of these would
speak. He was a young Englishman Of
twenty three or four years, who came to
| New York, where he had acquaintance
With barely sufficient to keep him
couple of weeks He had
been tenderly reared; perhaps l should
say too tenderly, and was not used to earning
his living, and found it extremely difficult to
| get any position that he was capable of fill
| ing After many vain efforts in this direc-
ton he found himself on Sunday evening in
Brooklyn, near your church, with about
three dollars left Of his small capital. Provi-
dence seemed to lead him to your door. and
he determined to go in and hear you.
He told me his going to hear YOU that
night was undoubtedly the turning point in
his life, for when he went into your church
he felt desperate, but while listening to your
discourse his better nature got the mastery.
I truly believe from what this young man
told me that your sounding the depths of his
heart that night alone brought him back to
his God whom he was 50 near leaving
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some vague idea of riding him down or
graphing with him hardly knew
which,
His pistol flashed and the ball whizzed
past my ear, yet shall always think that
he aimed thus purposely, with view OF
life. But urged my horse forward, and
in another instant was upon him.
l remember clutching tiercely at his
throat as he threw the muzzle of his
other holster pistol upward. Then CANT
a second explosion, and with gurgline
cry the robber fell backward from hi
saddle, shot through his heart by his owl
hand-his weapon having been in som'
way accidentally discharged.
4 Mortified beyond measure at tn,
tragedy, / sprang to the ground, and
unable to realize for the moment that tn,
man was really dead, raised his head OIL
my knee. AS l did SO, in some way
dislodged the spring or wire that held il
place a false beard, which fell to tn,
ground, leaving revealed to my astoundec
gaze the features of Gordon, my host o
the night before.
Well, after had recovered somewha
from the shock of this strange discovery
! was no time in riding back to the vii
lage and notifying the alcaldc-the onl
man in authority that could find. H
took the matter with great GOODNESS, a
indeed did those of the populace who &C
companied me back to the spot wher
the dead mans body lay, after ha
gone through with slight form of eS
9 animation and satisfied the alcalde as
my business.
/ learned that Gordon had for som
time been under suspicion as a rathe
$ doubtful character, but no one cared
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-05-10
Hebrews Won't Havc tt.

CHICAGO, May 4.--Delegates from all
the local lodges of the order of Tonti will
meet in conference at the Grand Pacific
tomorrow afternoon, and a special com
mittee will submit series of resolutions
demanding The Immediate resignation of
Supreme President II. X. Wheeler, O.
Philadelphia. a few weeks ago this of
ticial wrote letter to State Deputy Will
lam Markell, who has been engaged in de-
veloping the order i'll the state, in which
after giving him some general instructions
he urged him to see to ii that no mem
bers Of the Jewish race were permitted
to enter the order on the ground that
they were no better than dynamiters,
thugs anarchists and other yermin. TN
fortunately for President Wheeler, how.
ever about 500 out of /, 500 members OF
the order in this city belong
to the Hebrews, and when in ar
uneua1ded moment Deputy Maskc
made public the contents Of these com.
munications their Indignation knew NJ
bounds. and a special meeting of all The
local and county lodges was called for to
morrow. The resolutions which were
drawn up this morning at meeting o.
the committee denounce the action o
the president as intolerant and unfra
ternal, call upon the supreme trustees Il
d, pose him forthwith. and appeal 70
moral support to Ilish and liberal lodgel
throughout the country.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-05-10
Improving the Mail Service.

WASHINGTON, May General Super
intendent Bell, of the railway mail ser
vice, in reply to question as to the
number of changes which were made in
the service between March 4 and May l.,
when the civil service law was extended
to it, said he did not know the exact
number; that he had made changes
wherever he could improve the service.
He added: "In the making of appoint
ments to the railway mail service since
| became general superintendent the
course has been, as far as possible, to
weed out incompetents and probation
ers, and of the first consideration to
bring back those whose records indi-
Gated proficiency and who were removed
mainly because they were republicans.
think 90 per cent. of the appointments
that have been made comprise the class
mentioned and of the remainder the aim
has been to select from those who have
recommended such as are most likely tc
become capable clerks after serving the
usual probationary term. After care
fully reviewing the force in connection
with the division superintendents, fec
confident that the service has, because
of the changes, been materially strength
ened, aud while should have been GLAD
| 10 have had more time in which to bring
back more of the old high class men,
have no doubt but that where it has beer
done in the past few weeks il will speed
| lily add to the efficiency of the service.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-05-10
The Doctor Escaped.

CHICAGO, May 6.-Contrary to the cx-
pectation the grand jury completed its
work without indicting DR.. Herman,
superintendent Of the Cook county in.
sane asylum, is ac5essFry TO the murder
of Lunatic Burns, for which three ssy-
lum attendants are now awaiting trial
In an extended report on the condition
Of the asylum, the jury attribute most of
the evils there to the extremely over
crowded condition of the institution and
the INADEQUATE uumbAr Of attendant !.
So horrible is the overcr0wdihg, the re-
port says, that a large number of in.
mates are obliged to sleep two in bed
of three feet in width, and the beds have
to be 80 located for lack of room that
many times attendants, particularly in
the female wards. must crawl over the
patients in one bed to give those sttcn.
ton who are in the bed beyond.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-05-10
Quick Settlement.

CHICAGO, May 4.-What was probably
the quickest payment of life insurance
policy on record occurred in this city
during the present week. Frank jim
stone, well known South Water street
commission merchant who died at noon
on Tuesday, was member of the secret
fraternal and beneficial association
known as the Royal league. The fact of
his demise became known at meeting of
the supreme council which had been
scheduled for the same evening, the
proof Of illness. death, ETC., were obtained
and passed, warrant ordered drawn for
the amount of the policy. 81, 600, and at 10
O'Clock o. the following morning certi-
fed check for that sum was placed in the
hands of the bercaved widow by
Supreme Treasurer Daniel H. Rockers.
penger. This Is believed TO have been
the first case ever reported in which &
policy has actually been paid in full
prior to the interment Of the insured
while it is an interesting fact that the
widow up to the time of the receipt Of
the check was unaware OF the
fact that her deceased husbans
was member Of the organization.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-05-10
Criminal Negligence.

CHICAGO, May 3.--George Mckenzie
a railroad man of long experience, made
statement here today that neglect
cruelty augmented the horror of the re
cent wreck on the Grand Trunk railway.
He also believes that many more people
were killed than reported, Mckenzie
went TO the scene of the wreck to look
after the body Of relative. He says
the accident occurred almost directly
above the edge OF the canal A line of
men with buckets could have brought
plenty of water to put ont the fire in the
wrecked cars. The company shops are
only few hundred feet away and plenty
of men might have been had to aid in
pulling the wrecked cars apart and ex.
tinguishing the flames, but no such &C
ton was taken and the company did moi
even call out the Hamilton fire depart
ment. Mckenzie says the Grand Trunk
heated the cars in the wrecked trair
with old fashioned iron coal stoves
which had no protection and this, hi
thinks. accounts for the speedy burning
of tie train.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-05-10
A Supreme Court Ruling.

LrSrotiN Neb May 4 An important
case was decided in the supre:ae court
yesterday. The case is that of Gilliland
vs. Kendall & Smith, appeoled from Ian.
caster county. and is Of grea. Importance
to dealers in chas..ol mor;.sgcs. Giliiland
took q chattel mortgage On farmer 9
crop viii it was in the field The mort.
gagor subsequently took the gtain TO maj
ket, where it was purchased by Kendall
4 Smith. Gillilapd then Sought to re-
cover from the purchasers under his mort,
gage. The court held that he could not
recover and that mortgage upon the
growing crop is not lien upon the grain
after it has been PUT on the market and
bought by an innocent purcha:er.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-05-10
FOREST FIRES ARE RAGING
And Grea. Damage Must Result
Unless Rain Falls.

ASHLAND, Wis, May 5.-~Furious 6. fires
are raging in the northern Wisconsin
forests, and unless heavy rain soon falls
there will be more losses to property than
have teen already reported. Railroad
men arriving over the Omaha road to.
night report the forest from Ashland to
Clear Lake, $50 miles, ablaze. Many
thousand feet of ties have been destroyed,
and some towns are endangered. Over
ON the Fon du Lac Indian reservation
SIS, QUO TSc}ih Of logs on skids were
burned. Loggers WHO were interviewed
tonight say they expect great losses If
rain does not come soon. This afternoon
in the eastern outskirts of Ashland the
flames In the woods gained such headway
that assistance WIS asked of the citizens
to plotee. property. A large force of
men ergrni,cA a bucket brigade and sue
ceeded in preventing scrioss destruction
of property, but ,750 CoFds of wood
were burned. Heavy clouds of smoke
make the air neavy in the city, aud on
the lake it is like thick fog.
DULUTH, Mimi, May 5.-Dense clouds
of smoke from the burning brush and
timber hang over Duluth tonight, and it
seefl5 to be growing thicker. From
numerous reports from al the surround
ing country, brought iu by travellers and
tlainnen, forcst fires of considerable
magnitude and Of dangerous and de-
struci iYe character, are raging in nearly
Al! direnIinus from the city within q
radins Of fifty miles or more. Cord wood.
piles, tslegraph polea. ties etc, have
been destroyed in many different locali-
ties, aud in some instances settlers
houses uaa outbuildings have been
hurA,d. Tie free seem to be worse on
the ii: &C of the Duluth and Iron range,
west to Thompson and south beyond
Barrum. and on the Northern Pa
cifc far IS Norman, twenty miles
beyond Northern Pacific junction
ThGfe nfc r., er,a of damage from
the settlements back of this city,
on the country roads, from the Ashland
division of thc Northern Pacific and else
where. A train tbs afternoon PASSED.
iires on either side of the track be.as
Barnunl. IL was so lot aud the smoke
go dense that the doors o. the cars had 10
be kept st.ut 0n one side of he tia
this side Of DaTnuth q dwelling hons,
was burnad and on the other Side th,
fire was in the stables and ontbuidiass
A Northern Pacific tres,le near Wal
erdge, Wis, on the Superior line. was
burned this morning. There has been &c
little rainfall in this section this spring
that the country is very dry and the
woods furnish easy food for the flames
Unless rain comes very soon thtre is
likely TO be very great damage. There
ia little wind, but the fires shoot ahead
througb tho dry brush and wood at a
terrific rate. Nu estimate Of the damage
can he given.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-05-10
Had a weakness for Pants,


CHICAGO, May &C 3. Eshlman, who
by personating his uncle, Reuben Eshl.
man, well to do merchant of Mt. Pleas
ant. Ia, induced the Malone Pants com
pany, of Malnoe, N. Y, to send him on
credit 300 pairs Of fine pants, was ARRESTED
here yesterday. AS a travelling dealer in
pants Eshlman made brilliant success,
disI osing Of the whole stock through
northtrn lllinois at fanct. prices. With
the proceeds he went into wheat al Chi
cago. but at the wrong time. losing
81, 500 in day. He stole a ride to Coun.
Gil Bluffs, Ia, and joined the salvation
army, was made captain within two
weeks then got tdrunk and was discharged
BY the army just twenty four hours be-
fore the detectives reached the town
At Dubuque he made enough money as q
vender OF an alleged eye water and tooth
powder to bring him to Chicago. The
culprit had employment on alakesteamer
about to leave pert when the officers
pounced upon him. Eshlman had been
out of the penitentiary only since last
fall, who he completed two years sen.
tenGe in Missouri for attempting, OF st
Joseph, to indulge without funds his pen
chant for pantaloons
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-05-10
eract,cins Law in India.

LoaroN; May 4-The disappearance
from his accustomed haunts for some
time past of Lord Colin Campbell has at
last stbeenl xplained. twill aforementioned
that this individual who is the son Of the
proud Duke of Argyle, aud younger
brother of the Marquis Of Lorne, figured
somewhat prominently come time ago in
q suit for divorce against his wife, and in
which he succeeded in doing more harm
to his own character than that of the lady.
The case went against him and little
time after he was missed from his usual
haunts. 1t now turns Up that lie has To-
Gated himself in India, and from being
the wealthy scion of a noble house and
revelling in luxury, has been reduced to
the necessity of earning his living as a
practicing attorney before the native bar.
Meanwhile Lady Colin Campbell is deter
mined 10 push her cross suit and obtain
her freedom, and has gone so far as to
offer to settle her husbands unpaid costs
in the previous action if ne will consent
to come home and fght the case to fin
ish like man.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-05-10
A P.ym..ter Missing.

WASHINGTON, May 3.-The navy de-
partment has been officially informed by
the commanding officer of the Essex that
Passed Assistant Paymaster Henry w.
Smith went ashore qn April 20, with the in.
tention toreturn the next day, and has not
eince been heard from. He had 81 200
belonging to the government in his pos
session. Smith was man of high stand
Ing in the navy, owns q house in this
city, and at the navy department 1t is gen.
orally believed that he has been foully
dealt with,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-05-10
4 Rig Lihsl auit.

Boston, May q IS. W. >McCsul, chair.
man of the judiciary committee of til
Massachusetts legislature, as counsel fol
Samuel Fessendcn, treasurer of the Capt
Cod shin Canal company, has sued the
Boston 't'fayelts for libel, laying dam
ages 4. SOC, COO, OH account Of the pub
lication of a special dispatch from Sand
wich, May 9. alleging that Fessendel
had rly steriously disappeared, and hint
ing al iiaancial Irregularities.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-05-10
THE GRAPHIC.

vTerms of advertising mads known on .pph
cation.
W-Job work Of every description executed /.
the best style and st the lowest rates.
tE Advertisements not accompanied By instruo.
tions will b. inserted until esdsssd out a.d
charged for accordingly.
W-Short oomnnnieaAions en ~ subject Of IN.
are acceptable IL assoASaAisA ~ - name q
tho author.
G1-An matter intsaAsd tse - naut Issue muss
hc in the otdos - saalg = WsADsslnv svnins b
insure puhlioat5m.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-05-10

At were Nelson and Colllnrwoca, John Pau

that we're Nelson and Collingwood, John Paul
Jones, aud Stewart recalled to earth they
would find themselves strangers on their own
decks.. The world will 90 ahead, and have
abundsiit faith that the hefe.h yos.th Of our
navy will keep well abreast In these modern
inventions, and, should the occasion aise,
they, too, will prove equal oit, as they Lave
ever done in the past.
Therefore, let me conclude with what l
might have begun and finished with;
"rhe army and navy forever,
Three cheers for the red, white and blue"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-05-10
Gwen tIS for Lost.

PRovlNcErows, Mass, s1aj s-The
Provincetown schooner Nellie Swift,
from the Wes. Indies for New York, has
been given up for lost with all On board.
She is now oat forty days and no report
has been made OF her she waa / years
old and i37 tons register
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-05-10
l.,f,,. rontn.rk rasseneers

New YoaK, May 5.-yhe steamship
Wei!aud, from Hamburg, which stopped
at the Azores to pick up the passengers
of the steamer Danmark, left there by
the Missouri, arrived off Fire island yes.
terday af crnoon